The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-12-14
SAYS STEAD'S SPIRIT
TALKED WITH HIM
MajOr-General Turner Declares
Journalists Ghost Described
Titanic Disaster.
PRAISES OCCULT WORK
Sir Alfred Asserts One Spirit
Gave Him Antique Mexi-
can Spoon.
PRAISES OCCULT WORK
SPECIAL cable Despatch 10 THs srN

IsVNDVN, DcC. 10 N""Jps-'N' '-'
Alfred Turner. the we'll known British
soldier. who has written books on many
subjects and whose recent chest stories
attracted much attention. tells THE Sun
correspondent that he has discovered
medium to naterialize unfailingly spirit
ual forms and to obtain other remarkable
psychic phenomena. The name OF this
medium is Cecil Husk He is 20 years
old and completely blind, His seances
are held in a house at Peckham on Sum
day only owing to failing health.
Sir Alfred says he has been acquainted
with Husk for many years and that he
was originally singer in Carl Rosas
| opera company. Husks sister won fame
| as the creator Of the part Of Lady Angela
In Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience" Sir
| Alfred says he did not care 10 tell the
public about this wonderful man as he
! did not deem IL worth while to attempt
, to convince the scoffers. "But now he
! adds. ~ feel that at my age I should
personally and help to spread my knowl-
| edge Of the truth Of spiritualism.
"Husk is one of the few mediums 7
have ever seen whose pyschic power was
able to work against antagonism and even
| In the most inimical circle. Mrs. Wreidt
the American medium. who is also
wonderful is frequently unable 70 ac-
, complish anything II there is an un-
! sympathetic person present.
| stead Told H Titanic.
/ "Husk is n trance medium. and in the
/ front room OF his house have seen re-
I markable things, Three weeks ago this
coming Sunday W. r, Stead was ma
! persons. each one being able to see him
lie appeared in hsif form. that is from
/ the waist up. and f'onted about the ROOM
! having something to say TO every on.
J present. He smiled and said to each one
! OF us:
Its all true. it's all true Let the
good work 60 on
referring 10 the Titanic disaster. he
! told us that Il was not true that he had
been hit on the head with spar but
gave us vivid description Of the terri
bic time he had ~ composing the multi
tudes who were suddenly plunged into
eternity. He said that to the majority
death came SO suddenly that when the
people awoke in the other world they
were unable to realize that they were no
longer on earth, and it took them some
time before they realized the new condi-
tions surrounding them.
~ fortnight ago this coming sunday
Cardinal Newman appeared before us
carrying a fiery cross in front OF him
He also passed smilingly about the room
Various other forms have been ma
terialized at Husk's place. I may say
that | never attended a seance at Husk's
home when he has not been successful
Naturally there are scoffers who sug
gest fraud. hut the conditions at Husk's
place preclude that possibility. We ri,
in sem-darkness in the room. every ono
present being seated about a hig table
with their hands joined I usually sit OF
one side OF Husk and a friend OF mine
sits on the other side. and l can assure
THE SvN most positively that there I.
absolutely not the slightest possibility OF
fraud.
strong Faith In Spiritualisn,.
"Besides, in my experiences in spirit
ualism during the past forty years
have personally seen so much that m,
faith in spiritualism is adamant. Il
. my own house on the Chelsea embank
ment, in this very room where YOU ar,
now sitting. materializations have oc
: Cured without any medium being present
81 remember one occasion when a lad,
came here for the first time and hear,
the voice Of her son speak to her. Th
y boy died in peculiar circumstances from
y an overdose Of vcronal, and everythin,
' pointed TO suicide hut the coroner's jur!
returned an open verdict Here In thi
room he told his mother IL was an acci
dent and great load was thus lifte,
from her mind.
'In this room also Lady Muir Mac
kenzIe received flowers OF an unknow,
species while I myself received a bras
= spoon which ! am told is an antiqu
Mexican incense server"
When asked by THE SrH correspondent
q how II was that in a darkened room
i was possible to identify materialize
3 spirits, Gen. Turner said:
Their aura illuminated them. Some
|, times the spirit placed its hand to II
j.: ear and the palm glowed like sol
r electric light. illuminating the face Of tn
niatcrlalized form"
j. Sir Alfred says he also has encountere
Il evil spirits. On one occasion a lady wa
j. seized by the back of the neck. causin
II her to scream out with pain. She lei
i the room but when she returned tn
ponderous oak chair In which the mod vi
a was sitting was raised up and the
II dashed 10 the ground. The lights wer
= Immediately turned on and the mediir
= was found to be still In a trance. lyIn
n horizontally on the hoor. The seans
It was then abandoned.