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Elizabeth Blake Medium
Mrs. Elizabeth Blake, of
Ohio USA, who died in 1920, was one of the most wonderful Voice Mediums of
whom we have any record, and perhaps the most evidential, because in her
presence the voices were regularly produced in broad daylight. She was a
poor, illiterate woman living in the tiny village of Bradrick on the shore
of the Ohio River, on the opposite bank of which was the town of Huntingdon,
in West Virginia. She had been a Medium since childhood. She was strongly
religious and belonged to the Methodist Church, from which, however, like
some others, she was expelled on account of her mediumship.
Little has been written about her, the only detailed
account being a valuable monograph by Professor Hyslop.* She is said to have
been repeatedly tested by "scientists, physicians and others," and to have
submitted willingly to all their tests. As, however, these men were unable
to detect any fraud, they did not trouble to give their results to the
world. Hyslop had his attention drawn to her by hearing that a well-known
American conjurer, of many years' experience, had become convinced of her
genuineness, and in 1906 he travelled to Ohio to investigate her mediumship.
* PROCEEDINGS of the American S.P.R., Vol. VII
(1913), pp. 570-788.
From the book The Psychic
Riddle with
slight additions Dr. Isaac
Funk
Mrs. Blake's case of direct voice in the light
CASE 3 is thus vouched for by Professor Hyslop in a
letter published in connection with a full report in The Progressive Thinker
(September 26, 1906), Chicago, Ill.
To the Editor
The account as published in the Omaha World-Herald
of recent date is true with the exception of a few newspaper alterations
that do not affect the substance of it. The man who wrote it [David Abbott]
is an expert investigator and well acquainted with me. His statement of
facts is conservative and careful. I witnessed many of them, and you can
rely on the article as representing the facts correctly.
JAMES H. HYSLOP
The editor speaks of this same David Abbott as a
magician who has a wide reputation in psychic circles, and as one who has
made a life study of the tricks of the professional medium.
Mr. Abbott describes the medium as the wife of a
humble farmer, a woman who has been the devoted mother of fifteen children,
and has never been twenty miles from her home more than once or twice in her
life. She lives in an obscure little village called Braderick, Ohio--a spot
very far removed from the beaten track, the only mode of access is by a
little ferry across from Huntington, W. Va.
The name of this woman is Mrs. E. Blake, and she has
been a wonder to her friends for fifty years.
Mr. Abbott says:
I determined to make an investigation on such lines
as would entirely remove the possibility of any kind of trickery being
employed. I will say, for such readers as may not know, that I am a
performer of the tricks used by the hundreds of spirit mediums that travel
over the land. I am thoroughly familiar with the various 'systems' by which
they gain the information that they give their subjects, and I determined to
entirely remove the possibility of anything of that kind being used in this
case. I was known to no one in that part of the country with the exception
of Mr. 'X.' who merely knew my name and residence. He knew nothing of any of
my relatives, nor of the towns where they resided. I was entirely satisfied
that this gentleman was of too high a character to attempt to learn anything
of my private history and reveal it to this woman. Besides I found that
gathering information about persons at a distance of a thousand miles is a
very up-hill business. Nevertheless, to make assurance doubly sure I
determined to take a gentleman with me, entirely unknown to any one in that
region and to take him under an assumed name. The gentleman I selected was
Mr. George W. Clawson of Kansas City, Mo., who, like myself, is a member of
the American Society for Psychical Research. I did not reveal to him where
he was to go (with the exception that it was within one hundred miles of
Cincinnati) until two days before starting. I then merely wrote him that we
would go to Huntington, but gave no names. I did not tell him the lady's
name or town until we arrived in Huntington and had started for her village.
Just before leaving Omaha I wired Professor Hyslop in New York when we were
to meet in Huntington. I went by way of Kansas City where Mr. Clawson was. I
asked him to choose a name to travel under, and he did so--the name was C.
E. Wilson.
Mr. Clawson registered at the Florentine Hotel under
the name of C. E. Wilson, and I introduced him to Mr. X. under that name. It
was the first time that I had met Mr. X. and as he had only known me since
April I was certain that even he was in the dark as to my history. I had
carefully instructed Mr. Clawson in the method of asking questions so as to
reveal no information between lines. As he was an attorney he proved an apt
pupil and I was soon certain I need have no fears on that score. I was
present at all of the sittings and heard every word, so that any information
the voices gave I knew must be obtained by some means outside of the
ordinary channels.
