The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-16
DEPICTS
SCENES IN HE'LL
Shade of Departed Friend Una
folds Weird Tale to John
Armstrong Chaloner.
ANALYSIS OF HELL FIRE
Described in Seance as Mixture
of Sheriff, Judge and
Nitroglycerine."

Nitroglycerine."
Weird stories OF hell. transmitted to
him through his x-faculty. a. he terms
II. his departed friend Tromas
Jefferson Miller. were told here to-day
by John Armstrong Chaloner. OF
Merry Mills" scion Of the noted New
York family who had him placed in
Bloomingdale Asylum. and from which
he escaped TO Virginia. These Stories
he declared to be ''as whirl!ng as tina
Arabian Nights and no more miracu-
lous than the New Testament
All idea Of there being hell-nre 10
dispelled by KILLERS messages. Flame
was a lie. the general temperature OF
hell being most perfect. Of the ma
ture OF our temperate zone" Not
only that persons who have gone "a
hell take up Q collegiate course pres
paratory to their punishment. In hell.
Miller Is alleged to have communicated
to ChaIoner. Morality II as enthusti-
cally and scientifically taught n math-
ematics and physics at any university.
Miller maintains. also. that In hell
justice rules but that II 10 untsmpered
by mercy"
Ne Underestimate Fire.
He'll. according to Miller. 10 not Tho
old-tims hell OF perpetual. indiscrim.
mate combustion. Far from it. That
old scarecrow serves well enough on
earth, and 10 near enough to the truth
TO deserve to serve its purpose OF
earth" He'll flame. according TO Mill
Ter, Is a thinking. diamond rattle-
ynake-that beautiful and noble reps
tile that moleyts no one that does not
cross !ts path. but strikes to kill ~
that do Cross its path ana do not give
way before II. 1t 10 . combination OF
deputy sheriff. crossed by Judge and
mixed with nitroglycerins.'
One of the most startling o: Miilera
revelations to Chaloner was the fact
that q man can live and yet not be ak
Of his own personality. Miller declared
that upon arriving In he'll he found
himself to have been Marshal Ney In
life. He had assumed his stature ane
features. and had conversed with Ma
poleoa Bonaparte. who later appear
ed before him IN the costume OF NachAs<
Angelo. the thinker.
Describes Death.
Miller described to Chaloner the SEN
Stations Of death. You must Know my
dear boy" he 10 alleged to have said.
transitional shock or feeling whatever.
BY this I mean that upon making the
passage OF the Styx-as the ancients
had tt-there is neither tar nor shock.
nor sense Of falling and landing
though. OF course, the soul does fail
and does land: since hell 10 within this
terrestrial ball. I do not. OF course.
mean that there is no physical panx
At the dissolution Of the human exist
ence at death-sometimeS the pang -
dreadful, any physician can tell you
that who has seen people die In agony
but I refer to the aftermath, SO 10
speak-that follows after the heart
ceases to beat. and life in your world
is entirely extinct There Is. upon my
word. 10 more sense Of movement upon
the par, Of the immortal soul upon
finishing It's mysterious flight through
air, earth and sometimes water. ana
arriving at the Judgment seat IN inc
Hall Of JudgMent-or Dissatisfaction
there was sense OF movement during
said flight, and In neither the said
flight nor the said arrestation OF
flight before the judgment seat-or
Isewhere-Is there any more sense OF
movement or OF feeling than you ea-
per!ence when / communicate with
you by means Of automatic writing.
mean. Of course. mental motion. feel
ing in you- mind; for. OF course. your
hand. wrist. forearm and fingers are
In q continual whirlin4 motion while
am operating the nerve centre In your
brain that controls and operates the
said membe-s Of your body corporate.
SO to speak"
At this point Chaloner conversed
with Miller and declared he was right.
and that the only mental movement
he experienced was that OF specta-
tor a, a play, wondering what the ac-
tiers were going to door say next Con-
tinuing his death sensations. Miller IS
alleged to have communicated the fol.
lowing: Upon reaching the undis-
covered country from whose bourn no
traveller returns the frst sensation
/ experienced was that Of awakins at
ter . sound and peaceful sleep. I felt
refreshed. vigorous, calm and cheerfua
Not pain nor an ache and Hot care
on my mind"
Satan NallgneA.
According to the message to chaloner
satan Is about as thoroughly misun-
derstood . personality a. II 10 possible
to picture by the employment OF the
most vigorous Imagination. TO put ie
somewhat mildly. Satan IS no enemy
of Jehovah as 10 sin: for whom satan
has stood as a prototype in the Scrip
lures, both Ola and New Testaments,
since the beginning Of time"
satan is Jehovah's right-handed
minister" said Miller. satan -
Johovai-s public prosecutor n the
district attorney IL with US in the
North and the Commonwealth's attcr-
ney In the South. Personified sin -
everything vile. treacheFous and bad
Rat Satan or the devil r. alleged 70
be In the Scriptures. But you must
know that had the existence Of per.
sonifIed sin been revealed In the Scrip
lures IL would have complicated an
already sufficiently complicated state
OF Affairs among believers"
AmuGgmeut6