I quote by permission from a letter written me by Mr. Davis under date of June 22, 1923
- Date of account
- Published 1924
- Source
- A Magician Among the Spirits
- Reference
- A Magician Among the Spirits · selected passage 223
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
The deception was worked as follows: the mediums, taking advantage of the undertaker’s weakness, kept him intoxicated and were thus free to do whatever they cared to around his establishment
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyThe deception was worked as follows: the mediums, taking advantage of the undertaker’s weakness, kept him intoxicated and were thus free to do whatever they cared to around his establishment. The casket was arranged with a false bottom which ran in and out on ball bearings and one end was made to open. Just before the widow’s visit to the undertaking establishment this false bottom with the old man’s body was run out of the casket and hidden in an adjoining room and one of the mediums, made up to represent the dead man, was placed in the casket. As soon as the act was over the corpse was put back in its proper place.
Historical context
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Modern context
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