Session 5: The Dead Speak
General Summary
Wednesday 3rd March 1886
7.00 pm for 7.30 pm dinner Mrs Lucy Adams, Medium, First Temple Church, Boston, widowed, 40+, grey hair, 5' 5", black evening dress, medium since her mid twenties Miss Florence Monroe, Mediums PA, First Temple Church, Boston, 20+, workably pretty, 5' 10" red with black lace Thomas Wellington for dinner (as scribe and recorder of events) with attache case and new evening wear Evening wear Meet in drawing room, dinner in dining room, seance in consulting room Two suitcases, heavy, full of kit for seance Florence liking James very much, Thomas not happy Light wine to start with, Florence likes it, suggest sales to US Conversation on economic doldrums Charles wife pregnant, attends drinks, dinner, but not seance, astronomer Gas lighting off James opposite Lucy, on Lucy's left Charles, Sanford on Lucy's right How did you come by the knowledge about the money? murdered Who murdered you? police Where is the money? spent on mine Which mine? his mine How much money? 1,500,000 million pounds Who is the owner of the mine? werewolf bane Where is the mine? hill Where was he murdered? laneway What is your name? jasper, a genuine gentleman Lucy exuding ectoplasm from all head orifices, white, wet, stringy When was he murdered? november Face appears in Lucy's ectoplasm - dead man? Thomas reacts badly, everyone else made their san rolls Donation to Adelaide Spiritualistic Association asked for 10:00 pm in the evening all finished Florence packs up Known Lucy for 10 years, Florence is a medium as well, learning from Lucy - master and apprentice, 10:15 pm off in James' carriage Study Thomas' picture - Director in London, Jasper, biggest shareholder, not reported missing, been in London since November according to return letters Over brandy and cigars, discussion Jasper? Did he leave Adelaide? For Grenville to do with his new team of investigators and thumpers. Did Jasper vote in last half yearly reporting in November? James Howard to approach newspaper editor re bodies in november. Everyone should have a bodyguard James Sinclair hiring a personal assistant. James H. gets Willie to sniff around on the town about coppers on the take.
Sanford Cleve Kirkham
Head Alienist Dr Sanford Cleve Kirkham
( 64 / Male ) from
Adelaide Lunatic Asylum at North Terrace
James Arthur Howard
Diplomat James Arthur Howard, Esq.
( 46 / male ) from
Adelaide
Report Date
02 Jan 2021
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