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To make assurance doubly sure, on seeing the paragraph in the New York Graphic, we at once wrote for information to a gentleman of high scientific authority, resident in London, and here is his reply, under date of Jan. 9th, 1873: ‘‘The occurrence referred to by Mr. W. Hipp tool place three or four years ago, when Miss Cook was quite a child, and when the phenomena, were only just beginning to attract attention outside her own family. Almost any one was then invited to attend their séances, as Miss Cook and her parents knew nothing of Spiritualism, and were quite ignorant of ''conditions''. At the séance at which Hipp was present there was no holding of hands, and the company were all seated round the table, laughing and talking. Hipp had made himself very disagreeable for some time by throwing his hands about, trying to grasp things as they moved, and playing practical jokes. Miss Cook had a flower in the bosom of her dress, and all at once she felt a man’s hand moving about as if to grasp the {{Style S-HPB SB. Continued on|}}

To make assurance doubly sure, on seeing the paragraph in the New York Graphic, we at once wrote for information to a gentleman of high scientific authority, resident in London, and here is his reply, under date of Jan. 9th, 1873: ‘‘The occurrence referred to by Mr. W. Hipp tool place three or four years ago, when Miss Cook was quite a child, and when the phenomena, were only just beginning to attract attention outside her own family. Almost any one was then invited to attend their séances, as Miss Cook and her parents knew nothing of Spiritualism, and were quite ignorant of ''conditions''. At the séance at which Hipp was present there was no holding of hands, and the company were all seated round the table, laughing and talking. Hipp had made himself very disagreeable for some time by throwing his hands about, trying to grasp things as they moved, and playing practical jokes. Miss Cook had a flower in the bosom of her dress, and all at once she felt a man’s hand moving about as if to grasp the {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on}}

 

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