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SOME SPIRITUALIST FRAUDS.

HOW FRAUDULENT MEDIUMS ARE ENCOURAGED.

PSYCHICAL RESEARCH WORKERS EXPOSURE.

The exposure I am able to make

THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, APRIL 26th, 1927

P. & O. SERVICES.

OUTLOOK FOR FREIGHT 'IMPROVEMENT.

The first of a series of annual

staff dinners of the P. & 0. Ca. "One Swallow,"

was held on March 16th at the Heroward Carrington, who carTrocadero Restaurant, when so

experiments with the ried on world-famous medium Eusapis Pal- 250 members assembled. aladino, declared that Ninety-

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is due to the intervention of some well-known Spiritualists who desire to warn the public against cheat,

writes Mr. Sydney A. Moseley in the Sunday Herald. do so willingly, but I would point out that so far as the main purpose of this investigation goes I am nò longer concerned with the unrasak- ing of individual mediums.

It proves nothing beyond what I have proved again and again: that in the movement are many person who are doing incalculable harm to the cause of Spiritualism, and are responsible for much of the sen- sational journalism of which genuine Spiritualists complain

I will say in the plainest possible terms that axpostires cannot answer the question we have set ourselves, which is "Are the dead still with " Unless, of course, we are

prepared to say that all mediums are cheats and all the evidence offered is either fraudulent or imagined. Which is absurd.

eight per cent of psychical pheno- mens are fraudulent" That re- markabla estimate is borne out by my recent experiences.

Spiritualist after Spiritualist has made the amazing claim to me that a medium found cheating need not necessarily be a con- sistent cheat "

Even Eusapis ' was admittedly caught cheating on more than one occain. Sir A. Conan Coyle ad- mitted that the mediums Slade and Monck cheated an occasions; three mediums, recently caught cheating are similarly defended by thom who should be among the first to disown them.

Leading Spiritualists with whom I have consulted during this in- vestigation tell me that psychical manifestations." "dark séances," the "curtained cabinet," and other paraphernalia of the professional medium are coming more and more into disfavour. I should think so. too For without those mental

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Yet it is the boundon duty of evidences of survival which so many who, on every hand, had proved mar, mother and sister of the

Spiritualists and anti-Spiritualista to expose sheer rascalism when it is met. There has opened recently a new psychic society which adver tiss itself in the Spiritualist Frea over a monomark address. A friend of mice, a man of letters who is an unrelenting believer in Spiritual is, wrote asking for a sitting. That night he met ad officer of the Marylebone Spiritualist Associa tion who had already sat with the new society's mediurn.

Previously Exposed.

confident Spiritualists have obtain ed in the quiet of their homes, it seems to me well-nigh impossible to discover that vital and much-to be-desired evidence.

himself to be, as one of the staff had early described him, "a good fellow," in the literal sense of the phrase. The toast was very cordial Apparently there are few materi-ly pledged. alising mediums in this country. At any rate, we usually have to im port them, liko Valiantine, who seems to have made many converts, and the very latest Eleonore Zugan--who is alleged to have been found cheating.

Because such mediums are rare, reason why however, that is no

countenance

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"The sittings were supposed to be held in the light," he said, and at first we actually did have the Spiritualists should lights on. But the median soon impostors because it is believed feet during recent years, and got up and turned them down!" they only cheat on occasions" the following: Mr. R. T. Clarke, Unfortunately for him, he did not This attitude of leniency simply superintendent engineer; Captains notice that streak of light just flabbergasts me. revealed him to me, for I was sit ting just by hir

REGISTER.

Hong Kong Observatory, April 25th.

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(retired) E. B. Bartlett, E. W. Bruce, Temperature On such psychical medium, I waA. F. Vine, C. D. Bennett, J. B. Fer-Humidity. told, is booked up two years in advance. Even the greatest lawyer, gusson, A. B. Armitage, H. W. A. Wind the most eminent physician, can Clark; Captains (active) T. C. E. hardly make sich an extraordinary Dayas, C. W. Burleigh, F. G. claim of being so far booked shend! How this squares with the repeated Cadiz, Mr. F. Ritchie, managing assertion that there is no money in director; Mr. Kenneth Mackay, Mr. Spiritualism I fail to see.

F. 0. Allen, Mr. G. F. Hotblack Indeed there is money-aay (directors); Mr. W. C. Symes, money in all the peychic and

assistant manager;. Mr. F. alleged psychic branches-and I

H. H. an agree with that growing and in Abbott, secretary; Mr.

fluential section of Spiritualists Joseph, Dr. Arnold Chaplin, Mr. A. Thuzdər. who abjure the commercial side of their religion or science. Manifest G. Wesche.

"The medium has a bald pate, and when the sitting started watched it. Gradually it moved with the medium's head and body right forward till it was obvious to me that the medium was sitting well forward in his chair and was manipulating the trumpet Some of the talks with the spirits' be tween new sitters and the medium

It is were really pitiful. abomination, and I think it ought to be stopped."

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I think so, too especially since

I End that this irreverent rascally, it must be a big temptation for

is a medium whom I had pre- riously opposed

a medium who has a family to sup port to get results cumstances.

in any cít

This man is a so-called trumpet

Bear in mind, too, that it is ex- medium. He usca a black glove ceeding difficult to detect fraud in and manipulates the trumpet him the dark while holding hands, and self in the dark. He is a thorough-it is only those who have broken ly discredited person, yet he is per their word and have either seized mitted to open up again under the materialising spirit" or have high-sounding title and mulct in flashed on the light, who have dia- nocent victims of their moucy and covered brazen and disgraceful to commit the most infamous and

cheating. heartless imposturça.

