The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-29
Or. HVSlOP TELLS OF
SPIRIT PICTURES
Former Professor Of Ethics
at Columbia.

New York, Sept 2s.--The journal
of the proceedings of the American
Society Of Psychical Research con-
tains a paper by the society's organ
izer and secretary. DIR. James II. Hys-
lop. formerly professor Of ethics and
logic at Columb ia. on some unusual
phenomena in photography deal
ing with his investigations of spirit
photographs" taken by Mrs Mar
guerite DUPONT Lee. a member of the
DUPONT family of powder making
fame. The article is accompanied by
, some remarkable "spook pictures of
Rev. Mr.. Bocock. Protestant clergy
man, who died in Philadelphia ten
years before Mrs Lee held the plate
in her hand, and which are said TO se
unlike any of the dead mans pictures
known to be In existence. as well as
| photographs of things mat apparently
were not around when the camera was
working.
DR.. Hysiop says that Mrs. Lee Is "a
woman Of some means in her own
name, who has built an institution for
| work of charity school and who is
| in no respect professional psychic.
She began and prosecuted her expert
ments. DR. Hyslop says, with the sole
| object of satisfying her own private
/ curiosity and made no attempt to in
| terest scientific or other people.
| Made Private Investigation.
| Much of Mrs. Lees work was done
with the aid of william Keller, once
a professional spirit photogra pher.'
who is now in the employment of the
+, government as a photographer in con-
| nection with the care OF the insane.
Keeler is a brother Of Pierre Keller
a professional medium. Mrs. Lee, how
ever. concealed from him what she
| e. go once q week and have ten
| photographs taken By William NJ Keel
er, this by way of investigation. Mrs.
Lee said in her statement to DIR.
Hyslop. mir. Keeler is unaware that
IL have had any results myself
/ Last week he told me: Il believe you
have some powers. Suppose you take
a photograph of me He explained the
working OF his large new camera and
! then seated himself on small gilt
chair before the black screen. In the
/ picture the chair stands alone In front
Of the curtain. Behind the chair is
! the photograph OF Mr. Keller and a
photograph OF my self nearly on top
! of him, yet each face is indistinct In
addition there is likeness of a ply
! sician who Is an acquaintance of Mr.
Hyslop-
Tells Of "Spook" Pictures.
I Il have received at different times
an excellent likeness of an old clergy
man and his wife whom / have known
! for years. These photographs have
been recognized by others There is
! no photograph Of the clergyman in
town that Mr.. Keller could have seen
! in any way and never heard Of a Ike
ness of his wife anywhere have
received an excellent likeness OF my
great grandmother. 1t has been locked
up for years
DR.. Hyslop visited Mrs Lee and saw
her take spirit pictures" the most
3 interesting of a group of which ne lie
scribes as follows:
I 1T consists of a picture of the por-
! trait with the lamp In the foreground
and the chair on which the lamp rests
visible through the canvass of the por-
! trait We must remember that the
portrait was not on the chair, but
taken away and put in the other room
and lay on the bed"
Mrs. Lee was unable TO get anything
but normal pictures for a time tthis
was in 1879. but the phenomena re-
| turned and then came PHOTOGRAPH,
taken at Keelers, with a camera TO-
cused on a black curtain. showing Mr.
Bocock in very characteristic pose -
This picture was identified as Mr. Ro-
cock by Professor Bocock in Athens
Georgia.