Mr. Abbott then proceeds to give a long account of
several sittings that he and his friend Mr. Clawson and later Dr. Hyslop had
with this woman. He says, We found the woman sitting by her window in a
willow rocker with her crutches by her side. She hesitated at first to give
Mr. Abbott and his friend sittings because of her feeble condition, having
just recovered from a six weeks' illness. The first three sittings were held
in Mrs. Blake's home and the last one was given across the river at the
office of Mr. X. where we had taken Mrs. Blake to have a photograph taken.
He says that in the sittings Mrs. Blake used a trumpet, one end of which he
himself or Mr. Clawson would put to his ear, and the other end Mrs. Blake
would hold sometimes in her hand, or sometimes to her own ear. These
sittings were in the light. Sometimes the voices were so loud that they
could be heard frequently at the distance of one hundred feet. The
information received was most marvelous. We received in all nineteen correct
names, while we received none that were wrong. There was evidence that
satisfied Mr. Abbott and his friend Mr. Clawson that the intelligences
talking did not receive the information through fraudulent means. Mr.
Clawson's correct name was given; Mr. David Abbott's name was given, by what
claimed to be spirit friends.
The following indicates the kind of conversation
carried on:
I took the trumpet, but as the words sounded weak, I
surrendered it to Mr. Clawson. Instantly the voice began loud and strong, so
that I could easily distinguish the words where I sat.
Mr. Clawson said, 'Who is this?'
The voice replied, 'Grandma Daily.'
Mr. Clawson then said, 'How do you do, grandma? I
used to know you, didn't I?'
The voice replied, 'How do you do, George? I want to
talk to Davie.'
I spoke from the outside of the trumpet and said, 'I
can hear you, grandma.'
I then said to Mr. Clawson, 'Keep your position. I
can hear from the outside.' . . . After the voice of my grandmother gave a
daughter's name, it continued with these words: 'Davie, I want you to be
good and pray, and meet me over here. With the exception of the words, 'over
here,' in place of the word 'heaven,' these were the identical words which
my grandmother spoke to me the last time I ever heard her voice.
Mr. Clawson now continued, 'Grandma, tell me the
name of Davie's mother.'
The voice replied 'Sarah.'
He said, 'Yes, but she has another name. What is
it?'
The voice said, 'How do you do?'
Mr. Clawson said, ' That is not what I mean.'
The voice then said, 'Abbott.'
'This is all right,' continued Mr. Clawson, 'but I
call her by another name when I speak of her. What is it?'
The voice then plainly said, 'Aunt Fannie.' This was
correct.
At this instant the loud voice of a man broke into
the conversation. It was low in pitch, was a vocal tone, and had a weird
effect.
The voice said, 'How do you do?'
Mr. Clawson said, 'How do you do, sir; who are you?'
The voice replied, 'Grandpa Abbott,' then repeated
hurriedly a name that sounded like 'David Abbott,' and then the voice
expired with a sound as of some choking or strangling and went off dimly and
vanished. My grandfather's name was 'David Abbott.'
After this Mrs. Blake asked to rest a few moments
and turned in her chair so as to use the other ear. While resting I decided
to offer a suggestion to Mrs. Blake indirectly and to note the result.
Turning to Mr. Clawson, I said, 'It is strange that those we desire to talk
to so strongly do not come. Now your daughter, whom you would rather talk to
than anyone, seems to identify herself, but it seems strange to me that she
did not give her name correctly.' I did this intending to convey to Mrs.
Blake the idea that the name which on the first evening was understood to be
'Edna' was not correct.
When Mr. Clawson next took the trumpet the voice of
a girl spoke and said, 'Daddie, I am here.'
He said, 'Who are you?'
The voice replied, 'Georgia,' which was correct.
Mr. Clawson then said, 'Georgia, is this you?'
'Yes, daddie,' she replied, ' don't you think I know
my own name? '
He then said, 'I thought you did, Georgia, and could
not understand why you would not tell me. Where do we live, Georgia?'
The voice replied, 'In Kansas City,' which was
correct.
The voice then continued, 'Daddie, I am so glad to
talk to you, and so glad you came here to see me. I wish you could see my
beautiful home. We have flowers and music every day.'
Mr. Clawson then said, 'Georgia, tell me the name of
the young man you were engaged to.'
