Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-21
SHE FORETOLD DEATH
Dr.. HysIop Says Spirit of Dead Wife Forecasted Parents End.
PROPHECY VERIFIED EXACTLY
Professor In Remarkable Statement on Psychic Phenomena Declares That After Passing Away Father-in-law Communicated With Him.

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 H. Hyslop in the proceedings of the American Society For Psychical Re search, just issued, declares that the spirit of his dead wife communicated with him, forecasting the early death of her father. which later occurred ex- actly as predicted by the spirit, and that the spirit of this dead father-in- law then sent messages to him from across the void.
 Not the least interesting feature of the latest developments is the fact that Professor Hyslop has been able to achieve these most striking results through the spiritualistic assistance of a Mrs. Smead. medium whose pow CTS. it is claimed, far surpass those displayed by Mrs. Piper of Boston, who was made famous by the late Dr. HOdgsOn.
 Proving Her Identity. What was accomplished by Professor Hyslop and Mrs. Smead together fol lows in the formers own words: The next sitting was held on the 10th. My wife. who'd in 1900 and who has been a frequent communica- tor apparently through Mrs. Smead and other psychics. purported to com municate on this day. Almost the first thing that she announced was the ear ly death of her father, who had been in ill health for some years. This fact 1 was wholly unknown to the Smeads. I myself knew nothing about the crit ical condition of my father-in-law at the time of the sitting. The message which l have mentioned was received apparently from my wife at about II a. m. The next morning I received a letter from Mrs. H., wife of my father in-law. written at noon and telling of his condition, which was clearly dan gerous.'
 Continuing his report, Dr. Hyslop says:
 My wife made reference to music and then indicated that we used to sing hymns together, as if she were trying to prove her identity to me in situation of some interest to both of us Mrs. Smead knew that my wife was a musician. but she knew nothing whatever of the fact that we used to sing hymns together on Sunday after moons.
 Results of Other Experiments.
 Here Professor Hyslop gives some striking results of experiments made with others having psychic power, aft CT which, his father-in-law having in the meantime died, he again takes up the matter of communications with his wife. He notes the fact that all information of the death of his father in-law had been kept from the Smeads and proceeds with this remarkable mar rative of communications with both his wife and her father, recently de- ceased:
 "On Jan. ?. a little more than two weeks after my father-in-law's death, at sitting which was held by Mir Smead in pursuance of the regular ar EdllSeIItHt. lHN Nllt NO tpih- municate and asked when was com ing
 "On Jan. ] had sitting with a medium whom have called Mrs. Smith. and my father-in-law purpOrted to communicate. giving a number Of things in proof of his identity. among them an allusion to my having told 1 him that if he would not believe in a I future life in this one he would have to believe it after death and spontane- ously mentioned that he had met his
 mother.
 Another Communication.
 "On Jan. MT. Smead had another sitting. still not knowing the facts. and my father-in-law purpOrted to commu' nicate. giving his name of George w.
 H. refusing to give more of it. and alluded again spontaneously to his hav- : ing met his mother. He also alluded ! to a negro servant and correctly de-
 scribed her dress. This fact even I knew nothing about and had to verify i by inquiry of the surviving widow. 1 "I wrote to ask Mir Smead if he and i Mrs. Smead understood the meaning
 of the sitting. appearing myself not 10
 understand it. He replied that lt was
 all Dutch to them and expressing sur prise that I did not understand it. as | the automatic writing had referred ! him to me when he wanted to know 1 who was meant by the incomplete
 name"