The Washington times., 1920-09-13

Dysart, Iowa.
| Milwaukee. however. may become
the center of an investigation, in an
| effort to determine the identity and
| birthplace Of a baby which figures
1 in this narrative, IL the latter theory
| is accepted.
w. H. Robbins and his wife, of Dy-
| sart. wealthy and highly esteemed In
| their community, declare the rdead
child is alive and that birthmarTks s
establish beyond any doubt ITS iden-
tity as their own. The community
however, is divided into. scoffers and
believers.
| Here is the story as related to a
reporter by Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins,
who present their little daughter"
| as evidence of the claim that the
dead has been raised toy life and re-
| stored to them:
HEAR OF SPIRITUALIST.
| On October /. 1919, Mrs. Robbins.
| while on a visit in Springfield, Ill.
| gave birth to a daughter IN a hospital.
The child lived only five hours and
was buried in Oak Ridge cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins returned to
their farm home near Dysart The
mother grieved over the loss of her
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she said.
Last February they read that Sir
Oliver Lodge was to deliver a lecture
on spiritualism in Chicago, and while
| they had never taken stock in his
| teachings, both Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins,
decided they would go. His tau<
made such vivid impression on
| them that Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins de-
cided to make more thorough inyes-
tigation. Accordingly, they consulted
a Chicago medium, Mrs. Elizabeth
| Thompson, with, offices in the Masonic
Temple building. She informed them
that anything was possible If they
had faith. Mr.. Robbins told the me-
dunn that it was the wish of himself
and his wife that their little daugh-
ter be restored to them. Mrs. Thomp-
son told them it was possible and
prescribed what should be done.
PRAY AND FAST.
While they were in Springfield,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robbins met Mrs. Sylvia
Wheeler, also a medium. They de-
| cided to consult her. She advised
them to follow the instruction of
Mrs. Thompson which was to the eff
feet that they must pray and fast.
After an extended period of fasting
and prayer. Mrs. Wheeler was sum-
moned to the Robbins home where
| she kept the couple fasting and pray
! ing for weeks.
One day Mrs. Wheeler hurriedly
boarded a train for Chicago, dec.ar-
ing as she left that she was going
to transact some business there and
later would go to Milwaukee.
The fact that Mrs. Wheeler intend
ed coming to milwaukee,, after trans
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the belief that IL the miracle turns
out to be a hoax, the baby may have
been obtained here. As soon as an
investigation is started a search OF
! orphan asylums and maternity hos
pitals in this city probably Will reveal
the identity of the child.
| According to her story, while on
| the trip, she went into a trance and
was told by the spirit that the Rob
bins child would be restored to its
parents on the night OF June II. Mrs.
| Wheeler wired this information to
the Robbins two weeks before June
| IA. with the instructions that Mr.. and
Mrs. Robbins continue fasting and
praying until the momentous night.
BABY RETURNED ALIVE
On the evening of June IA. the
couple dressed themselves in white
and filled the bedroom with white
flowers as they had been directed by
Mrs. Wheeler. They prayed until
midnight and retired.
Between 2 and a. IN. we heard y
soft tread on the stairs" Mrs. Rob-
bins said. Presently the door was
opened and there stood spirit with
a bundle In its arms.
"I am my fathers SON., he said to
us. "and have come to restore your
clld to you because Of your great
faith In my father
with that a bundle was placed be-
tween us in the bed and the spirit
disappeared. Almost crazcd with Ioy.
we uncovered the bundle and found II