New-York tribune., 1912-06-10
SPIRIT TALK RECORDED
C. D. Wright's Communications
Published by DR.. HySIop.
REVEAL INTIMATE DETAILS
Experiments Since Death OF
William James Are
Summarized.

An abbreviated record of SpirltlsuC SIT
,inSs i'm which communication was esta'-
lishcd with the late Carroll u. wright
president Of Clark College ana at on" time
Labor commissioner m Washington. iorms
the principal part Of an article by pr
James II. Hyslop published to-day under
the title summary Of Experiments since
the Death of William James in The Jour
nal of the American Society for Psychlcdl
Research"
The communication with DR.. Wright was
suggested. according to Dr. Hyslops ac-
count through the mention OF colleague
Of Dr. Wright and later, apparently IN
supernormal manner. the mention OF Clarh
University in the course of sittinss IN
which communication had been established
tbIoVgh medium with the late PROBES
This pers6rIAff and other persons.
pected one in the whole groths most uheN,
says DR.. Hyslop in his introductory
remarks. Il never knew Carroll d.
Wright personally, knowing him only by
his public reputation as Labor Commis-
soner N Washington. This fact Of his
public life and reputation causes some
weakness in the evidence OF this record.
But this Limitation is somewhat diminished
by Mrs. Chenoweth's (the medium's) actual
ignorance Of the man. and especially hey
ignorance Of his relation to CLARK Uni
lersty."
In searching for reason for Mr. NllSEI 5
communications DR.. Hyslop mentions that
he once had occasion to review book that
had been sponsored by President G. Stan
ley Hall. of Clark University. q close friend
of Mr.. Wright. and that he had spoken OF
its in nC
Something Of Nemesis.
1t was something Of a Nemesis to have
his old colleague turn up soon afterWard
and undertake to prove his identity through
medium :" Or. Hyslop eXclaims. Il can
give no other than this Is the reason for
his appearance here. However, the reason
is not important. The thing that is i'm
portant is the question whether the evil
dence sustains the claims to being super
normal"
The earliest allusiOns 10 Mr.. Wright dur
ing sittings toward the end of 1910, were
indistinct and confused, Dr. Hyslop says,
and there was no further reference to him
until April :, 1911. when he appeared TO
communicate directly through automatic
writing
But some Of the most complex and de-
tailed incidents were unrecognzabe. and SO
left the collective mass Of evidence some
what weak, Or. HyslOp says. Finding from
Dr Wright's daughter that she recognized
some things which her father did not seem
10 recall. Mr.. Iiyslop says he decided on an
experiment that would be almost as good
as cross-reference. He found the dauGh-
Ter was willing 10 take some sittluss ana
he arranged for them as II they wcr" T."
he taken by friend not mentioning name.
sex or relation to his work. He purpoS"lN
arranged for the Starlight trance. as Mrs.
C'henoweth's regular work il done bv this
little control. and it is oral instead "f au-
tomato writing.
Then follow accounts Of the different sit
tings. and the following is the record IT
one as cited by In Hvslop.
There is another thing about ham Ho
knows something about these spirit thlnES.
YOU know
tNeSl
he smiles when I say that. a, thoueh ne
had studied. NoU know. N eS' Along tnls
thought 10 know more about tt and Whn'
he IS very clear headed. eN'rNthine n'
l.neW he knew well, ~ the same time no
lAld rs predetermined many things. you
understand yes ! don't mean so mu'h
problernatical the fact of another life, tn'
mean the fact of how close They come
into this Hfe. that was ~" pr"nl - 20 MIN
rms must 10 compared Nith ~" sl'usi"r
IN his own ettjn&s =" t4hl" tippiog. hr
Uvslop SAYS and though u doe@ not s''e
cifcallv repeat the method hy which Nj
Wrsht's interest had been aroused il -
leate the general character 0f that inter
- and the daughter remarks ~ his oN
rerienco thst ~ q Young man IN" had beer
rucn interested IN things "C tho spirit
went To- meetings and l2d various expert