New-York tribune., 1908-08-03
Lily DALE n r--iv q !

Lily Dale, n. Y. July 2s 1905.
To Lovers Of Fairness and Square Deal:
competed an invesgaton Of fSe sIats wing
nediunship Of Pierre L o. A KeeIer. the integ-
sailed BY asrsEaTd csrTinston. the eonadsntiaII
New York City. During the forenoon Of Thursday
July %. 1905 Mrs. Humphrey. president; H W.
feaseT selected to from % the cenFs Of ney
opened bundle Of states at the general store Of A
surfaces of the inner side special stamp. whose
ity, and went together to Mr. keelers seance room
in his cottage at Lily Dale The morning sun was
door, stood wide open Each one of the visitors
% F05s er folded or n it o Tightly and GpSn epoad Il upo
the table beside the slate. No names of friends IN
spE Netber ,ee tSe Sips the states or Mr Keeiers
hands for one instant out OF sight of three
During the sitting the following words. written
in green color appeared upon the paper bearing
DR.. Wsrne's signature. which was at no time un-
folded 1T is difficult TO get anything on states not
At the close of the sitting. lasting one and one
quarter hours there were found upon the inSide
Richardson, four messages for Mrs Humphrey
and her immediate family two MESSAGES dor ,il Ut
One was written in yellow; but the others IN
placed between the states at the beginning OF the
seanCe.
During the sitting DR.. Warne remarked that The
rabd assaults upon sptritualisI1 by the late KEY
De witt Taimags were Pr4Daoiy s wb,le tbe
dwet in mortal bodies An intelligent caves
this message found:
Your idea about Talrnags is correct-Moses
Hull
At the time the writing seemed 10 be done the
states held above the table by the hands or
vibrations were sensed by touch: distinct SOUNDS
as of A moving pencil were plainly audible, and
these manifestations scarcely reached three min
duration
The messages were not written in advance: a
substitution OF states impossible; Mr. keeler
could not have written them during the sitting; 9
for he could not have gained access 10 the fnsoe
surfaces where they were found without immediate
ON Friday afternoon July "a. another section Of
the official board OF the aSseT7o!S = iii
Stearns, Lee Morse and l. c Hutchinson sat Wit
Mr. Keeer. supplying their own states and exercls-
ing similar precautions throughout their ilvesIsa-
ton They received IN All eleven sepaIaUe IL me- =
sages. being in Greek. one IN German one IN
French. one in Swedish and one in japanese or
Chinese. Those in Greek and French were pr
uounced absolutely correct gramTnaticaIy ano as
to accent BY distinguished lnguist who is q
visitor Lily Dale. while PROFESSOR Larson Iei-
dered a like verdict upon the communication III
the Swedish tongue.
eyed observation employed throughout the demon
srations and the results obtained IN eacn instance
under the watchfuness Of SIX, instead OF t"Q ey es
convince US that beyond all question, Mr. keeler
possesses genuine mediuTuship for the phase or
slate writing F4SS1E- = ~ n SI5 TX
GEORGE B. WARNE
JAMES W STEARNS
LEE MORSE
l. c. HUTCHINSON
T7he names Of all but one Of the signers Of
this document appear on the letterhead OF the
rg,1- DaIe Assembly Their testimony in sup
mort of manifestations under their auspices.
which Professor Eyslop's representative pro
uouuced swfndle is scarcely convincing
The sTvnI eved' failure Of interested persons 20
detect Iegerdenain does not satisfactorily refute
the testimony of disinterested investigator not
merely to the legerdemain. but to the detailed
method by which he saw it accomplished