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A CURIOUS CARB OF OBSESSION. ]01
womon ..,ho introduced ber to her betmler, be meat bon ••, although ho snid one of them
hi. Dam., the time WId place tbat sho Dlade rni(lbt be a lJUman boDO, 1'hey .. ere Dot 8ubhis
acrovideDce ))epot and waa driven could not o.flord Ibe expense, bowever small
iD the ev.nhig 10 tbe haunled bouse, so-iranco.
Now II mal' be .... ked 'l,ow far do material
facls tit epirilu8J theorie.. The Boalon ne ....
a!d bonCled the houoe for fnrty .... ight houra
aml cOalmencea invesligatioD~ The cellar is
••, one tbat can be ~a ... ly ~ug ov~r, being
only Ihroe fe~t high; but Ihe b •• t that could
J,o done ";80 done by the attach~" of Ihat va·
,per, assi.t"d by prof"'sional gravc-dlggera •.
It was not prOperly done, but ... numbor of
boO(,8 were cx1IUnlt~d.
lin Ihe midst of all the excitement and public
lalk ob"ut the matler " rcprespntntlve of the
IJr..,ld .ubmille~ n few of .the.",b0neslo 'I
coroaor, and, q£ couro., h. Ibougbt them 10
. A9 Ihe result of uther inv".~gation. it may
be said Ihat such a man docs live where he
was ssjd to; h(l' did 'once JiyC in tho )iouse; he
did once .. sid. In Ihe .ame cily Where the ,.;irl
said abe had boen fur 'Bnme limp; ho "8Id,·d
I here at a dale Ihat co.,..,.ponds with her story;
hi. habit., Ihe \Vhewnboul. of hi. family In a
ceMab ,Year. and olh.r Iitt!e clue. all happen
10 fit together 10 make a peculiar and remarkable
eMe. '
lo'rom all the evidence that has been presenled
and oblained we fully believe that
murder has beeD conlmitted In that bouse.
Jo'urthermore Ihat with a JIIII. time the CBse
could be worked down and' Ihe . informal ion
that has been oblal"ed be demon.trnted 10 be '
of practical,' value. 11 cannot b. upecled
that work whicli would take prof.s.ional deteoUveR
months, to fiDish cuD!d be accompli.hNl
by 8IJ1ati"l1'8 in R. few days. A. it sland. DOW
it i. decid"dly unsatisfnclory lu everyone who
baa bad any eonnectlon with •
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A cumous CASE ()to' ODSF.sl:!ION. A SPIRIT llA T·rI,E.
In the March numher of Ihe nevue Spirite,
o/Parie, Ibere i ... Iated a CUriOUR caoe of 01>­
..... iOD, apparently by partisan spirits. It'
"Y"-
M. J-, at Duuai. haa'lwen eubj~cl &> a
tingular obBeS&\oD~ . which was dj~contioupd
for eutne time, ~ut reappearf'd in l)(I'cen.bpr,
1~77. This gentleman, the head of a cirel" of
Spirilu:ilists, develops many mediuma of every
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kind. lIe also furms olb.r circle. in the' .
neighborhood, aad moralizes with oulI"ring
splrilS; COIl8.qu~ntli, .pirite of a certain
el""s have cODceived extraordinary ill· .... ilI
lowards him, of which you lDay judge.
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M, ' J - oblain., through his mediums,
. p8y~hic eight, somnambulis1U, viSjOD8 iD tun.blora
of water. the .. arly lrair. of rn