Notoriety Welcomed. I sat with another so-called From begin anedium who chested. ring to end she was an obvious fake, and when she blithely walked into every trap I laid for her I thought it was time to bring the farce to an end. Now this transparent humbug is another of many who are permitted-by the police and by genuine Spiritualists to degrade a sacred and scientific cult,

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1st.

29th..

gazenor (Blue Funzel), due May drafura (E. & A.), due to-day.

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From April 26th to May 2nd, 1927.

ENE WATER.

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friends in taking stern action dutelycas (Blue Furnel), due to Wed 27m 7411 13 13 8:

I congratulate my Spiritualist against the cheat, but I beg them to be consistent and to ban such black sheep from the movement, whether they posses psychic powers or not. it cannot convince the be cension investigator to say that the occasion on which a man was found cheating was a rare one. How is one to

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Benmohr (Ben Line) das April

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Cullens (Melchers), due May 4th. Dessan (Melchers), due May 19th. Deucalion (Blue Furnel), dac Jane.

25th. Elenor (Blue Funnel), dué April

29th

Empress of Asia (O.P.E.), due

April 28th.

Fulda (Melchers), due May 31st. Glentara (Jardine), due May 1st. Helenus (Blue Funnel), due Juna

23rd.

Izion (Blue Funael), due July 3rd. Kalyan (P. & Q.), dus June 9th.

Testimonial For A Fraud. We may forgive a defaulting To mention her name is merely to cashier, and in the kindness of our give her a gratuitous advertise-heart we give him another job. We ment, for I have found that even deliver him from temptation-and the most complete, unnaking of we safeguard ourselves. A medium those who batten on the credulity the other day was caught red-hand- of their victims and who trans-ed with a white sheet, masquerading parently obtain money under false in the dark as a materialised spirit. pretences are immune from police And some cranks are getting up a Juredonia (P. & D.), due June interference and are protected by a testimonial for him! small but insistent body of fana tical Spiritualists. Therefore, it is a matter of satisfaction to me that my exposure of the new psychic society was inspired by Spiritu- alists themselves.

The great body of avowed Spiritualists, those who have ob- tained personal evidence in their own homes, are as shocked and as indigonat as I ani at the effrontery of the cheating medium. Yet the fact remains that the secker after truth in this all-important subject has to face a large body of scheming satellites the counterfeiters of the real thing.

GIRL'S MIDNIGHT CLIMB.

SCAFFOLD ADVENTURE AFTER A PARTY.

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23rd.

19th.

Mantua (P. & O), due May 8th. Mirmpure (P. & 0.), due May

10th.

Cannot its leaders save Spiritual-Kashgar (P. & 0.), due July 7th. ism from sheer stupidity of this Hashmir (P. & 0.), due May 19th. sort! After all, the movement is achnon (Blue Fannel), due June getting on in years. Isn't it time that a select body of its adherents should hold a test and give an off- cisl diploma to those who have pass ed a strict examination diploma which would be withdrawn when ever its holder was discovered to be cheating?

Let it be known that even if all professional mediums were banned the movement would still ge on. They achieve nothing for the move- ment except at intervals to bring odium upon it.

up a scaffold. She climbed as high

Morea (P. & O.), due April 28th. Nellare (P. & O.), due June 23rd. Novara (P&O), due June 28th. Nyaura (P. & 0.), due April 28th. Orestes (Blue Funnel), due Jane

3rd.

Patroclus (Blue Funnel), due Junej

22nd.

Pericus (Blue Faznel), dus July

.. 7th.

Phemius (Blue Funnel), due May

11th.

2let.

Prenses (Jebsen), dus May 19th. Rawalpindi (P. & O.), due July Santhin (B.I. & Apcar), duc May

15th. Sarpedon (Blue Funnel), dua May

25th. said that he did St. Albani (E. & A.), duo Junc

8th.

as the fourth floor and refused to come down at his request.

Mr. Mead (the magistrate): How did you propose to "her down;

KOL by moral

The Rasion

A remarkable acrobatic turn pro not know at the moment,

vided by a girl in Mayfair at mid-1 He added that he climbed up the Takliwa (B.I. & Apcar), due May night was described at Marl- scaffold, but before he did so Rose borough-street Police Court.

looked through a window and

th

Trilby Rose, aged twenty-two; frightened an old woman who was Talma (B.L. & Apear), due today. in bed. Eventually she descended Tantalus (Blue Funnel), due May

described as independent, of Den- high street, SW, was accused of insulting behaviour and using in- sulting words,

,

Ross, a vivacious brunette, wore a light green tam-o-shanter and a buttonhole of calendula' sad sham- rock. -

Police Constable G. Milao, said that a crowd watched Boso climbing

by a ladder, between him and n

13th.

civilian. When twenty feet Iron Tanda (E. & A.), due May th the ground she swung herself out Tilama (B.I. & Apear), due May and shouted to the people below.

Mr. Mend: Is she a steeplejack ↑

2nd...

Detective Sergeant Wakeling: She The Prince Line mv. Ariatic had been out with a party of stud Prince arrived, at New York on ents, who dared her to chimb the| April 22nd, and the m.y. Japanese scaffold...

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