The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-27
EXPOSES SPIRIT MEDIUMS.
Joseph f. Rim shows How They Dupe
Their Followers.

Joseph F. Rim, president of the
Brooklyn Philosophical association,
spoke at the Long Island Business col
lege. South Eighth street, Brooklyn, on
'.Spiritualism. He produced medium
| istic phenomena. using the lingo of the
profession and then exposing the trick
cry
| Mr.. Rim was one of those who in
vestigated Eusapia Palladino' ana , ne
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 written and put
| in sealed envelopes; how to read Sc
| Iected line in a book, and give demon
STATIONS in noisemaking and handing
out spirit touches
In his opening address Mr.. Rim
criticized the psychical research inves-
tisators. especially Prof. Hyslop. He
said they were we'll meaning, but not
able to consider evidence. As de-
monstration of telepathy four men
were called to the platform. A book
was handed them, and each was re-
ollested to write on the fly leaf two
sets of figures. The book was then
handed to fourth man. and he added
the figures. Then Mr.. Rim, from an
other side of the platform, promptly
called out the result. He then explain
ed how it was done
In handing the book to the fourth
man and getting off side line OF ges-
lures 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 were then folded by the writers
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 TINS
while taking up the slips, placing each
on his forehead and apparently an
swering the question
What he did do, he told his audience
was to keep one question ahead, so
that while apparently reading one
question out loud he was really readlhS
the question to be answered next
1t was at this point that man IN
sisted on turning in question written
on his own paper and sealed in an
envelope he had brought. There was
a protest against this, but Mr.. KIM
said he would make the test
The man was asked to write lHe
name of some man well known III ms
tory and seal it up Mr. Rim went
down into the audience, TOOK the en-
velope, and returned to the platform
holding it in both hands. He placed
it on the stand, and after few min
utes' talk said the name written was
that of Abraham Lincoln. 1t was. ana
the audience cheered- Mr. KIM tneh
said that while walking to the plat
form he had rubbed alcohol on the en-
velope and made it transparent His
talk. he said, was to give the spirits
time to evaporate-
Then followed slate writing tricks |
A magnet moved under slate made I
a bit of pencil write NO He slipped
his foot out of his shoe when another /
man thought he was holding both feet /
and demonstrated how to write on /
slate under table holding pencil
with his toes
The same man wanted to know II
MI. Rim could write Message on /
slate tied up in paper. Mr. Rim said |
he could. and the man said ne had
brought his own slate. He mounted
the platform. bringing with him two
states, wrapped up in yellow paper
The demonstration put the man in a
chair and made passes over his mead
with the States While he talked OF
CONTROLS a confederate slipped up |
behind a screen and cleverly exchang-
ed the states as Rim waved them
abo~e the mans head. Then the con-
federate slipped back of the screen
and wrote the message. tied up the
states again. and again exchanged
them.-New York Times
The Age of Retirement
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