is an occult influence connecting us
with an invisible world, I have seen Margaret Fox Kane herself, when
lying on a bed of sickness and unable to rise, produce 'rappings' in
various parts of the room in which she was, and upon the ceilings,
doors and windows several feet away from her. I have seen her produce
the same effects when too drunk to realize what she was doing."

On the 25th of September, 1888, the following, which was published in the
New York _Herald_, expressed very tersely the situation among the
spiritualists, who had by that time partly recovered from the first effect
of the blow:

Recrimination against the two younger Fox sisters, Margaret and
Katie, has begun with characteristic violence, and many unlovely
truths are betrayed which do not alter the essential significance of
the former's denunciation of spiritualistic fraud. Several of the
mediums said that they could hardly believe their eyes when they read
of Mrs. Margaret Fox Kane's determination, and they declared almost
unanimously that "she would not do it if she were in her senses."
They accuse her of excessive indulgence in drink and hint that she is
not responsible for what she says. It appears, however, that in
private, on many occasions, but never before in public, she has
stated that Spiritualism was a tissue of fraud, and that some day she
would prove the charge to the world. She has during the last few
mouths given many seances in London, but always disclaimed any
personal supernatural connection in producing the effects at which
others wondered. With a number of rich patrons, among them Mr. H.
Wedgewood, of Cavendish Square, she proceeded to a certain point in
the process of delusion and then frankly undeceived them, convincing
them of the ease with which they could be practiced upon.

Prior to this, the following had been published:

As Mrs. Kane's sincerity in making her proposed exposures is
questioned by her enemies, the following brief note from a well known
English spiritualist is of interest:

"31 QUEEN ANNE STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE,
"LONDON, W., JULY 19, 1888.

"DEAR MRS. KANE: I am not so much surprised as I might be at what you
have revealed to me if I had not already been led to believe that
many spiritualistic mediums practice upon the credulous.

"The illusion