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Show i A MATERIALIZE!) FRAUD. Exposure of SpmtualMio Hmu- A few weeks ago Dr. Peck, a " matoriali.ing medium," physically appeared in city, ami an nounced himself (hrouli the public prints iw bemj ' to let," or in ntln r wolds his si r iri'M, proi, ,siuiially uud Mpirilually, Mere at Lie of those who Wi iv w illiin- rompers itc 1 him by lulling material eajdi to his worldly witf.lh. K.r dollars he i:ia i ready to call spuus fiom tne " V;ity deep," from thy hii;h heavens. Mom below, from nny where andjevery w here id the great unknown world, which in his vernacular is (he "spirit laud." For currency he was anxious to show humanity what would siill further cloud and befog their minds in regard tii tomelhing or come win -ro tin y knew naught of. Silt Lake is the hnino ol many spiritualists, come ol whom aro no slouches in the medium husin.ss; hut when Ir. Peek put in an appearance ami hung out his sign, local talent sioixl aside for he was the lw. Besides tnose here who openly profess belief in spiiifi t'ism there are many who like to investigate "the thing, merely to find out what there ia in it." Tneio aro still others who attend seance j for the same reason they go to ?uua ui nuy mm or cnaracier. Hence Dr. Peck found in this city a jrieh harvest just ready to gather. 1 His nightly seances at Mr. Holme' residence were largely attended, aud his troupe of gliosis and hob-goblins were proving to him a bonaiua ot great value. He came hero reoom- 1 mended by Mrs. Wileockson. a somewhat some-what noted leeturess on tilings spiritual, spirit-ual, and by others of the profession, j therefore it wa no difficult task to , obtain the assistance of Mr. Holmes i and other pmminent believers in ' sitiriuaiis:ii in this city, all of which aided him in his money-making hmubuggery. The crowds who visited visit-ed bis s m era came away tilled l with wonderment, and they further 'advertised i! e fraud until there was (such a rush to his rooms that people had to sec.i re tickets ol admission til in .l.k-.n ;it t'., -irl.irrn All admiit-d ' it there were singala r and wonderful iuani;'e'. iti'ns at these seances, an-1 ;n iiiyo! t.io-e w.io witnessed wit-nessed them, a d were patted- on the head and !v.!y l--y invisible or visible hands, acf.i i !y timulit they were being caussed by the materialized spirits of dean frieuus. But sceptics aud unbelievers a!-o aw and felt, but were Dot convinced, and ibey endeavored en-deavored to "show up" the bns-hn.-. For a lime it appeared, tlivt the medium would get the oeiter of their djub:s, and that the spirit would eaphire their Iv?-liefs, Iv?-liefs, tho tricks were so artistically and scientifically performed. Uo.v-ever, Uo.v-ever, an oversight, a misjue, a false step, a careless act, on the part oftliR "Dr.," and he fell from his luhy height, as did the scales oil tho eves of his dupes. The chief sp'rii iu Peek's troupe ia an Indian chief nani-.il Walter, who appears at the 'uva in all the glory of a p tinted, fe ith"red brave of the fores . One day last week a billed eiiiit. r of Mr. Holmes, at who- h us Peck has been edging, edg-ing, discovered on the fbwr of the lat'er's bedroom a suspicious looking roll, that n:i examinati-i dwelop-.-d int j an Indian maik and headdress, which of course "Walker" had fur-gotten fur-gotten when he vanished the night previous. This discovery was speedily followed by others of a similar character, char-acter, which proved that the whole "show"' is a fraud, and that the "Dr." has been extensively and profitably hoaxing his spiritualistic friends and the public. Tests ot his power were male, and it was demonstrated to the iatisfaction of many, at least, tbat it i& as easy to control and bind Dr. Peck and his spirits, as it is to corral aud fasten any other necromancer, sleight-ot-hand performer or trickster, who is no more export, physic illy not spiritually spirit-ually than he. His spiritualistic dupes have cast him olT, and yesterday yester-day were deuuuucing him and his fraud in unmeasured terms, Mr. Holmes has driven him from his bouse, and will no longer permit himself to be made the innocent promoter pro-moter of what he terms a base swindle. 'e understand the " Dr." no'-with-1 Hiding the exposure, a fleets innoce.ic ot the perpetration of fraud, and still claims that Tie is a 'materializing medium," and that the manifestations at his seances were the exhibitions aud actual performances perform-ances of spirits. He is going to hold a public test seance so it is said when lie expects to again establish his reputation as the reverse of a spiritualistic fraud, in the community he has bilked. More developments may be made in a day or two. |