The name pronounced was indistinct, so he asked the
voice to spell it. The letters A-R-C were spelled out and then pronounced
'Ark,' which was correct. The gentleman's first name was 'Archimedes,' and
he was called 'Ark.' After this the voice spelled the complete name.
Mr. Clawson then said, 'Georgia, where is Ark?'
The reply could not be understood. Mr. Clawson then
asked, 'Is he in Denver?'
A loud 'No! No!' almost vocal was heard, and then
the words, 'He is in New York.'
I was informed afterward that this was correct.
The voice then said, 'Daddie, I want to tell you
something. Ark is going to marry another girl.'
Mr. Clawson said, 'You say he is going to be
married?'
The voice said, 'Yes, Daddie, but it's all right. I
do not care now. Besides, he does not love her as he did me.'
I will mention the fact that since our return from
West Virginia, Mr. Clawson has received a letter from the gentleman in
question, announcing his approaching marriage.
Mr. Clawson then asked the voice what grandmothers
were there, and she replied that Grandmother Daily and Grandmother Abbott
were with her.
He then said, 'Are these all?'
The voice said, 'Do you mean my own grandmother, my
mother's mother?'
Mr. Clawson replied, 'Yes.'
The voice then said, 'Grandma Marcus is here.'
This was correct. Mrs. Marquis had died shortly
before this, and her grandchildren always pronounced her name as if it were
spelled 'Marcus.'
The reader will please to remember that Mr.
Clawson's name had so far been given to no one in that section of the
country. That, as no one knew he was to be there, he could not have been
looked up, and as he did not himself know where he was going, trickery could
absolutely play no part in the names given him. I was present at all
sittings, and there was no chance of any error. Yet these names came just as
readily for him, and as correctly as they did for me whose name had
previously been known to one resident of Huntington.
At this point the loud voice of a man spoke up and
said, 'I am here. I want to talk to Davie.'
I took the trumpet and the voice said, 'Davie, do
you know me?'
I said, 'No, who are you?'
The voice replied, 'Grandpa Daily.'
The voice then said, 'Tell your mother I talked to
you, and tell your father, too.'
Mr. Clawson took the trumpet quickly from me, and
said, 'Hello, Grandpa, I used to know you, didn't I?'
The voice replied, 'Of course you did.'
Mr. Clawson (whose name had so far never been
given), said, 'Tell me who I am?'
The voice replied out loud, distinct, and very
quickly, ' I know you well ; you are George Clawson.'
Mr. Abbott had many more experiences of this kind.
He winds up his description with the following comment:
Those who would give a theory that will explain
these phenomena must advance one that will explain the facts. The theory
that it is trickery may apply to some of the facts given to me, since one
person in that country knew that a person of my name lived in Omaha, but it
is very improbable that trickery was resorted to. This theory does not
explain Mr. Clawson's case.
People living a thousand miles from me could not
know that I intended to take an unknown person with me; then they could not
go and look up his name and history minutely. That it is guess-work on the
part of the medium, or chance, is simply a silly statement. How many readers
could have guessed that George's second name was Clawson, how many could
have guessed and given correctly nineteen names while giving none that were
wrong? The information given by the voices was always correct.
Do I believe in what is known as Spiritualism and is
exploited by the hundreds of spirit-mediums over the country? Emphatically
no! I am too familiar with the methods of trickery with which they produce
their illusions, for that I produce most of their feats for purposes of
amusement myself.
Do I believe in Mrs. Blake? That is another
question. The information which her voices furnished is entirely beyond the
possibilities of any system of trickery. There can be no question as to
this. That she possesses some power not possest by ordinary mortals must be
conceded.
Is it really spirits, or is it merely some freak
power of the mind? Each must judge for himself. The lady solemnly assures me
that it is the voices of our dead. I said, 'Mrs. Blake, do you really
believe it to be the dead talking?' She replied, 'I do not believe, I know.
Belief is one thing, but knowledge is another.'
What is my opinion? It does not matter. It is not my
place to express an opinion; it is only my place to relate the facts with
sacred accuracy. Each reader must form his own opinion of the meaning of the
facts. I most solemnly assure the reader that I have given them accurately.
There is no need of explanation in this case, for the truth is sufficient
without any additions or exaggerations.
It seems like a fairy story, yet it is a true story,
I myself have seen these wonders.
I only know that far away, hundreds of miles over the hills on the banks of the Ohio River, there sits an elderly and frail woman in a chair, and kings could well afford to trade their power for hers.
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