HPB-SB-10-451

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vol. 10, p. 451	volume 10, page 451 vol. title: vol. period: 1879-1880 pages in vol.: 577
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< The Prosecution of Mediums by Spiritualists (continued from page 10-449) >

garments, and regarded as useless. “Of course, at this juncture,” continued Mrs. Fletcher, “we secured counsel. Since then we have occupied ourselves in ascertaining the true motive and the exact condition of affairs. In conclusion, I would say that this unfortunate affair has given us a great deal of trouble and anxiety, principally on account of the avidity with which the press has been ready to ridicule the cause of Spiritualism, which we have always sought to honour rather than to disgrace. We take occasion to state this fact, that had we followed the advice of our spirits regarding the admission of Mrs. Hart-Davies to our home as a member of our family, this disgraceful and unfortunate affair would never have occurred. Yet it has had its compensating effects. It has shown us that adversity proves to us our friends, and if, at the conclusion of this affair, we shall be able to count upon the number, and report the complimentary and friendly words which were given us upon our arrival in Boston, perhaps it would be one of those unprecedented events in history where we find when we are in need our friends are as numerous as in times of prosperity.”

the end of the case.

The Boston Evening Transcript of September 28th, says: —

The cases in which Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Fletcher and Dr. James McGeary have recently figured in the courts are practically settled. The hearing before Edward J. Jenkins, commissioner of insolvency, on the petition of Dr. McGeary to be released from arrest on the ground that he does not intend to leave the state, was to have been resumed this morning. The case of the petitioner was finished last night, and this morning all the parties were present, but Mr. Ives, one of the counsel for the doctor, was detained in the United States Court. On his arrival, instead of resuming the case, there was a long consultation between Messrs. Ives and Bicknell, the doctor’s counsel, Major Mahan and Mr. Bradley, counsel for the Fletchers, and the principals. The result was that Dr. McGeary was released on his own recognizance to appear again on the 18th of November. Although nothing beyond this appeared officially, it is understood that the Fletchers have agreed to restore all the jewellery, laces, and other property, which they are charged with having obtained by false pretences from Mdme. Julia Ann Theodora Heurtley Ricard Hart Davies. The original charge was that the property obtained amounted to some $80,000, but over half of the amount has been recovered, and by this arrangement the balance will soon be, the Fletchers giving an order for it on parties in London. Pending the recovery, the case against the Fletchers, which was to come up in court to-morrow, will be continued for a month, and probably no further publicity will be given to the proceedings.

The case thus is probably at an end without having been judicially sifted. From the various ex parte statements in the newspapers, supposing them to be worthy of credit, the following points are clearly deducible: —

1. That the Fletchers had a large amount of property in their possession for which they had not given Mrs. Hart-Davies equal value in return.

2. That Dr. Mack made the Fletchers give up much of it, and that the Court has let them out on bail for a month until the remainder in London is restored.

3. That the versions of Mrs. Hart-Davies and Mrs. Fletcher as to the circumstances under which the property was first handed to the Fletchers are irreconcilable, leaving the public to speculate which of them is most likely to have told the truth.

4. That the Court’s opinion of the weight of the charge against Dr. Mack is such, that he has been allowed to go at large on his own recognisance to reappear on a specified day.

Last Words on Earth

“I hear the joy bells ringing!” “Alas! ’tis the passing knell; Mother, our tears may tell you, You, whom we love so well.” “I hear not what you say, child, For those joy bells in my ear; Say for what are they ringing, So joyous, full and clear? I hear sweet voices singing. Are they voices of this earth? So wondrous is their melody, With its sound of holy mirth.” “’Tis but our sobs, dear mother, No other sound is here; You are dreaming—we are praying, For your end is very near.” “I see glad faces thronging— They are those of my long lost dead. Take me! oh, take me to you”— And a happy spirit fled. E. L.

Song of the Violet*

by caroline maitland.

I catch the dews as they softly fall, And hide them within my heart, Lest a fairer home should near me rest, And my gems wish to depart. I softly sigh to the golden beams That come from the burning sun; But they only give the faintest smile, As they pass me every one. So I kiss the tiny trembling drops, While the morning breezes sigh, And long no more for the brighter beams, For they only pass me by. I gently bend o’er my hidden gems, And drink in their fragrant breath, Lest the tender earth that gave me birth, Should mourn for her floweret’s death.

* This poem has been set to music by Mr. J. L. Hatton. Published by Messrs. Augener & Co., Regent Street, London.

Editor's notes

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  London Spiritualist, No. 425, October 15, 1880, p. 191