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IT ASTOUNDED THfcM.rhlrnio spt rl 111«11» t* Inimnrotindedat tlie a til tude of the Fox slaltn.The complete rerun tut Ion of spiritualism and nil It* teachings by the celebrated medium Kate Fox, now Mrs, Kate Fox Jenrken, baa fallen with the force ot a thunderbolt upon the teachers and disciples of the mystic science In Chicago, says the Tlmti. That two of the three Fox slaters, Maggie, Kate, and Leah who were Identified with the Rochester rapplnxa In 18411, should unite In the assertion ibat spiritualism Is so arrant piece of humbug and has been notb ug hut a gross deception from the heir I lining until now la a bombshell the spiritualists of the eouutry are not prepared to meet.Maggie Fox-Kane, whoso husband la the famous Arctic explorer, had already struck a serious blow at the faith by the announcement of her lecture entitled “The Curse of Spiritualism,’’ when her slater Kale, Mrs. Joucken, arrived In New York from Europe Tuesday. When asked whether she would actively co-operate with her slater,Mrs. Kane, In cxpoaiuir spiritualism as a glgautlc fraud she said she bad not dhclded on what the would do, but admitted tuireaeryedly that she did not care a tig (or spiritualism, which she regarded as one of the moat dangerous frauds the world baa ever known. Nor did she stop I here, hut added that It was anil ever bad been a cloak for tbe grossest Immorality. Leah, tbe elileat of tbe slaters, who was nearly 113 years old w hen Kale and Maggie were little children, still affirms the truth of spiritual manifestations, and Is still teaching It. 8be la now Mrs. UuderbllL Kate In her Interview m New York a couple of daya ago aalil that Mnggle and herself had been induced to practice the grossest deceptions when the; were little children, and that they had no alternative but to coutluus them in aft er years.A prominent Chicago spiritualist said yesterday that tbe prcseut attitude of Kate Fox cou d only be cxplalurd on the theory of III health, and that her sister Maggie hsd for some time past been alllug. “Mediums,” she continued “are generally Very erratic creatures. Their mode of living makes them so, und as their years increase many ol them will say and do things which almost jusilfy others 111 regarding them sa utterly irresponsible. Either this Is tbu explanation of It or else the women are controlled by a baud of evil-dlaposed spirits. Their attitude upon tba mailer is, however It luav be regarded, very remarkable, and tbelr statement that they have been engaged in a gigantic deception for the past forly years ceils inly lainos startling. 1 do uni I hill K, though, that these statements will have less weight willi ihe spiritualists of the country than might he supiaiaed, as ihe observant ami thoughtful spiritualists of today have acquired a vast fund of personal knowledge and experience of their owu aa to s pitII ualiatic phenomena.’’The bangs sl-ters said that In tbelr opinion the two Fox sisters who have united In charging fraud anti tumliug In spiritual am do It lor pecuniar, motives. “TUer mediums I nu Is probab y plated out and now tuev expect to make money by writing and lecturing against spiritualism; that la all there Is tu it One of thi-m baa been uii mvul d for tome time anil I- quite likely to have reached a point where the exerc an of iiiediuniahip la difficult, If not impossible. Auy ay It is a matter of business with Ibeni. That Is our opinion of it. We could have dime the same thlug. Suppose we should h .vii turned around and denounced spiritualism after we hud our trouble. We could bave made money out of It probahlv, hut should have been simply pretending to expose spiritualism while all the tune we knew It to laitiue. We keep on lu our inu-ter alizlng seanc a the nuiiin as ever instead ol preieudiiig lo ‘exposures’ that are simply another wav of attempting to (nuke niuuey out of the public.O. A. Turner, a well known spiritualist, said when he lound tbe Fix sl-tera hail deuleii the finding of ally remains in a cellar of a house at llyilcavide, N. Y , where tlie tirat spiritual insnlleatatlona were made; •'Wh , I resided close by there a the tune and know for a fuel that the human rent I us were found as staled. They were fuiqmsed to be the remains of a murdered peddler, und subsequently a mau who had moved away from HvdeaVlllo, aoine forty miles up Ihe Genesee river, Was airested and an ailmuot made to pro-eeut j him for Hit' cr me This Kialemeut hr the Fox alslers Is only to advertise lln-iiiselves, sell what they write, and push Ibeir lecture, iiesldea, I til uk a lot of ihe Tulmuge people have a hand In it and are pulling Ihe women lip to li ”Col. John C. Bundy, editor of the Ut' g to. f h lomp'ii'a Journal, and one of Ihe leading Bpirllua. isls of Chicago, says in reference to the ma ter; ‘ Mrs. Lean Underhill, the eldest of the llireo Fox girls, Is gd'le y und favorably known III NW York city and he rs ail excellent re iiiat’on. For about thirty years she has been more or leas at variance with M g-gle and Kale hi-eau-e of llo lr wavwuidiieas. For most of this time she has had imlliliie to do with either of them, hut has al ways stood ready lo uid them whenever tl.ey should g ve evidence of rcpeii'aiic.'. Two or lin e years sco she again offered at Kale’s solicitation to assist her and her children provided she would return to New York and hehuve herself. Kale CSIIIU buck and behaved f'lrly iv II for a nine. The splii uallst- of N w York assisted Maggie wllh money until they found It WHS Useless longer lo Irv to help lien Kate and Maggie have borne Mr-. Underhill a griid ie for many vears. About thirty years go Maggie jollied the R man Calhnllc church. The ceremony of her baptism at St. Peter's cliu.eh in Barclay sirect, New York, IS said lo have been hii Impressive affair attended hr a largo assemble re.Ever slnc« Ho n she has had spells of being a (tl'Voul Catholic, then recanting and fol owing her vocation of medium. Having exhausted Ihe patience and hope of all her re-I t ves and acquit niaucea she, wllh Kale.lias now set about lliu task of paying hack the favors and pa le 'C* extended to herIt cun lie proved beyond nil question that the psychic phenomena for wh ah these women are noted have frequently been observ'd in Maggie’s presence when she was Incapable of moving a muscle, lu I heir present »en«utlii they ure no il mb' used lt;s inula by parties desiring to coin money and notoriety out of their sl ume mid falsehood.'
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Humboldt County Independent
Humboldt, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 08, 1888
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