Year: 1868




at her new lodgings at Albert terrace and she
expressed anything but the sncerest affection and
respect for her adopted son. have seen her 60 up
TO him when he was On the sofa and kiss him with
great affection Her great desire seemed TO be that
he should recover his health and create sensation
In society by taking q more active and prominent
part than his position had hitherto enabled him to
do. The witness then went on to deny that he had
ever influenced the plaintin.


DR.. Hawksley, the other attesting witness said
tnat ne nad mad ample opportunity Of forming an
estimate Of the Defendants character ana uS was
In him anything Inconsistent with truth honor anu
perfect integrity. In consequence OF ietier wnicn
ings for the pupose Of attestng the Will The SIT
ness corr0b0rated the evidence Of Mr. Rudall.


Mrs Lyons conduct to the defendant Home being
consistent with the idea that he exercised any hnu-
ence over her. He also said that sne appeared 70 en-
tertain the greatest affection for him.


Miss Elizabeth Fuller said that she had never heard
any mother speak more aectionatey Of her son than
did the paintn Of the defendant. The plantin said
that she had given the defendant money, quite IRE.
spective Of his being spirtualist The plaintiff was


Er GersId er Massey Of Wards Hurst Hers in his
afidayit. said-On the 2Sth OF December, 1865, met
Mr.. Home and Mrs. Lyon for the first time. 1t was
Since that time have seen great deal of Mr. Home,
and have had the slightest reason to look upon
Character and Iindliest disposition; in fact eente
man whom should judge to be quite incapable of
any such business as has been laid to his charge In
company with Mr.. Home called twice on Mrs. Lyon,
and once called alone and breakfasted with her, at
her lodgings at Knightsbridge, and sat alone with
her for several hours afterwards and on each occa-
sion she went more or less over the story Of her
meeting with Home, and told me her motives In
adopting him as her son and heir. She said that
since tine death Of her husband she had BEEN alone in
the world, having nobody to care for her. She had
adopted Mr.. Home as her child to have some one to
given him $50 900 right or she SAID to o. make him
independent Of everybody-iRdependent even Of
herself, SO that there should be nothing ambiguous
in their relationship in the eyes Of the world. un
derstood her also to say that she should make him
the inheritOr OF the remainder Of her wealth. She
stated that she had sought out Mr.. Home and not
Mr.. Home her. She had sought HIM out In
the first instance, she observed, because she
was believer In what is called Spiritualsm. She
HAD been a believer all her life, and accustomed to
have visions from her childhood upwards. OF these
she related several, being very anxious to impress
me with her great natural gifts In this respect Among
other things remember she told me that Nh. Home
had been shO1cn TO her In one or her OisiOnS, ana
that she had recognized hin, Immediately they met.
Indeed, she said that her husband before his death
had foretold her adopting son. She stated the
number OF years she was to be after her husbands
DEATH and told me the time was up. She said she
knew Mr.. Home as the son OF her adoption the
moment she set eyes upon him. She was very open
In speaking of what she had done for Mr.. Home and
of what she intended yet to do In regard to her gift
OF so large a sum, instead OF making him depend
on her Tor an ALLOWANCE she asked me If she had not
an unc0mmonly handsome thing Inquired of Mrs.
lyon If she had acted from anything said done ut
any Of Mr.. Homes SednceS. She assured me most
emphatically that she had not and that nothing Of
the sort had taken place at their early interviews
beyond her personal liking. She took constant de.
Light in hearing Mr.. Home relate his astonishment at
her proposals, her gifts being so unsOught and uneX
pected; and from what saw Of Mrs. Lyon should
take her he of the last persons in the world to be
Influenced by any Will save her own. For example,
she has taken dislike to something done by Mr.
Homes son. and nothing could soften her feelings
against the Child or bend her reSOlute will, although
this was very painful to Mr.. Home. Her mind
made up and there was nothing more to be said.
Mr.. Home should say that her will was the dOmi-
nant one. She plade him do pretty much as she
pleased, even to the going on errands for her and
carrying home trivial articles for her. She called
HIM her child, and assuredly treated him as one. |
saw him do very humating things and put up
remarked to him. ~ cO,Ad not stand that y0r ESQ 900
year" HIS reply rdS, "oh, gou DO not hhoD


