In reply to his1 last of Aug. 8.2[1890] I pointed out that the sack trick involved one operation only, loosening the cord of the sack neck, — many ways of doing which are conceivable.
In the Williams3 case there were two bulky material objects somehow brought into his room, & wh. if impostures must have remained there unless he allowed Williams to carry them away under the very eyes of himself & all his family without any one seeing it! –
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