Show DOYLE ATTACKS CRiTICS CRiTICS' STAND I Spiritualist Insists Mediums Emit Ectoplasm NEW YORK March 1 3 3 Demonstration tion Uon of or ectoplasm the Intangible substance substance substance sub sub- stance declared by certain spiritualists spiritual spiritual- to be emitted by mediums before a a. group of leading Austrian scientists was announced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle In a letter published In Inthe Inthe inthe the New York Times today Thirteen were held Sir Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar Ar- thur wrote at which Dr Not zing of ot Munich demonstrated with Willy S. S S. S a a. young oung German medium and convinced skeptics and bitter opponents op- op op opponents of his theory that the claims of ot spiritualists that ectoplasm exists are true Sir Arthurs Arthur's letter which was a a. re reply reply reply re- re ply to his critics said in part I have received the Report of ot the recent demonstration by Dr at Munich which surely puts I Ian an end to the whole debate so that anyone who reopens it is inexcusably ignorant wilfully perverse Of the who witnessed the demonstration demonstration demon demon- tw twenty three are university professors Including Zimmer Beecher Kalker Freytag Paull Pauli Huber Hartogs Heilner Hellner and Geiger Gelger some of whom verified their results In as many as thirteen se se- se ances A detailed account of ot the experiments experiments experiments ex ex- ex- ex Is s promised in n the next number of ot the Revue l of ParisSo ParisSo Paris So that seems to settle as clearly as any matter can be settled but we can hardly leave it pointing the moral We were publicly assured by Professor Jastrow Mr Black of ot Montreal and I 1 am Borry sorry to say by my friend Houdini that th-at this was all they called bunk and that what we observed was vas was really regurgitated food In vain we pointed out on the occasion of ot demonstrations with the famous famous' medium Eva that the substance substance substance sub sub- stance was white whereas the medium had been made to swallow carmine last mails malls from the states stateS- still bring me absurd assertions that It t was r food tood Criticism is most welcome and helpful but I would beg our opponents opponents opponents to exercise some restraint in It or th they y may make the subject and anti themselves rather ridiculous |