% SAW 70 paov &c" enonp @ that g s6e Ikea to
have her way, and saw that she had 1t. Mrs. Lyon
expressed herself as being made very happy by what
OF affection towards him. He was once speaking of
some hardship he had undergone in early llfe where
upon Mrs Lyon embraced him. wept over him real
tears, and said how glad she was to be the means Of
preventing anything OF that kind ever again occur
ring. She was at times excessively afectionate A
more cynical tOoke-ron might haze seumtsed
thing too roma ana Jey'pent only thought IL a
rather ste,nottous exhibition or late motherhood.


Several other witnesses spoke to the business ca
pacity OF the plaintiff and her affection for the
defendant.


DR.. James Gully, a gentleman who had known the
defendant for some years, In his AFFIDAVIT said that
In June, 1857 after Mr.. Home left him and he heard
the cruel measures Mrs. Lyon was taking against





should so unjusty seek to insult him. and in reply to
that letter she said, "You have only heard an In
vented story from beginning to end. would
explain 1t to you, but truth is best spoken, not
written, for then II person has judgment and COM
mon sense he can at once discern for himself truth
from falsehoOd. You hare your eyes shut on the
medium 0r dlsehood; mtne hare been opened on me
medium or truth. shall be glad to see you when
you are in London, and am yours &C." lie had
during the past seven years witnessed both in his
own house and elsewhere in the presence OF Mr.. |
n ter rpf1 GaI mo
for sednces, and he had known him refuse twenty
guincas for a sednce.
plaintiff, and have been so since the year ls47. |
should hardly call myself spiritual medium My
suit Is drawing with pencil or crayon, or oils,
which do not draw myself. have niece Emma
Berry. She Is child II years Old but she has com
munications always when we are sitting for them,
and frequently when we are not ! have had san
ces with the plaintiff. was present at sednce held
ut my house on the 7th OF June. Plantr Emma
and Mr.. Kent were present. Plaintiff asked oil the
questions We were sitting round the table placing
our hands upon It, and in few minntes tilts' came
not 'raps" We are not rdpping mediuns Tie
"tlts" denote that there spirit waiting to COM
municate. Plaintiff asked whether 1t was the spirit
three times Plaintiff then asked questions relating
entirely to the affairs OF herself and defendant The
belonging to plaintr to he given to BAN R $ne So
rersdtt0n lasted about Jortv minutes. The spirit
then tod us TO more ne table ana make the room
dark. In a few minutes shower Of sweet williams
were thrown on the table, and then four moss roses
wrapped In tissue paper were placed upon the table.
asked II they were for plaintiff, and the spirit
answered one for her and the rest for yourself.
did not produce any Of these things think could
swear that no mortal did. In fact could swear so.
The witness then spoke of sed,ce which she had in
the presence OF the plaintiff on the 14th June, when
similar remarkable manifestations occurred, but on
that occasion the spirit was heard to walk heavily
about the room. The plaintiff asked II the questions
She asked the spirit whether 1t approved OF what
she was doing and the answer was ayes; 90 to idr,
ana be HrD,." She then asked whether going to law
would get her out OF difficulty, and the answer was
Doubtful The plantin also asked the spirit
whether he approved of her lawyer, but the spirit
Judiciously refrainod from answering.


Mrs. Hall, an authoress, said that the defendant
mad gwen his sednces without payment, that he was
an honorable man, and that the plantin always re-
Rarded him with the greatest afection. The plaintiff
said that before she had the defendant the spirit
or her husband had told her that she should have q
son.


Mr.. s. c. Hall said the pa,ntiY asked him what
would make home comfortable, and he said f3O0 a
wear The plaintiff said she had determined To give