Arizona republican., 1922-06-25
Two Claim SpOOks As
Close AcqunintanceS

had furnished him nightly with the
plans for more than 5000 miles OF
track which he constructed. A woman
painter of high intelligence showed
the drawings produced by her hand
but without her conscious co-opera-
ton, but produced only when the
spirit is summoned by the music OF
her friend, a woman pianist.
The action of spirits who used his
hand to write messages to him and
draw pictures not designed or under
stood by him recently forced him to
believe that they were not tricks of
the imagination, according to the gas
appliance man. who is Charles E. Ep-
worth of 241 Duffield street, Brook
lyn.
Il never believed in mediums
never read on the subject and had
nothing to do with them until they
forced themselves on me" said Mr..
Epworth This also was said by the
railroad builder, Arthur Stilwell of
305 West End avenue and by Mrs.
Mary B. Sawtelle of SO West Ninth
street. a painter whose works were
we'll known. before her experience
with the ghostly artist who responds
only to music.
Gives Dialogue With Ghostly Artist
Those automatic drawings of
mine began only three weeks ago"
said Epworth, exhibiting some strik-
ing designs and figures. very differ
ent from his own work. Il received
messages from him which my hand
transcribed automatically and | knew
nothing of their meaning until after
they were written. l thought at first
it was the sub-conscious. Finally
said:
who are your
81 am Joseph Selemy' said he.
Look me up in the library he
said / had never heard the name in
my life l know nothing of painters.
went to the public library and
looked him up. There I found Joseph
Selemy was born at Maidling. near
Vienna in 1924, had gone around the
world with Franz Josef. had been
with Maximilian in Mexico, had been
president of the Vienna Art league.
had received decorations from four
countries. was famous as a painter
and had many works in the Vienna
museum. His masterpiece was a
painting of a desolate churchyard.
After learning this, / asked him
why of all the people in the world |
had been selected to work for him. |
who had no artistic training and no
interest in spiritual things.
II have been with YOU a long
time he replied 1T has been very
difficult to make you understand it."
Selemy promised to do great work
through the salesman later and is
now putting him through kind of
course in instruction, to timber up
the salesman's hand in order to make
it more effective instrument for
the artist
First Rappings a Few Months Ago
1t started with Epworth few
months ago when he heard rappings
to which he paid no attention. He
was working on blue prints of an in
vention and had them in closet,
when he was greatly alarmed by a
scratching there. He thought it a
mouse gnawing at the papers which
he deemed to be valua BILE. There
was no mouse to be found but under
many traps an ouija board was found
on the floor. 1t persisted in scratch
ing and forcing itself on tho atten-
ton of EpWorth. His mother and
then an Edna Stevenson. deceased.
used his hand to write messages and
then Selemy
arthur Il. StllWell, according TO
Arthur Conan Doyle and other au-
thorities on this subject. has had the
greatest psychic experience of any
man living. He has been president
of many railroads and was president
for seven years Of the National
Surety company.
Il have built more than 5000 miles
of railroad he said. 'and that. | be-
lieve. is more than any other living
man has built. Every part OF every
route had been determined by spirits
who have come to me in my dreams
and told me what to do
When he was building the route of
the Kansas City Southern, Mr.. Still
well said that he was warned by his
soirits not to build the terminal at
Galveston. as was planned, because
that would lead to disaster, but to
terminate it at Lake Sabine. where
he built the terminal of Port Arthur.
which is named after him.
-Four days after the terminal was
completed he said. 1.-The tidal wave
wiped out Galveston"
--O----
Mrs. Ella Wilson. who was chosen
to office in HunneWell Kas in 1911