Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-03-16
"Discarnate" Mary,
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of the dining room and parlor visible
from the meeting place in the kitchen.
IAN odorless. inflammable liquid
was found in bottle on . beam
which produced the described effects
on wet paper. Other indices were
found point to the same conclusion.
namely. that a person five feet tall
secretly performed the. acts AZ OPP
portunity offered.
1.-THE various witnesses were UNI
doubtedly honest in believing that
the acts could not have been thus
performed. but my acquaintance
with. the errors of observation and
of memory on the part of intelligent
persons dealing with a large number
of details in a matter quite new to
them has often demonstrated that
such testimony may be, vitality in err
ror.
IF the views Of the late DR.. Hys-
lop, who amassed considerable evil
dence in support of them are correct.
this would be a case where discar-
nate agency brought about the al
teration Of personality and per-
formed the acts through the girl. IL
Thompson in the case reported at
length by the American Society OF
Psychical research having no ex-
perience in painting. and suddenly
acquiring a technique which was
pronounced by an export to be that
of at least 10 years experience and
style which experts said much re-
sembled that of the deceased artist.
Clifford was really influenced by
telepathic contact with the dead ar
fist it would be conceivable that the
Antagonist case was similar, al.
though on a different line.
1.-THE experiences Of Messrs. Wild
den and Carroll when at the house for
the purpose of investigation by the
way of hearing strange sounds as OF
footsteps and feeling actual sensa-
tions are supported as super-normai
experiences of some kind by other
cases investigated at length by ex-
perts. and which revealed no PSYCHE
cal cause. The experiences were I'M
suggested by any previous reports.
were shared by two persons, were not
assgnable to any known existing
cause and there was less wind on that
night than on several occasions when
| and other persons were in the house.
There was a wind during the night
which l passed alone In the house and
1 examined the loose boards which
some one suggested vibrated and
there was no movement nor sound.
"My own personal study of series
of raps and other sounds which last
ed for months in my own house makes
the testimony of Messrs. Whidden and
Carroll quite credtable.. to the effect
that the sounds were not from ordin-
airy causes. For reasons which / can
not here give in detail, I regard the
sensations which both had as effects
upon their consciousness and not OF
the usual kind, and due to causes lit
Ito understood.
This new outbreak would be con-
sistent with the theory that the girl
was prompted by a discarnate agency
which now found new outlet, owing
TO a peculiar quality residing in one
of the men. probably Mr.. Whidden,
which quality has been given the
| name psychic. In that case Mr..
| Carroll also heard and felt because
! he was with Mr.. Whdden who was
the human wire. SO to speak, through
which the force or influence whether
an unknown psychical one, or some
| other passed.
ITO sum up, in my judgment the
| fires were caused by the hands of
the girl in the family and presumably
| also the loosening of cattle, etc, also
were performed by her at unnoticed
| opportunities. although I do not ex-
! pect the neighborhood ever to credit
| this
These acts were, however, almost
| certainly without culpability on her
part, owing to her having been tenn
! porarily in abnormal states Of con-
seriousness. Possibly. but not prob
ably, there was instigation of the acts
by discarnate intelligence through
! telepathic contact upon her mind.
"The sounds and other impressions
shared by Messrs. WhidGcn and Car
roll. were, judging by the signs
! which they bear in common with 9TH
or and much larger investigated oc-
/ currcnces OF a similar kind, super
normal. This does not necessarily
mean spiritualistis as 1t may be that
some force not yet understood by
! science of psyche physiological