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An amusing affair occurred at an exhibition of spiritual manifestations in Boston last week. A shrewd person present, in order to satisfy himself as to the corporeality of a "spiritual hand" which was shown from an aperture in a "cabinet" used, supplied himself with a syringe filled with ink, and, watching a favorable opportunity, squirted the dark fluid over the digits and wrist of the phantom member. On emerging from the "cabinet." the hand of the lady who had been previously bound inside was examined, and the inky marks liberally found upon it. The consequence was an indignation meeting of the audience, and the passage of resolution declaring the demonstrations of spiritualism a very decided physical cheat.
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1865. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. December 14, 1865. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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