The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-20
SPIRIT UNSHEETED
BY S. ]. COOK
Pandemonium Reigns at a Sc
ance Given at the Metro
pOlitan Hotel.
MRS. B. REYNOLDS
COMES TO GRIEF
Arrested, Taken to Police Sta
tion and Forced TO Give
Money Back.

"Imposter, fraud fake, cheats y
"We demand our money back. - cit
is an outrage 'Call the police and
have her arrested.'' "She is exposed
and should be arrested Such are n
few OF the expressions uttered by about
forty members of the Spiritual New
Thought Society at a seance held at the
rooms Of Mrs Harriet Fontyn in
the Metropolitan hotel building about
10 O'Clock last night.
The person against whom the anathe-
mas were hurled was Mrs r. Reynolds
who arrived In Salt Lake about ten
days ago and announced that she WIS
n member Of the New Thought Society
and that she was prepared to give Sc
ances. Mrs. Reynolds received a wei
come, according to her own statement,
and held scance at the rooms of Mrs.
Fontyn week ago last night. Mrs.
Reynolds held another seance at the
same place last night. There were about
forty members and friends of the New
Thought Society in attendance Last
night s meeting broke up in small
sized riot, which resulted in the placing
under arrest of Mrs. Reynolds. She
was taken to the police station, fol
lowed by at least twenty-five men and
women, who declared that Mrs. Rey-
nolds had cheated them out of their
that she was fraud in her attempt to
call back to this earth departed spirits
''We have exposed her! We have ex-
posed hcr' declared one of the mem
bers of the party in an excited VOICE.
Bit by bit the story was secured from
the excited members of the New
Thought Society.
Proposed to Demonstrate.
Mrs Reynolds came to Salt Lake
about ten days ago and met members
of the society to whom she announced
that she was medium and was pre-
pared to give demonstrations of her
power, The price of admission was so
cents and about S25 was taken in Mt
the door The woman gave another
test on Wednesday night and the third
one last night. The last meeting or
demonstration was held at the home
of Mrs. Fontyn. At the seance last
act,' declared one of those who had
followed her to the station. "Tbe
trumpet act.' according to the defini
tion given, consisted in talking through
a tin horn to some one who had passed
to the other world.
Later Mrs Reynolds is alleged to
have done the "cabinate materialiZa-
tion act. .'' The first person to be
called from the unseen world was the
mother of A. f. Hollenbeck. Mr.. Hol-
lenbeck was there and when it was an
nounced BY the medium that his mother
was present he became very much ex-
cited. His mother has been dead for
over twenty years. The alleged spirit
disappeared and another was an
nounced At this point S. j. Cook
grabbed the supposed spirit and held it
while Mrs. DIR, Agnes Winzcll tore off
a part of the sheet and other drapery.
While the supposed spirit was being
held the lights were turned on and it
itual form from the other world was
none other than Mrs. Reynolds.
Demanded Her Arrest
1t was at this point in the proceed
ings that the audience demanded the
arrest Of Mrs Reynolds. The woman
was placed under arrest by Special
present, and escorted TO the police sta
tion, followed by the greater part of
the audience Before leaving the hall,
however, those present demanded the
return of their money, which was done.
Upon arrival at the station the case
was submitted to Desk Sergeant Smith.
who frankly confessed that it was q
little too deep for him. A messenger
was sent for Assistant County Attorney
IL I,,,t hnt ofG so
home. County Attorney Willard Han
son was then phoned for and came TO
the station. After conference with
the parties who had caused the arrest
he announced that he would have Mrs.
REYNOLDS held for the night while he
further investigated the case. In
speaking of the matter to The Tribune,
DR.. Agnes Winzell said; "Our society
is organized for the honest jnvestiga-
for a charter from the New Thought
Society, which We expect to receive in
a short time. We intend TO clean out
such frauds as this woman
Mrs Reynold' g Statement.
Mrs. Reynolds made the following
statement to a representative Of The
Tribune: "I have been medium for
several years. I came to Salt Lake
about ten days ago from San Francisco,
where / have acted as a medium for
the last seven years. These people are
Jealous of my power and sought to en-
trap me. I returned their money TO
them What more do they want7'
The arrest of Mrs. Reynolds calls to
mind the exposure and arrest of the
Arnold-Dickson brothers in
this city several months ago, IT also
calls 10 mind one DR., Weight, who held
forth for some time in hall at the
corner of Fourth South and Second
West street, several years ago and who
was driven out of this city by being
exposed by the late Oscar Eliason.