Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1928-02-04
The Story Of Her SpirituaIistic
Powers--Can Communicate
With the Departed
ForetoId Pres. Hardinq's Death.
ESPECIAL by john MltcneI. JrD

(SpeClal Dy JOIN MAINuS'i, Jl u
The agitation made and criticism
voiced by one of Richmond's most
distinguished ministers caused me TO
call on Mrs. josephine Becton, the
wife OF Rev. G.. w. Becton, with
view Of determining her status as
medium. ella .rvoyant or what not.
She willingly submitted to an inter
view and during the questioning,
ascertained from her that she was
born tn a double veil, This intor-
nation was conveyed to her by her
grandmother. 1t is sometimes called
the gift OF second sight. She is
not a clairvoyant, fortune teller CT
any of the ordinary cult that travel
through the country for money.
COMMUNICATES WITH SPIRITS.
She Charms the power to commun-
icate with the spirits. She has the
power 10 go into trance and to be
a direct means of communication
with the spirit world When a spirit
of the departed enters her, her voice
becomes similar to the voice or the
person, when that person was alive.
When in a trance, it is strictly for
hidden for any one to touch her or
lay hands on her, should her condT
ton seem 10 become critical. Just
leave her alone and she will come
around all right, else, the trance
might continue for an indefinite
time from which trance she might
never come from under again. She
ella ms to have fOretold the death Of
President Warren G.. Harding.
BRINGING THE MESSAGES.
She has the power of taking some
thing possessed by an individual, u.s.
ualiy jewelry preferred and without
knowing its owner or from whence
it came, relate incidents in the life
of that person and bring messages
from some dead member of that
persons family. This is what was
done at a seance held in this city
She was known prior TO her mar
riage to Rev. G.. w. Becton as
Madame BuffCrd and it was during
the Elks' Convent'o on here that she
was called into service to demon
strate her supernatural powers
Some of those, who attended her
seances gwen privately then wanted
her to repeat the same privately
during her recent visit to- Richmond
and she granted the request.
rrIJu, CATrCu, OU, nIIU TrDpNAP
This was the cause of the uproar,
so to speak and this is why the
DeacOns OF the Fifth Street Baptist
Church protested against her hus-
bands return to this city. She fur
ther informed me that she can hear
sound not audible to the ordinary
individual and she can see spirits.
She says that knocks occur in her
bedroom and Rev. DR.. Becton has
been aroused by them and enQuired
the cause. He is used to all Of
this now. 1t is uncanny and fright
ening at times. She has relative
born in the same way she was born
and susceptible to the same influ-
epees.
A SCIENTIFIC sPIRITUALIST.
She is in every sense Of the word
% scientific spiritualist and this sect
has established churches throughout
the country. The central headquar-
ters are at 900 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C.. This is the same
kind of organization of sp'ritualists
headed by the great Englishman, Sir
A. Conan Dovle of Great Britain
1t operates independently here. He
has written many treat'ses upon this
subject and recently paid visit to
this country. speaking to large and
cultured audience in New York.
Mrs. Becton (Madame Bufford) is
in charge of a spir'tualist'c church
in New York City, having an assist
ant pastor. She carries with her
ordination papers authorizing her t.
perform a. duties Of the m nis;ry,
including solemnizing marriages.
conducting funerals, etc. The organ
ization IS composed Of white and col