gawler ghost (1918)
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Saturday 23 March 1918, page 8
National Library of Australia http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60345886
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On Sunday evening, March 10, iihere
ffere further manifestations of spirit ininfiuence in tie ionie of Mr. BenjaminMilton; of Gawler South (writes
ow-lqcav
correspondent).' The police-were immediately informed of- the, happening; but
the result of their enquiry was not madeavaila'ble -luntil this week.
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Mr.Milton,
after.. tihe previous visitation, removed the
b'oyj£rom''bie environment, on the adviceof Dr^Dawes; and, strange as it inay eeem,the pienomona ceased. As ? tie lad; iowever, was; not attending school, tie Education Department asked for his return; Mr.Milton, perforce, brought the boy iome!and tie little fellow seemed much. -better
for his iboSiday.-That iSunday.'evenuig
he was put inihis bed, end 'witain a few
seconds waa -
ind'feu.to.tie floor. His parente. essayed
to put Sim to bed a second time, and thelad was again pitched out.- .Later tiat
week a' poiice enquiry was, made. A deiectiye arrived from tie city, accompaniedJ-' Sister LJly ILingwbod Smith, a Christian ?Spiritual; Evangelist/
:'
They, in edin:
pany with the bcal police, -.went 'to bie
Some of Mr. Mfiton,- andiSBter:SmKih)
fromrtie few. enquiries made^ ?
was satisfied tiat there was an .unconscious' medcumin ,the iome. ;
Tiie .little, fellowwas bien
ta,ken; and placed, in iia bed, ia.etretcier,
a.nd 'immediately wastihrbwn out into the
lady'fl.Iarms.::
A second-.trial.-
was. made,with 'a frjriilar result. M.C. -Crowlrurs
tben; tested. ;'tiitf..bei and feJta distinct
movement.-;, ;Sister Smith invoked tie oidof
..the : spirits, and cpmnnicatKon ; was
effected -wifch/tie astral'plane.
Shecould
not discover tie .origin of the,manifesta
tions, -iom ver, although it
-was made plain
that, the girl ln^the home was the unebnscioua medium, and that eo long as eheremained/- in ''the
environment tie .pieno
mumi'- would, cotttmiie, provided there wasa' sympathetic spirit Mke the boy.
as:
a
go-between. ITie rap'pings wereinsistenjt,
but tie information gleaned :
was of ?no
service in elucidating tie trouble.' Tie
lady spiritualistwas positive that her eur
miBes were correct, and since tie Teriioval
of tie children to another home no further
nianifemations have taken piace.v *Thri
mysterious - power that has aiownitaeflf
is designated 'telekinesis,', a force aWe
to move material things without visible or
tangible cotttact. 'TejekiMsia,' it is said,
wasfirst manifested in America in. 1818,
when a family named Fox weretrouble'!
by ipexplicabfemovings of furniture ant
Tappings. Tie Gawler mcidenlt was kept
so quiet on tie second occasion tiat the
general public had no knowledge -of -
ite
lecurrehce,; otherwise tiere would1:
iave
been much piAlic curiosity, as the;. j-i*e-
nomena .created grea.t interest'?*
in-
the
town.; .
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