New-York tribune., 1909-11-17
NO RAP FROM JOHN
EUSAPIA AND 1S WAIT.
italian Medium Soreiy Disap-
points Investigators.

King John wes impIorsd for hours TO
perform before thirteen men and women
on the third floor eack Of the Lincoln
Square Theatre building last night He
was talked to in the same anxious. sffec
tionate tone adopted by the owner Of
tiick dog. which appears before company
ana then hesitatss at the proposition TO
stand on its hind feet
Eusapia called loudly for King John.
The Italian peasant not only called on
King John. she whined and groaned and
caioled and pleaded with him 10 act ND. =
Thirteen persons, at $50 each. n was
said were waiting within the dsrkened
room for the seance 10 begin. About that
number of newspaper reporters stood
in the draft-swept. rickety hallway ready
20 jot down the number of bumps they
might hear Among those on the inside
We're S. s. Mcclure. the publisher. and ;.
Sarsm Ellison and Or. Bosworth, both
representing Kellar. the magician There
were five women and eight men. not count
ing the medium. but including the stenog-
rapher. interpreter and manager. behind
the dismal looking door.
At 1914 a messenger boy ratified his way
down the hall. idly whistling.
Where's tree twenty-eight?" he asked.
uninterestedly.
He was shown the way there. IL was
the last door on the right after crossing
bridge Of sighs covered with canvas and
unlighted. II was I'm Room S2s that King
John was so badly wanted-the favorfte
spirit of Eusapia. The messenger boy
didn't know this He had telegraph mes
sage for Mr.. Darlington. he said. He
pounded on the door. and Eusapia and the
thirteen undoubtedly felt relieved. They
might have thought II was King John. but
Mr.. Darlington took no chances and whis-
pered through the keyhole. after removing
the stuffing: Who's there?'
DE Western Union--a message for Mr..
Darlington was the almost human re-
joinder.
Push IT through the slot" was COM
manded. stealthfIy.
Better do it. and have the receipt sent
to you." the boy was told They are
making ghosts in there-hesr that?'' The
boy ran.
All was again quiet. The gas in the hall
way fiickered sickishly in dust covered
globes.
A busy bowling alley in the basement
recalled Rip Van Wrinkle and his ghostly
crew. King John was delayed. or some
president of the Society for QuizzicaI Re
search. whose studio was across the
hallway. poked his skullcapped head
through the half opened door 10 see what
was up. Finally he tiptoed to the room
of mystery and listened at the door. 1t
was no use.
A tambourine tinkled at ILLS O'Clock. A
heavy bump occurred TO somebody or some
thing at II %. and then there was the
mournful wall from Eusapia that sounded
as If 1t proceeded from a soul in torment.
20 Neni!'' 20 Venii'' was what the re-
porters heard again and again. Then there
were more voices of men and women. a
bell, three distinct thumps. long Shrek
and then the professor of quizrcal re-
search asked when he would be permitted
TO go to bed and boy in the street whis-
tied a topical tune
This kind OF thing continued until I215
O'Clock, when the audience began TO file out
of the room. man who would not con-
sent TO the use of his name said:
II wouldn't care 10 come again. II doesn't
interest me enough OF course / am not
educated in this kind of thing. but it strikes
me--and hand or something struck me.
too. in there. by the way-that IL is a good
deal of a fake. 1t strikes me that way. and
yet there are things about it that l can't
understand
Now, l was hit on the chest. I don't
believe I'm spirits. YOU understand. / did
not see the hand. Men claimed they were
holding her hands. I was two feet away
from her. A small stand hit a woman.
There were little bright white lights on the
curtains that came and went. The table
stood up on two legs, on no legs. and ca
vorted about some.
"A woman said she felt a soft warm
hand i'm hers. that got away quick Well,
IL wasn't mine-mine were cold / wasn't
frightened-somewhat bored They talked
awfully funny to King John-just like he
was an animal taught 10 do tricks and in
clined to need bribes in the way of caress-
ing talk. The main thing. in my mind. is
that she never impressed me for a minute
in any way but as a clever performer"
Mr.. Ellison and some others OF the pa
tient band were deeply impressed. A
woman retraced her steps to say TO the
reporters that she wished them TO know
that she felt just that way about il.
II was said that Mr. kellar might come
on here from California 10 see what he can
see. provided his representatives give up
the job of explaining Eusapias method or
power.