Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-29
HYSLOP ANDLODGE
SCORN R|NN'SS5(DO
Scientists Will Not Summon
/ Spirits in Answer to Skep-
tics Challenge
BOTH CALL IT NONSENSE

New York, Jan. 2o.-Prof. James H.
Hyslop, secretary of the American so
ciety for Psychical Research, laughed
when asked what reply he cared to make
to Joseph F. Rims offer OF 5000 to
Sir Oliver Lodge or to the Research 90
ciety il they or anybody else can pro :
dnce medium who. under scientific
ANALYSIS, will yield the slightest man
ifestation of communication with the
spirit world or perform a feat in the
least degree supernatural Rim IS a
fruit and produce broker and former
member Of the Research Society. -,
'sThe whole thing is ridiculous, y said
Professor Hyslop. mir. Rim knows 1t
IL ridiculous. For years he has been
goining around making the same oher'
and in this instance, in accord wltn
precedent. the offer will be ignored
That is the only thing to do win Mr. Mr'
Rim. You can't take him seriously
so ignore him. go.
Asked about the contents of the letter
from DR.. Richard Hodgson, which KIM
SAYS he has locked up in his safe, and
for statement of the contents of which
he offers his $4,000 reward, Doctor
Hyslop said Nv
'1t is not at all probable that Doc
tor Hodgson can remember what ne
wrote to Mr.. Rim before he died How
many of us remember what we nave
written in letters? l couldn t. Tor the
life of me, remember the contents or
probably more than two or three let
ters I have written. No, the whole
thing is not worth serious consideration.
Simply say we intend to ignore Mr..
Rim now. as we have dore on similar
occasions in the past.
Nonsense" Says Sir Oliver
Sir Oliver Lodges comment on the
Rim offer was in the same strain.
"Nonsense, nothing but nonsense.
he declared. "Nou cannot get things
by simply offering money. Why,
would net pay any attention to II II
$50 900 were offered. | am not seeking
n controversy with any one.
Rubbish. all rubbish. As said
before, will have none of it.
Rim Says They're Afraid
'Of course they ignore me, sale
Mr.. Rim. when the comment of Sir
+ Oliver and Prof. Hyslop had been re
counted "What else can they do pu
ignore me? They don't dare to come
out in public and meet my challenge
"It is easy for Dr. Hyslop TO dis
miss my challenge by saying DR.. Hodg
son cannot remember what is in tha
letter / have securely locked away il
nv safe. l tell Prof. Hyslop that l
DR.. Hodgson' S spirit. or shade or what
ever you want to call 1t, remembers
ANYTHING of this world, he remembers
, the contents of that letter If his shade
has any memory left. L Will stake every
thing l own that he recalls the las
discnssion he and | had and what h
wrote to me concerning it, just befor'
he died.
Hysl0p Letter to Rim
Doctor Hyslop says he cannot re
rnember things he wrote in letters. That
is doubtless true. ] have in my pos
session letters from Doctor HysloI
which. if l ever published, would mak'
his present position untenable. IL
~ro.c things to me in letters that h
i has fatty contradicted in his publ
writings.
TNeither he nor Sir Oliver dare com
out III the open and accept my cbal
1enge. | am the one man they are al
afraid of. I've Travelled with that CROW,
fer years and ] know them. Thut'
why they ignore me. ! used to be- ,
member of the American Society TO
Psychicai Research. Twenty seven year
ago l began to hunt spirits. The pur
Vcyors of Spooks invited me to thei
efNHCeS- ISSCulCdl TeSSuTtUerS ASKED HI
to co operate. was trying to satisfy
my hankering for truth. But after
had been paving around for some tim
among so He'd supernatural phcnom
ena, ] woke up one day to the fact that
j had never encountered one that cuut
MT he disproved.
''Then | began my work of shown.
up these people. Mark me, | do no
ridicule sincere believers in spiritual
ism. but what l do show is how easy
it is for fake mediums to impose upon
the credulous.'