Arizona republican., 1911-04-28
KISSING SPOOK DISCOVERED
BY YOUNG SOUTHERN GIRL
PROF. HYSLOP REPORTS ON A
NEWLY FOUND MEDIUM.
The Spirit Kiss One of the Phenom-
era She Has Added to Psychic
Gore-Pianos Move at Her Will and
Her Fingers Give Off lnexplicabIe
Light.

\ spirit kiss given through newly
discovered psychic medium is among
the things discussed by DIR. James
II Hyslop, formerly professor ut
Columbus and now with the Society
for Psychical Research, in the latest
report Of the society, soon To he pub
lishod. DR.. Hyslop contends that this
medium. an uneducated country girl
living in little southern town, has
added some new phenomena To the
records of the society.
The subject. whom he calls Miss
Burton. although that is not her real
name. developed her power at home
and under the guidance Of her foster
mother She has never given seances
for money In his Investigations Dr.
HvsIop was assisted by two physi-
clans and some of the phenomena
witnessed are set forth in the report
as follows.
some of the incidents in the sub
icct's experience are the orthodox
psychical phenomena. such as raps.
Ievitation of the table. rope tying and
movements Of the tambourlne. 9th
erS are more unique. such as trance
whistling of an expert type and ST.
multaneous singing. and starting and
stopping a phonograph. Automatic
writing and clairvoyant visions. with
occasional automoatic speech, also
characterize the case. Ia this respect
il is much richer i'm variety o. Pine
nomena than the case of Eusapia
Palladino. and in some respects rep
resents a psychological interest much
greater than hers.
The spirit kiss was another pecu-
liar and frequent phenomenon. There
were various devices to prove that it
was not done by the medium. Some
times the hand of the sitter would
be seized and taken high in the air,
apparently far out OF reach of the
mediums left hand. and then kissed
i'm 2 manner To create an excellent
illusion Of a face. At another sitting
one of the assistants. noticing that
the mediums hands were cold, ask
that they be touched by warm hands.
Both the assistants felt the hands
and found them cold. They were at
once touched by warm hands.
Most of these experiments were
conducted in the dark. Tor the medium
could not bear any light. and when
on one or two occasions light was
turned up she collapsed, and 1t took
some time to revive her. DR.. HNslop
saws this extreme constituencies 10
light is not an uncommon occurrence
i'm Historically nervous persons. Inc
girl in her frances could whistle and
sing at the same time. Referring To
the production Of lights on the
mediums hands the report says:
Il have tried many times TO pro-
duce the lights with matches in a
perfectly dark place and neither in
color nor in other qualities could
approximate the lights produced by
Miss Burton In color and local il
Elimination they were like the lights
of fireflies. but did not illumine the
adjacent space so readily or clearly.
In some Of the experiments the
medium was specially dressed IN
clothes provided for her with view
to preventing the concealment of any
apparatus for lights. but the lights
appeared just the same. Afterward
the odor Of phosphorus was perceived
on the girls hands"
1t was impossible for the medium
to do anything without music and
monograph was used to produce this
one of the phenomena was the stop
ping and starting of the monograph
apparently by means outside the
medium. on one occasion. the report
saws. they held the girls arms and
found that a rope had been tied To
the instrument and was pressed under
her armpit. DIR. Hyslop does not con-
slider that this was a wilful fraud on
the part Of Miss Burton.
The report says that Miss Burton's
controls were one Dan and an Indian
called Black Cloud. BLACK Cloud
favored US with an occasional war
wfSop all his own and good deal
Of grumbling at times about cOndi-
tiOns that are hard to overcome
When he says. Me no like. me can't
talk, me watch her then we are
pretty sure To- have short session
Such objects as pianos are simple