Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17

s message from the Great Beyond--a
message from its greatest champion,
the man who died with the great
desire to communicate with those on this
material plane.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was man who
sacrificed all to cause in which he believed.
He was q sincere believer in spiritualism and
for the last decade-up until the day Of his
demise-he sought to prove that the dead GOULD
speaka
Now he is gone and those who knew him
and believed as he did say that it will be only
q question of time-and a short time-before
the famous author win speak through those
who still dwell on this mortal sphere
There will be messages that purport to come
from Conan Doyle, whether they be genuine or
not. London medium has already received
such messages at meeting of Spiritualsts In
the presence of Lady Doyle. But more COM
plete communications are yet to be had and
great interest is conferred in the nature OF the
expected messages
A CCORDING to the beliefs held by Conan
Doyle his mentality still lives In another
plane-in invisible world from which tt
can convey concrete human thoughts to NOR
tails. Now has come his great opportunity to
prove to the physical world that spiritualism
is q reality.
The closing years of Conan Doyle's life were
years of preparation for great adventure. He
influence after he had died, believing that by
so doing he would be adequately equipped to
send coherent messages shortly after his death.
He knew that these messages of the future
would have to carry proof. In his studies Of
psychic phenomena the famous author investi-
gated every conceivable form of so-called spirit
messages. 1t is only logical to expect that any
communications which purport to be from
Conan Doyle viii carry with them signs or
marks 10 prove their authenticity.
There several types Of alleged spirit
communications that impressed Conan Doyle
while he was alive. One was the type that
carried key words or chance remarks with
significance unknown to the medium who
received them, but which were recognized by
those to whom the messages were sent.
Another was the impression of spirit finger
tips, which could be compared with records
taken of the living person, or parafhn molds
showing the form of an entire hand or face.
Most important of all were the records Of
posthumous writing that purported to be from
men who were authors during their physical
existence. Conan Doyle believed implicitly in
these. He was convinced that writings
attributed to Oscar Wilde and others were the
work of these authors executed in the spirit
world.
To every one there is one name which can
never be ASSOCIATED from that of Conan
Doyle-the name of the great character of
detective fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Although
hundreds of other writers initiated the stories
of SheIock Holmes, only Doyle possessed the
inimitabIe style that characterized these tales
Sir Arthur had not lost the touch of his
youth when he died His last book of Sherlock
Holmes stories, written only few years ago,
bore the characteristics of his former tales.
But with that book Sherlock Holmes died"
Conan Doyle sent his famous character into
the spirit world before him.
SPEAKING of his great detective as though
~ he were living being, Sir Arthur said in
June, 1927:
81 fear that Mr.. Sherlock Holmes may be-
come like some of those popular tenorS who,
having outlived Their. time, are still tempted
to make repeated farewell bows before their
mdulgent audiences. This must cease. He
must go the way of ALI flesh, material or i'm
aginary."
No one knows the exact type of messages
which Conan Doyle hoped to send from the