Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-04-25

one that will explain the facts. The the
DRY that it Is tricky may apply to some of
the facts given to me, since one person
In that country knew tina a person Of my
name lived in Omaha, but ii is very i'm
probable that trlckery was resorted to.
This theory does not explain Mr.. Claw
sons case.
People living a thousand miles from me
could not know that | intended to AXE an
unknown person with me: then they could
not go and look up his name and history
infinitely. That 1t is guess-work on the
part of the medium, or chance. Is simply
a silly statement. How many readers
could have guessed that Georges second
name was CIawson, how many could have
guessed and given correctly nineteen names
while giving none that were wrong The
information given by the voices was al
| ways correct.
ut seems like a fairy story. yet it liz a
true story. l myself have seen these won
ders.
II only know that far away. hundreds of
miles over the hills on the banks OF the
Ohio river. there sits an elderly and frail
woman in a chair. and kings could we'll at
ford to trade their power for hers"
The Talking Horn.
George w. Clawson Is president OF the
Clawson Steam Brokerage company.
Ninth street and Baltimore avenue, this
city. He was shown DIR. Funk's pool last
week. He said:
THE account given by Mr.. Abbott is
true In every particular except that the
revelations made by Mrs. Blake were more
mysterious and wonderful than he des-
cribes them 10 be.
II am not a s%piritualist in the ordinary
acceptation of that term. For many years
l have been A member of the Psychic Re
search society az London. have devoted
considerable time to the study and inves-
tiKation of psychic subjects. As q result
OF my experience and study In such mat
tiers. up to the time l me- Mrs. Blake, ]
had never seen a case of psychical phe-
nomena which I had not been able to ex-
plain to my own satisfaction on the ground
of trickery or fraud.
II wish 1t distinctly understood that
believed then. and six months thought
has added to my conviction that she was
honest. and that 1t was impossible for her
to concoct -n.take- part IN any fraudulent
transaction of any character. much less in
one Of so serious a nature as the investi-
CATION I'm which VIZ were engaged.
The physical part of the phenomena
produced was in the natur OF producing
voices. which could articulate distinctly
and carry on a conversation of an intelli-
gent character. To condenSc these voices
and make them stronger and louder she
used an ordinary tin aluminium horn. or
rather two of them, about eighteen inches
IN length. with the bell end of the horns
dovetailcd together. leaving the small end
or the horn ii convenient size for placing
to our ears SO that we might hear more
distinctly. In all these sittings we used
horns which we furnished. These voices
We're often produced SO loudly and so dis
tinctly that we could hear them through
out tire room without the aid of the horn.
l heard a conversation carried on In one
or these meetings when the governor Of
the state. by personal request, was pres
ent. the conversation being had between
him and the supposed ~disembodied spirit of
Judge CT. the father OF DR.. c..
and who during his lifetime had been very
prominent In the political affairs OF his
native state. and who was also a personal
friend of the governor. At the time to
which l refer there was present with Mrs.
Blake. the governor. MIR. Abbott and my
self. We had just gotten through a series
OF tests which had been highly satisfac-
tory and owing to the weakened condition
OF the medium she was resting with the
norm IN her lap. and we were carrying on
an ordinary conversation. Mrs. Blake was
speaking al the time. when all of a sud
ien from the direction of the horn In her
lap came a distinct and masculine voice,
WITH the remark that L would like to talk
Inn, ann ..fa T., ,hn. 80
spoke at lcas, Two or ,hrea w.o,.ds ~ tnish
up the CONGREGATION in which she was en-
gagged after the voice in the horn CON-
nenc2d Ia meal. 81 mon snn1 no
governor r.sn,no ,bsr this :. I,,1ns
O. ana ina, no wants to ,,I,. LII
Won she th.-eror. ,o,k I'm III. bnr, ,rd
Inc covcr,o, njocoa orc nf ,bo .nds no. hfs
car. Nv. El,i. .,,,nor.irg IN. tito, .n,
Of .h. hurn limit, roi<ye., ,,, tb,,,h
ard nu-c- with.,,t ,rv r,,rtbar n,r-.sr.I
contact, with IN horn w,. s,,,;r, COVE
81. ar .i.hi zoe, .,w.v and u,tc,na tba
expressio,, a, Hrs Rlake.s facs ,l.o
watched cluse,y I'm, could disca,, nm
movement what.yer of .he muscles ai,,cr
OF her Inns mr. nc,, tb,o,t sb. co, T., a