The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-05
CHALONER TAKES
TRIP INTO HAOES,
TALKS TO FRIEND
While in Mediunistic Trance
Receives Message From
World Beyond
HE, HIMSELF, DOES
NOT BELIEVE WORD
Warned by Friend Against
Soothing, He Give it
Out Tor v hat it
is u 0. tn

with the sensational announcement
that ne had recenNy h"iQ contetss
with the spirit OF a departed friend.
nod Ia hell. audthat he was prepared
to give e the world some lusIgat INTO
The conditions existing In that UNI
known realm. John Armstrong ChaI-
pner yestef day gave to Thee Virginia.
The prepared interview with which
he startled the coterie Of uewspap per
men whom hs had invited TO meet MIN
yesteruay afternoon at Alexandra In
srGer that he might outline the ma
ture Of the campaign To which he
proposes 10 devote his life and FOR
tahe.
Mr. Chaioner made good his pro-
raise To explain his plans Tor the re
formation OF the luuacy laws. and
then very grayely sprang the unex-
Hccted sensation The alleged mes
sage from the spirit world WAS trans
uiatted by aHtomatiEm 10 him while
In an i4Nolnntary nediumistie trance
a fe~ nights ago. The spirit whlch
established communication with him
was tnat Of Thomas jefferson Miller.
once Il nn~comnlissoned officer IN
the Confederate navy, "a member OF
the Manhattan Club. New FORK. and
pei soHai ard eIab friend of Mr.,
Chaloner's prior TO his Incarceration
IL EloenllngdaIy Asylum.
Mr.. Chai3ner explained that he Was
an e. Is medium. So pronounced
by the hate Professor james and
tIaers. as court records at Gbarlottes-
wife wcuiS show, and at the same
tine he WIS an unbeiiever IN and
scoffer at sI5rituAiism; IN short, that
his soul, "a &-faeuity. as he terms II
held e' sHmunicatton with spirits
aga'nst lis will. He said tina; the
spirit Of his old friend Miller had
aid converse with him hVe years
ago and he took no notes Of the mes
sage because of hts absolute lack or
faith In Spiritualisni, He has no
more faith now than he had then. but
he stated MS heller that The aiteseu
spirlt message, rs h% termed r.
should be given % the world on It's
merits
Doesn't Relieve IL.
MT. Ahai"her vigorously impressed
two nqihts-flrst that he dlont oe-
l4tAt a ID word of H. himself.
but he did not invent the communic"-
ton consciously lie declared thAt
the message from the spirit OF Miller
was transmitted TO him AZ he ia9 III
Al s4h~ennscions state IA MS bedroom
a. Merry Mills the night ~ July 'lsl
WIN an Autofn3tlc tnachihe s}flli@f
To flahche'te- GUIDED bv the Nhkh"WH'
unseen forces OF the spirit world. his
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control Of his n1entaI faculties or
,,nvsirr,t inovements the myzt4rious
nower guiding his hand. debating
through him Ia the wurld the de-
ceGert's message.
Il want You To understand-and
NV veracity has never been called
into uuestion--that | did NOT invent
this yarn consciously nor do / be-
~lieNcn O I'D Mnrd of H. / Do pc.
iieve that nv sub-consctaas self nay
x-faculty, did invent IL iii the gulse
OF the spirit Of Miller
The Message.
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