The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-29
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EXPOSES SPIRIT MEDIUMS.
, Joseph F. Rim Shows How They
Dupe Their Followers.

New York Times,

l. New York Times.)
Joseph T. Rim, president Of the
Brooklyn Philosophical association,
spoke at the Long Island Business col
lege. South Eighth street. Brooklyn,
on "Spiritualism." He produced me.
diumtstic phenomena, using the lingo
of the profession and then exposing
the trickcry.
Mr.. Rim was one of those who in.
vestigated Eusapia Palladino. and he
showed how the Italian woman did
some Of her tricks. In one case he
showed how a medium in a dark room
bound and blindfolded. could tell
what the investigators had writer
and put in sealed envelopes: how tc
read a selected line in a book, and
give demonstrations in noisemakin,
and handing out spirit touches.
IN his opening address Mr.. Rinr
criticised h psychical research in.
vestigators especially Prof .Hyslop
not able to consider evidence. As &
demonstration of tclepathy four n,er
were called to the platform. A booh
was handed them. and each was re.
quested to write on the fly leaf tive
sets Of figures. The book was then
handed to a fourth man. and he ad-
ded the figures. Then Mr.. Rim, from
another side Of the platform, prompt.
~ called out the result. He then ex.
planned how it was done.
In handing the book t. the fourth
man and getting off u side line of ges-
ture he had turned it over, so that
the figures added up by the fourth
man were really the figures he had
written there earlier in the evening
on the last leaf of the book.
Slips were passed about the audi
ence. and questions written on them.
They We're then folded by the writer's
and passed to the platform. While
this was going on Mr.. Rim spoke OF
the difficulty in calling up spirits. and
gave the usual talk Of a medium on
such an occasion. He continued this
while taking up the slips. placing each
on his forehead and apparently an
swerinR the question.
What he did do, he told his audi
ence. was to keep one question ahead.
SO that while apparently reading onc
question out loud he was really read:
ing h question to be answered next.
1t was at this point that a mar in
sisted on turning in a question writ
ten on his own paper and sealed in an
envelope he had brought. There was
a protest against this, but Mr.. Rim
said he would make the test.
the man was asked to write the
S0AHS man well KuOWn IN
history and seal it up. Mr.. Rim went
down into the audience. took the en-
veiope. and returned. to the platform,
holding 1t in both hands. He placed
It on the stand, and after a few min
utes' talk said tho name written was
that of Abraham Lincoln. It was.
and the audience cheered. Mr.. Rim
then said that while walking to the
platform he had rubbed alcohol on
the enevlope and made 1t TRANSPARENT.
His talk. he said, was to give the
"spirits' time to evaporate.
Then followed slate-writing tricks.
A magnet moved under a slate made
q bit OF pencil write mo" He slim
ped his foot out Of his shoe when
another man thought he was holdint
both feet. and demonstrated how 10
write on Il slate under a table holding
u pencil with his toes.
me same man wanted to know II
MIR. htnn could write q message OH a
slate tied up in paper. Mr.. Rim said
ne could. and the man said he had
hrought his own slate. He mounted
the Platform. bringing with him two
n!ates wrapped up in yellow paper.
The demonstration put the man in a
chair and made passes over his head
with the states. While he talked ~
controls n confederate slipped IN he.
mind n screen and cleverly EXCHANGED
the states ms Rim waved them above
the mans head. Then the confedor-
ate slipped back Of the screen and
wrote the message. tied up the States
again, and again cXchnnunI tho~