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148 SPTBITUAL SCIF.NTIBT.<br />
room and osked whDt W!l8 wnDllng. GeUing no<br />
reply be retired. lind in a sbort time the knock<br />
was repeoted. De ogaIn opened the wiodo .....<br />
bnt with I) Uke result.<br />
The neSt nlgbt the<br />
knocklng was again beonl. IlDd :Mr. Dea then<br />
made 0 report to the police thot some po'"<br />
&DOlI Wen! annoying blm. 00 the third<br />
night, two policemen woot to the, areoe, and<br />
Ja,. In ambush near the boWie, they beard<br />
nothing until Mr. Deo rabed tho .... Iodo .....<br />
and asked did !.bey bear anythlog. addlog<br />
thet he hew the knocklng goIDg on at a<br />
fearful raJe. The poUce entered the bouse,<br />
and they also plalnl,. heard the nolBe. They<br />
returned to barracks. but the Iionstable la<br />
Pxoteatant) could not be convinced of ihe<br />
noise being In the h01l8e. On th~ nest night<br />
'he went tbere. and a1ao waited In ambtiah.<br />
bot heard notblng upUl be entered the house,<br />
wben there was the noiBe,· riSing from a<br />
•'df'lld" knock I:Inllllt reubed tbe rumbling<br />
nolBe Uke that made by a heavily.welgbted<br />
cart. After tbls man,. Protestants of the<br />
• town, areompanled by Mr. Weldon. J. P ••<br />
went to the hollSO. and ,they all beard the<br />
, JlolBe as described, and explored every room<br />
and corner. even an old garret In the house<br />
(tbxoogh wbleb ODe of the exploring parly<br />
fall) •. When they went to the room where<br />
the nolBe W81 au pposed to be heard. It WIllI<br />
then heard in ""other. 'ODe or two persons<br />
were then pot In eacb room. and the nolBe<br />
tben leemed as U pl'OI:eedlog from the walle<br />
The nolBe at.1U continues to be heard. <strong>com</strong><br />
"IIlenc1ng aometimes 118 early as 9 P. M •• and<br />
at others not until about 12, and cootinues<br />
unUl about 4 o'clock. Many are the sur·<br />
.. mIBes as to the nature of the affair. but, of<br />
course. no opinion on th8'matter can. be .ad.<br />
vanced. Therefore,I merely state facts ae I<br />
know them .<br />
A. Lock Qf 11Gb' Bwu/lht 1)00"," C~.<br />
"Viator," said to be a prominent man. In<br />
the Clnclnnati Commercial, spea"" of a se·<br />
ance with a private medium In his own realdence.<br />
Under the foll blaze of the gas-Ugbt,<br />
leat in a raclLlng-ehalr. conversing unconcern_<br />
edl,. with the frlands wbUe the writing was<br />
being performed. tho slate was brought Dot<br />
and . bad. written on It: ·Vlat.or; '\ve have<br />
, _sho_you lOme ~C!D~ertnl .. _~I~gs. b,u~ 1\'!1.<br />
. will astonish yoo st.1U more.' Ezpreaalng a<br />
wl\llngn""" to be astonl.hed, after Bfew momente'<br />
delay there WIlS written. 'Keep this as<br />
II memento for me.' As there was nomlBg<br />
ou tho .10,10 but the writing, 1 &liked. 'Keep<br />
wbut?' The reply CIUllO, 'The lock of hp.!r<br />
thot fell 00 the floor lIS the slate was withdmwo.'<br />
We looked, and, sure enoogb, there<br />
was Q lock of hair I I osked wboae It was.<br />
The repl, came. 'Your mOlher's.' 'M, .<br />
mother'sP I exclaimed; "It CBIIUOt be. She<br />
~8b bee" dtad nine years, BIId there Is oone<br />
in existence.' ,<br />
Again there was written, 'My eon, I tcll<br />
thee it is a lock of my balr.jnst brooght.from<br />
my co/lln In Spring Grove. Keep It as a memento<br />
for me;' signed In fuJI with_my mother's<br />
name. It ~rtalul,. looked marvelJou,sly<br />
like hers; bnt what all Impoaalbilltyl Spring<br />
Grove, soven mUes distant, wltb lhe proba<br />
, bllity that thero was nothing left of her m,ortal<br />
remalos; yet here was the hab>-a very<br />
dark brown. heavily streaked with gray-c:ertalnly<br />
the very Image of that 1 kn.w 80 well.<br />
Wb9nce came I\? Why and how eo close II<br />
l'IlBemblaoce It'U Was not 11' bat 1\ purported<br />
to 'be? Thorougbly aronsed. I determined<br />
to test tho matter. and next da, submitted<br />
It to a wen.lwown pbyslclan and poychometrlat.<br />
wbo Immediately pronounced It to be<br />
my mother>.·halr, and ga,e ali accurate .delineation<br />
of ber mental cbaraeterlstica and<br />
person. and finally said. 'She atands beIIIde<br />
you.'<br />
SUII dlssat!sfied, I called on a professlooa<br />
psyebometrlst, without telllog any of the particulars.<br />
She gave me a description almost<br />
In the precise language of the Doctor, ~d<br />
fioally sald, 'The spirit shows me that It Ie<br />
your mother's balr r I now Immedlatel,.<br />
wrote to my sister In lodiana, inquiring If<br />
abe had prese"ed aoy treese., and by retjU'D<br />
mall I received a lock of hair that she had<br />
cut and kept unbelwown to me. On close<br />
<strong>com</strong>parlsou the, proved to be the Jamo, I<br />
now took both locka. to one of our oldest,<br />
moat prominent and practical dealers and<br />
workers In human hair. and submitted them<br />
to him and his assoclates for uamloatJon,<br />
and 8f~r<br />
close In.pect.lon they p:onouneed<br />
the .. precisely the 1IBIIle, and tbus confirmed<br />
the statement aod raet thaI.. It was brought<br />
from the cemelery wbile we were quietly<br />
seated In the room. 11 Is certel.nJy the most<br />
remarkable aod aotoundlng pbenomenon thot<br />
.eve~came wlthlo'the range.of. my e"~rlen~<br />
. and can b8 atte8tedby tiie . ten persons pre.;.' • -<br />
ent, plo,ID!; psychometry to be true, that<br />
splrltll ofteu bovar near 11&, and that tbelr<br />
power Is greater tban 0' er dreamed of In our<br />
phll~pby.'·
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