New-York tribune., 1922-05-10
Doyle Answers
Maxi1n's Charge
NJ Hocus Pocus
Whole Point i'll Spirit
~, p;c,ure of Scientist "
sro,her Is i'll Fact lie
DR. So Bitter Il Shcpiic
r.lers Also Repel Him
s'; ot.f os' !. ei" proofs is n ':'' PERSON.. ;,
u Jef, Experiences. pc He Asserts

william Hone, spirit
cs'np.Gnr'1 os.r Of creve, England and
''''ss.pph ..'se his belief in th' au'9%n'.1 ,,',.,
-r q 's' p. s,',Sa .sovn at each Of ne . lee-
'h''a :. ss .n'ri. nj pbo,osraphyr SIR AT'ng'
er'' Or nsrle sr, has replied in a letter. s,p, "a
c''sa 10 10 The Tribune to ''a .,'a 'a@'s4 aI.
a'd' ss,. sy aSrot Srotssr is 'hoeas-po'o.."
he 2s':9s''sa 9, Arthur Ut a. one Of the
'sosn ....-.,,Ips .. III Of hi, collection He
s ~ taken pains in hi, ,ts5as .ss,rr' N, he n
''''n '"S, nd scientist was one o. me
.eov.d .eo,,, disbeliever' Of sp'F''0@''s''' ~
Enssnta d.. .. Sir Hiram appea;I,s ;,.,.''3.. On a
me .'ta In Miss Scatchefd, an ,.I',, n"E,,9,
pate VIZ as the sitter. 1t IS suIIo,.''t' ..,,
usdiaT' .ss a. "psvchic hood common %
ed VIZ .tsss tnS photographs Ihe SUNK y
nost Of ,s..csd ,ns,- nose and short lUtung
eyes. pFon0.ssst .ss FEATURES Of Slr Hiram
te.rd are :. the Re 'fs.l aesh.
" ne "as ~. y. he has shown the p'cture
csea SCI ., bs. said Any one VINO nas s,s
moH1 -. Sir Hiram in MS n;e..n'0 ;.c. +bess
ss9 ss9 70 difficulty in recognizing ''''s 0
...ro,gly .1r marked features a. ~. r'S, n;ct,,re
y-a!nn Mar. Maxim described II as hooUs- Is =
s na.ns" saving that MS brother va '..0
poe.s' 'x.S;raI o; unbelieyers In spirit
nos. ,..- 20 s,3 that i, was highly 'ron'c
o.. aa.,''t-. =. Of al persons should be pre-
tA. ~ ~ W ths screen in this conaec-
tor. 80, . II, Tribune.
dated May s, Hotel Amoa ssaoof' = -
follows: ..,o ,o+ to
.-rwsr ner.onafties, but / am ways
s..,v 70 meet any honest dltacu!ty
Sa,s sa,s' one is disclosed In Mr. dudso'..
T.T;n's interview. may say t0a,
~ Indebted to Mr.. Hudson Maxim ier
y, Misunderstanding book on poet,fE
u, Nayju's error lies in the tact mat
:. has been repelled by some aspects
.; .piri.ualism without knowing lhe lhe
,:sisct sufficiently 70 be aware thsj
.;sT are equally repellent to all Wei
l:.a-med spirituallsts.
aEe viii, for example. dnd all these
AXE presentations ridicuied by Us. n
ny New Revelation, page l2i, he WI
read: The Millions who cannot scar
azd Shakespeares who cannot thinN
ard Shellevs who cannot rhyme, am
al the other absurd impersonatlon
which make our cause ridiculous
Could NJ. Maxim put it stronger
than that? But this objection does no.
make Us blind and deaf to what ~
actually SEQ and hear. In the case OF
his brother. the fact that he wes Q
strong materialist was stated n ny
lecture and, indeed, was the point Of
the story, since he had said openly
that If he Nas wrong he would own NJ
n some way. I see that Ny. Maxim
does not even attempt 70 explain how
20 fine face o. his brother appeared
OF the plate % a little carpenter st
C,ewe under the watchful ewes Of so
good an observer as Miss Scstcherd
"0i course. the term 'hocus-pocus
ass been applied to every advance Of
a.man knowledge am old enough to
remember II as applied to Dalwinism
ana It is not really helpful. We want
definite alternative explanation, but
rone has ever been forthcoming save
fraud which is absurd when one takes
TIE photos ones self.