The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1873-02-15 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

THE BARROW SPIRITHALLTS.  Meetings Of spiritualist; have recently been held in a house in Scott-street in this town, and the result, it is stated, has been a revelation as to the circumstances relating to the death of Mr. Joseph Fisher; butcher, and an intimation which might Pad to the discovery of his body. Mr. Fisher, it will be remembered, was supposed to have been drowned on the Bth of January, Dt69, whilst crossing the Barrow Channel, but the spiritualists are said to have had a revelation made to them to the effect that he was murdered by a Spanish sailor, and that his body was buried on IValney Island. The "messages" delivered at the sea es were substantially interpreted as follows : NI r, Fisher had been in company with a Spanish Sailor, at Biggar, on the afternoon of the hth of January, 1869, and left that place about nine nick& at night, and proceeded to North Scale, arriving there at about ten o'clock. He had al horse and cart with him, and was about to crosa the channel when someone shouted out to him that he could not cross, as the tide was in. lie replied that he coat& saying his horse could swim. He only went into the water live yards, and theh turned back. lie afterwards returned ' to Turnmerhill, where he remained till half-past eleven. Ile proceeded on his journey towards North Scale again, and when he came to a lane end near the church, the man with whom he had been at Biggar, and who had been lying in wait Inc- bins, sprang Upett him, and struck him a severe blttw with a dagger, killing hint in a Mit tate This dagger, which had a hock horn itandle, was buried in the grave with Fedi a. He tlid not bleed 'Buell externally, hut very much internally. The dagger was now rusty, but the handle was not much worse. The murderer wrapped his victim up in a bag and concealed himo. at a certain part of Walney Island, Which the spirits indicated so much tin the satisfaction if some believers that on Tuesday a searching party proceeded thither and set to work with t panics, in the hope of making a discovery. On Wednesday there was a further exploration ma. alney Island : and, meanwhile, it is affirmed that a supplementary seance was being held inn Barrow for the purpose of assisting the adventurers. With that object in view it is reported that the following questions were put and answered by the spirit of Mr. Fisher :—Aro the inert on Nullity at the right place 1 No answer. —Don't you want us to find your body 9 A : No.—:Would yoa not like your remains to be taken nip and the rites of a christian burial Performed 1 No.—From other spirits the fttllowing inforthation is said to have been obtained :—Q.: Are the men who are digging fir Mr. Fisher a remains on Walney in the right place ? A.: Ye,,.—no you not want Uw to go on with the search? No.—Why 1 Because you are likely ti get into trouble by it —Will the body ever be found? Yes,—When 1 This week.— Have yon anything to communicate us? Yes. —What is it? On, ti, work.—lt only remains for us to add that the efforts made to solve the toystery relating to Mr. Fisher's death harm not been crowned with success.