El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-05-18


| He concludes that she does not care to
/ undergo this strain when she can ac-
| eomplish her purpose without doing
so.
, Yet in the face Of all this. and real
/ izing that the world is ever inclined to
/ believe that in spiritualism once a
! fraud always a fraud, he asserts with
] all the force at his command, that he
has been convinced beyond peradven-
I tUre Of a doubt that Palladino is able
to accomplish miraculous things with
out resort to trickery-. His fellow COM
mitteemen agree to this verdict
Brought to America
It was after PaT1adino's vindicatior
! by this investigation that il was de-
cided to bring her TO the United States
| Opinions will ever differ as to me
outcome Of her American visit Mem
| bers of the MagFcians' association OF
the United States, with headquarters
| in New York, believe to a man that
Palladino uses the same sleiSht of hand
| which they have been using for more
| than a half century. There are many
| others who are OF the same mind, and
! assert that none of her manifestations
| are produced by other than the usual
meth DDS
Again Hystiffed Audiences.
One can hardly conceive how if was
possible for her to deceive such trained
observers as Darlington and his asso-
ciates. Yet in rooms in the furnishings
OF which she had no part whatever. and
under light and other conditions which
would seem to preclude fraud she
accomplished many marvellous things.
While her hands were being securely
! held far apart by two men and her
feet by two other men, she was able to
I'm the curtain to cause stools TO
dance around, and tables to rise of
the floor.
There were many. oother manifesto
tons which she produced, all OF them
under conditions which Darlington and
his associates were willing 10 swear
could not admit Of fraud. Ffashlight
photographs showed her being securely
held. and also showed tables and
chairs and stools IN process OF levfta-
ton A hand was made to appear from
behind the curtain and touch each one
Of the Investigators in turn
With the verdict OF Darlington and
his associates in her favor, each Of
them having believed her to be moth
ing more than an ordinary medium
when they entered upon the investiga-
ton, her status must remain a matter,
of doubt
Considered IIliterate by Investigators.
To some she is coarse. uncouth wO-
man with erotic tendencies who can
not read and can write only her own
name Darlington himself declares
that in her seances. when the manifesto
lions are IN progress, she viii lay her
head upon the shoulder OF her neigh
Dor and go off into frenzy of erotic
ecstaey-
Spirit appears or Earth.
he declared that if be died before Mrs
Piper he would come back in spirit
to the earth, if possible, and show her
many things about trance mediumship-
She has a spirit which she calls R H.
the spiritualistic name for Richard
Hodgson. He has come back repeat
edly and through her has delivered
messages to Professor James and others
who have investigated her.
Even such an authority as professor
James declares that he has not de-
cided yet whether the trance visions
Of Mrs Piper are fraudulent. In these
visions she tells Of the very innermost
secrets of the human heart things which
It was believed she could not in any
possible way have learned Thus the
men who have the most right to render
q verdict upon her mediumShip are al
most without exception unwilling to
declare her a fraud, even though they
cannot as yet give her a positive en-
GOrsement-
Flew Through the Air.
D. D. Home flourished in England
more than a quarter Of century ago.
Many of his manifestations were full
of mystery and defied every test that
was brought 70 bear upon them Spring
balances were used showing that he
could bear more than his bodyweight
on board upon which he stood Their
mometers show ed that he could make
the air colder about him. Upon one
occasion reputable witnesses in
house at which he was a guest said
they saw him float out of one room
through the window and across a court
through the open window OF another
room and then back again
At another time he was seen. TO make
out its being touched by any living
hand. He seized glowing Goals out OF
a red hot CRATE and held them in his
hand, PLACED them inside his shirt. and
in other ways seemed to show himself
absolutely fireproof." He was never
detected in fraud
Eye and Mind Deceived
But to shog how the human eve and
the human mNCd may be deceived, one
needs only TO mention the celebrated
Indian feat of throwing rope Ia the
air and climbing up II while thus sus-
pended. There are many assertions that
eve witnesses have beheId this feat ac-
cOmpliShed- The jUggler would throw
the rope into the air a small boy would
shiny up this rope into the clouds and
out of sight After q while 4 great
noise would be heard and his dismen-
bered body would fall to the earth
The juggler WOULD restore 1t whole
again and the boy would walk away.
1t is TO DE said, however, that when
the quick eye of the camera was
turned upon the scene no such miracle
was revealed
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