Salt Lake Tribune | 1912-07-21 | Page 1 | Snapshot Stead's Ghost Denver Men Assert It

SNAPSHOT STEADY GHOST jt DENVER MEN ASSERT IT Pfiotoyrafh of W. T. Stead, the Celebrated Writer. 'Was Taken Before His Death. Spiritualist Poses for Own Picture and Stead's Also Appears Ap-pears in Negative. By International News Service. DENVBB, Colo., July 20. That the spirit of William T. Stead was photographed in Denver ten dayg ago is the statement of Dr. Charles Marshall Cook, Episcopal Episco-pal divine and member of the London Society of PBrchio Research. Dr. Cook is a well known citizen of this city' and a man of standing in the community. commun-ity. Dr. Cook tells of the occurrence as follows: Xot long ago I recieved a letter from William Blaekwell, concerning concern-ing whose spiritualistic findings there is now so much comment, particularly in London. lie was a great friend of W. T. Stead, the late famous spiritualist, and inclosed in-closed in tho letter a communication communica-tion he had received from Stead's spirit. It ended with the words, "I cannot Bay more, except that 1 1 would like to be photographed at the earliest opportunity." It occurred to me that it would be difficult to secure a picture of Stead's spirit because of the few reliable photographers who have succeeded in taking photographs of spirits. About ten days ago, while at the Btudio of Alexander Martin, a Denver photographer, I suddenly felt nervous and wanted to sit for a picture. I mentioned to Martin that I felt ill at ease and believed I would pose. He smiled and wheeled the camera into place and I sat down in a plain wooden chadr and ho took the picture. When he developed the plate there appealed just above my right shoulder the face of William Stead. I recognized recog-nized it instantly. It was unlike any of tho many pictures which I have ever seen of him. T am Bending Bend-ing the photograph without comment com-ment to BlackawelL