Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-04-04
Irchdeacon CoIIey Was Cham
piOn Of Psychic Research.
Eccentric churehman Who Died Re
Gently Ia England Requested That
His Brain Might Be Inspected
After Death.

London. -zArchdeacon Colley. who
died recently, won notoriety outside
the church as a champion OF spiritual
Ism, and his challenge to Mr.. Maske-
lyne. which led to the latter's produc-
ins spirit form" from. and return
ins 70, his side and the litigation
which followed 1t are fresh in the pub
Nc mind
Eight years ago the archdeacon had
Ms cofhn made and stored in the mu-
dc room of the rectory. In 1904 he
made q will bequeathing his body to
The University of Birmingham for dis
section TO be cut up in the interests
Of anatomical and surgical science
when have done with IT,"
In a letter to the university the
Echdeacon recalled that as a child he
vas laid out for dead and narrowly
escaped being buried alive. and. there
brs asked that ut may be seen that
am really dead"
Please, again. tell me what should
Do he wrote. about giving in let
ia or other formal disposal OF my
mortal remains. to be brought under
ny hand with my coffined body. parti-
eulars Of what | should write as 10
mental idiosyncrasies. bias of will,
Likes and disllkes, with whatever else
may be useful when, the top of my
skull. az we arranged. shall be sawn
o. 10 enable exploration to be made,
hat Il may be known II am, or have
been, any more mad than other peo-
pc"
Last New Years day the archdea-
con was carried round his church in
he codin. or box, clothed as he had
Expressed a wish to be clothed after
aesth-la performance that startled
aggregation already accustomed to
ne eecentricities. II desired to i'm
press on my parishioners that death
the gate Of life.'" he said after
Yards 4 hope and expect that after
death and spell of rest-which may
b one year or 500 shall return
asain for useful work. That is the
doctrine have taught, and the doc
uine believe In"
u the following months he an
bounced to his congregation at Stock
nolm that he had resigned his living
na tEat II was his intention to go to
youth Africa. where he had property
Darlng the SOS. he said. he bought
and hear johannesburg for which be-
mre the Boer war he was offered E4.-
Noooo.
VI oil his extraordinary spiritualis-
e experiences none is more amazing
nan dis psychic" parcels post Here
: ais own story OF his experience:
Al Southsea. some years ago,
Nm no little discomfort wore all day
moer my clothes and next the skin
N'eral yards OF white muslin In the
aenlng still wearing IL. cycled to
elcnester. for a surprise visit to a
!oung woman Of my own developing
saklng there an unwrapped up small
saaole Of the attire. and loosely pin
Jung my card to It with no ether ad-
Vess' ! and friend and the young
-onan's sister saw the muslin fade
.sss' disappear, and melt like vapor
nun NE lap Of the little medium
y was then nearly midnight and l
&c willed the muslin to go to Lon
wo 70 friend. Next day came a
aesram from my friend, quickly fol.
sseo BY letter. to the effect that at
~ nrst hotel he had CHANGED on
nns been to the opera and missed
iast train that would have taken
n % his home out Of London-the
-ssnn and card so insecurity pinned
u mad fallen upon his face as he
80 gotten into bed. and seeing my
ne and address. he wired to me the
w tnlng In the morning"
ne afterward found that It had Ia.