Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1926, Page 10

= THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1926., 10 WIFE OF SENATOR in honest medium,” Mrs. Fletcher “My mother was a natural me- The first things that I remem- of our family talk oceugrences in e i | more than 25 vears. I am | today because 1 made a pledge m | ye \g0 to help the couse of = and v place said dium. ber were member ing about the s rit sm at any time | in 118 that 1 could. The demor jons | our home. For 5 years I have in- H LR made by Houdini are no mor 1 came in contact § ‘ : i si4 | the real demor t o s BT | than durkness is like dayli wer and s N in this room c: e Ik m my own father, i of the most prov f dwriting, allowing e T will not mention by nitme-—of S ite, but such ao | doctors, m world-re Hrs. B. U. Fletc ve receive at me I have heéard them hol unlight, in elec- binet, without the presence in while E 5 es in different containing at! were being Hearing on Bill to Cur! their midst of the y ) noe coming not ung girl in a deep . Washi but from so | “I took part in many of these. I own ¢ friends in (he invisible |have made a graphic record of some I futillment of « pledse “to helt | woryq, {of th conversations. Much has the cause of =pi my time o e [ been said about the great wealth ac- S nk i Duncan U Cites Own Experience. v mediums. Mediums usual- Vletcher, W from| “What is so wicked in the gift of hard time to get alons 1 who 3 it should be made un- the giving of a cer- city W xs 1 made tor me by a medi That medium did jan Denies Chagges. that he is has always Maci Houdini denied charge: f I a itteo, on the hearit ill, severn she ha the zhty. 1l iv red” together. i then made the charge that lium took $60,000 from 1 of the ord | tips on the e had been flecced out of the ccumulated by her husband's and she mentioned Dr. Julius medals sacred- | s of their faith wore about their nec 1 by the le fortune family which donations had been | ¢, Hubbell, who still lives in Rockville, tive to the church. If the clause |and named as the medium Julia C. took through what is to be | Wanecke, who, she stated, resembled ord 1 n you | Mme. Mareia, who has been a witness ng for the K. A very £00d organization known K. n “Do you cke? the e -oli N sald Found Violin. Loncirscrgon wicked about locating | “What is so Iy grandf: 2 wticles? important lost | Barton's family physician for many direction | vears,” adding that she was defrauded > year: “entirely through mediumship.” Again Offers Duplication. Houdini, in what he called his ve buttal, stated, “Mrs, Fletcher is sin- cere, but no human being poss: divine power. No person can v a slate which is being held. medium who uses a trumpet or writes on slates is a fraud. I will duplicate any physical demonstration of that o violin. ho inherited it t left it with { ars lapsed and had also gone to | everal s ago 1 got directions from a medium about his old violin. Through those me ted that boy, now grown father. liev the higher life fraud to I ht of hand n of proper who had been in France. | sort.” 0 a q n from 'v]' d eight times around the | In refutation of the claim that Houston he said that there sved t i spiritual mediums are not selling churches in good standing the fi destroyed charms, Houdini threw on the table o s 5 I found that man and a dozen or more envelopes S bl 2 violin en irely through | which, he said, contained so e fCeprecante B I received from ucky charms t bought in this Asks Time to Prove ¢ city. Rev. Mr. Strack demanded the er said these messages|names of the mediums from whon her_father, who intend- | the charms had been purchased. In shogld return the violin | answer Houdini threw 1 to whom it mnged. a report made on Mr rat bhetore | Ans z a sta 1t made by!one of his investigator mittee. 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Then, finally the Pre i tion of the cotton b in- | acted and investigations were begun. but the results of the investi- Cites Glassie Case. ting begun in 1 “merged from the ¢ to the sugar c; rtson_declared that after Com joner Glassie's right to sit on the had been disputed becanse of his veatures i not the intent m he would produce. Thi: 7 interest in Louisiana su, {of the spi to enlarge the size | edium ad Mrs. McDowell to letter saying he would ac-| tion, former Senator MeCumber of the piciictt bu ¢ the | state that she herself the me- ore the comm and : human soul. ] dium in order to cover her tracks, u alf of Mr. J 1 to charms, | have said. 4 rs. Strack. | After he had 1 asked southe d > friends who be-| afps. 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