“Dr. Leidy. Is any ‘Spirit’ present.
“An interval of thirty-nine seconds here followed, when the attention of the Committee was momentarily diverted by an inquiry addressed to Mr. Furness by Mr. Sellers, viz.: Whether a glass plate of sufficient strength to bear the weight of the ‘medium’ was procurable. At this moment the ‘medium’ suddenly exclaimed: ‘I hear a rap. You said, “Get a glass,” and there was a rap.’
“The ‘Medium’ (repeating for the information of Mr. Furness). Somebody proposed a glass and there were three raps.
“Dr. Koenig inquires of the ‘medium’ whether the meaning intended to be conveyed by the sounds is that the ‘spirits’ desire to have the glass plate produced.
“The ‘Medium.’ I do not know. I know there were raps. (Turning to Mr. Sellers, the ‘medium’ adds:) They may have been made by your heel on the floor, but certainly there were sounds.
“Mr. Fullerton. Then it was not the regular triple rap?
“The ‘Medium.’ I could not tell.
“Just before calling attention to the alleged rap or raps, the ‘medium’ grasped with her right hand the wood-work of the side-board, as if for support. It was then that she stated she heard the sounds. They were apparently not heard by any one but the ‘medium.’
“Mr. Sellers (addressing the ‘spirit’). Will you repeat the raps we heard just now, assuming that there were some?
“Ten minutes elapse without a response.