WCP4178

[1]

140 Allison Rd.,

Harringay

London N.

Jan. 30th 1901

Dear Sir,

At last I have found the passage referring to the "Mysterious Stone Throwing". But you were mistaken in the locality. It is very much like all the other cases. So much convinced as I am of the reality of these cases, I did not even read it through, being very busy just now. If you can buy the numbers do so. If not — I will copy it out for you, if you care for the particulars. Harrison sent these and says a detective was employed, whom he met before the door[?]. [2]

The Medium & Daybreak — Oct 3rd

"Mysterious Stone-Throwing" at the windows of No 17 Balham Grove, Balham — related by W.H.Harrison

I have been busy in another quarter. The sun crosses the meridian at Lucknow 5 hours 20m before it does so at Greenwich. If the medium, whom Wilkinson visited, saw Captain Weatcraft's double as apparition at 9pm on the 14th, the latter must have died between 4 & 5pm on the same day. It is not stated at what time of the night <Mr> Weatcraft saw [3] the apparition, but it certainly was after midnight, that is to say hours after 9pm.

Now I come to the point which is the following:—

Many people that do not deny such things and yet wish to explain away the belief in spirits, take refuge to [sic] the suggestion that dying persons of strong will have the power of calling forth in the vision of their beloved ones an image of themselves.

The present case soundly refuted that theory and proves that it was the captain's materialised spirit which rose at his lady's bedside. [4]

As to dates, I have further ascertained that the dates antecede English dates. Of course the 14th commenced 5h.20m. sooner than it does [sic] in Greenwich.

Over night, by another stroke of the pen, [I] have added these particulars. Sceptical are [3 words illeg.] and I myself, when first reading the case in your book, hesitated a little about these particulars. In another case when a young man dying in London appears to his brother (a general) and to his sister[?] in America, Owen speaks of "the same hour and the same day", which throws up new doubts in the sceptic's mind — for it could not possibly be so, as the times differ in England and America. I mean to <clear> also this case.

I remain | Yours truly | E Schinzel[?] [signature]