INDEX.

ABJURATION by Margaret Fox Kane of Spiritualism at the Academy of Music, New York, 65, 74. ADMISSIONS of Mrs. Leah Fox Fish regarding the results of the Buffalo medical investigation, 140, 144. AGASSIZ (Professor) investigates Spiritualism, 147. ANTICS of the Fox Children at Hydesville near Rochester, 83, 87, 89, 96. ATTRACTIONS of the younger Fox Sisters, 129. AUDACITY (Imbecile) of spiritualistic imposters, 146. —(Supreme) of fraud, 150. AUTHORIZATION of the publication of this work by Margaret Fox Kane and Catherine Fox Jencken, 7. “BABY mediumship” —How the trick was done with the child of Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken, 160. BELIEF in Spiritualism, —Mrs. Kane never pretended to any, 167, 181, 236. —John D. Fox never had any, 99. “BOBBING” of apples on the floor in the Hydesville house, 84, 90, 95. BOOMERANGS (Spiritualistic), 131. BROWN (Mrs. Ann Leah Fox), —Malignant opposition to Dr. Kane’s efforts to detach her sister Maggie from Spiritualism, 222, 232. —Exulting in deception, 223. —Maggie warned against her by Dr. Kane, 227. —Sinister influence over her sisters, 232. “BUFFALO Doctors” —Their investigation of the “rappings,” 131. —Their correct theory, but wrong hypothesis, 131. —How their investigation if further pursued, would have led to the truth, 133. “CHARLES Ceri” —The “spirit of Mr. Seybert” mistakes the name of Mr. Sellers, of the “Seybert Commission,” 171. CLAIMS of Spiritualism as set forth in petition to Congress, 1854, 151, 152. COMMITTEES of tools and accomplices, 121. CONDEMNATION of Spiritualism —The substantial effect of the report of Harvard professors on the tests in Boston, 1857, 149. CONCERTED signals used in the early séances, 127. CONSPICUOUS persons interested in the “Fox Sisters,” 129. CONTACT of person while producing the “raps,” 90, 138. CORRUPT practices in secret spiritualistic circles, 50, 64, 237. COVENTRY (Dr. C. B.), one of the Buffalo investigators, 132. CROOKVILLE, near Philadelphia—Maggie Fox goes to school there, 226. DEAD (The) do not return, 37, 238. DEATH of Dr. Kane, 37. DERANGEMENT of mental faculties the cause of the prevalence of the spiritualistic delusion, 154. —Resulting from Spiritualism, 166. DISGUST (Dr. Kane’s) at spiritualistic circles, 225, 229. —(Mrs. Kane’s) at the baser spiritualistic practices, 29, 30. DISS De Bar (Madam) —Mrs. Kane’s abhorrence of her, 29. —Daniel Underhill pronounces her a fraud, 43. EARLY sorcery the prototype of modern Spiritualism, 150. EDUCATION (Defective) the cause of the prevalence of the spiritualistic delusion, 154. ELEVATION —Failure of Mrs. Kane to produce “rappings” when standing upon a lounge, a cushioned chair or a step-ladder, 195. EXPOSURE, Poetic justice of the, 13. —Mrs. Kane’s first public intimation of intended, 29, 30. —Details of Mrs. Kane’s, 32, 35, 37, 65, 77. —Of Spiritualism by the Guernillas, 199. FEAR of the Fox Sisters of their sister, Leah, 232. FISH (Ann Leah Fox) First to conceive the idea of profiting by the “rappings,” 102. —Learns to “rap” from the little children, 103. —Using the little girls, Maggie and Katie, for her purposes, 123. —Challenges to the “Buffalo doctors,” 139. FISH (Lizzie) —Protesting against her mother’s hypocrisy and deception, 96, 128. FLINT (Dr. Austin), one of the Buffalo investigators, 132. FOOT (Movement of the) in producing “rappings,” 38, 103, 143. —Detected by a member of the “Seybert Commission,” 194. —“Rappings” not heard when held, but heard again when released, 143. FORGED testimony, 91. FOX (Catherine) —First to discover that “raps” could be produced with the joints, 90. FOX (David S.) —First to suggest use of the alphabet in the so-called “spirit messages,” 115. —Dupe or accomplice of Leah, 115. FOX (John D.) —Never a believer in Spiritualism, 99. FOX (Mrs. Margaret) —An honest fanatic, deceived by her children, 36, 93. —Disabused at the last, 236. FOX (Maggie) —Her beauty at thirteen years, 210. —Petty devilment in childhood, 83. —Sent to school at Crookville, Pa., by Dr. Kane, 226. —Protests all through her earlier life against “spiritualistic” deception, 234. FOX (Maria), 82. FULCRUM, necessary for the limb in order to produce sound by the action of the joints, 142. FURNESS (Horace Howard), acting chairman of the “Seybert Commission” —Letter to Mrs. Kane, 169. —Explanation of her refusal to continue the séances with the Commission, 204. FRAUD. —Dante’s image of, 17. —Origin of the, 81. —Development of the, 105. —Various forms of the, 201. FRAUDULENT —The “mediumship” of Mrs. Jencken’s baby, “Ferdie,” 160. GARBLED testimony, 90, 94. “GOD has not ordered it,” 25, 37. GOWNS (Long) put on the younger Fox girls on their first public appearance, to conceal manner of producing “raps,” 123. GREELEY (Horace) —Aids Katie, 19, 58, 129. —Influence upon her life, 129. GUERNILLAS (The) —Exposure of Spiritualism, 199. “HERALD” (The N. Y.), 25, 28, 29, 32, 39, 42, 46, 62. HISTORY of the “rappings,” 79. HARVARD professors investigate Spiritualism, 147. HUMBUG (Spiritualism a,) according to Mrs. Kate Fox Jencken, 57. HYDESVILLE, N. Y. —When mysterious sounds were first heard in John D. Fox’s house, 81. —Digging in the creek, 95. —Bones of a horse found, 118. —Digging in the cellar, 117. —Alleged finding of human bones, unconfirmed by any evidence, 117. —House said to be haunted—an afterthought, 101. —The “spirits” when asked tentatively say a murder was committed in the house and mention the name of the murderer, 119. HYPOCRISY of professional spiritualists, 165. —Dr. Kane characterizes, 214, 215. INQUISITIVENESS as to spiritualistic methods prevents the “spirits” from acting, 146. INSULATION —Experiments with Mrs. Kane while standing on glass tumblers, 185. —The results negative, 188. —Partial success when placed near a sideboard and wall, 189, 192. INVESTIGATION —First farcical. 122, 124. —By the “Buffalo doctors,” 131, 134. —By “Buffalo doctors” again, 131. —By “Seybert Commission,” 170. —By Harvard professors and others, 147. JENCKEN (Mrs. Catherine Fox) denounces Spiritualism, 62, 64. JOINTS of the fingers. —Children try to imitate sounds with them, 87. JOINT of the knee used in the production of “raps,” 133. JOINTS of the toes used in producing the famous “rappings” of the Fox sisters, 139, 145. JUGGLERY —Spiritualists attribute it to “mediumship,” 198. —Confess that “spiritualistic” effects are produced in the same way, 199. —Older and more skillful than Spiritualism so-called, 150, 154. KANE (Dr. Elisha Kent) —First meeting with Maggie Fox, 209. —Influence upon her life, 129. —Effect of his death on her career, 230, 231. —Character of his interest in her, 213. —Gloomy foresight, 213. —Efforts to save her from a life of fraud, &c., 129, 228. —Characterizes the deceit and hypocrisy of “mediumship,” 214, 215, 216, 228. —Never believed in a single pretense of Spiritualism, 217, 232. —Knew from their first acquaintance that the “rappings” were fraudulent, 232. —Repeatedly exacts her promise not to have anything more to do with Spiritualism, 223, 226. —Solicitude lest she return to the practice of Spiritualism, 228. —Fear lest the source of the “rappings” be discovered, 226. —Places her at school, 226. —Engagement broken off and renewed, 227. —Secret marriage with her, 229. —Death at Havana, 229. KNEES —Seized by investigators to detect movement while “rappings” being produced, 143. —When so seized, sounds arrested, and when released, renewed, 143. LEE (Dr. Charles A.), one of the Buffalo investigators, 132. LETTER of Mrs. Kane first publicly denouncing Spiritualism, 30. LICENTIOUSNESS under the cloak of Spiritualism, 237, 238. “MEDIUMS” (Well-known) —How they received the exposé, 45, 46. “MEDIUMSHIP” —Mrs. Kane driven back to it, 37. MESSAGES (Written) —How produced by Mrs. Kane, 172, 196. MESSAGES (“Spirit”) —Internal evidence sufficient to prove their falsity, 162. MERCENARY campaign —Begins in Rochester, 121, 126. —Tour of principal cities, 212, 222. MOVEMENT of knees of “medium” noted by Dr. Lee while “raps” were heard, 143. ORIGIN of the fraud, 81, 83, 87, 92. PERSECUTION of Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken and her children by spiritualistic enemies, 60. PROPHECY of Dr. Kane concerning the future of Maggie Fox, 213. PROMISES of Maggie Fox to Dr. Kane never to “rap” any more, 223, 226. PRESIDENT Pierce’s wife and Maggie Fox, 223. PROFESSION of spiritualistic belief —Mrs. Kane expressly disclaims it, 181, 234. “RAPS” —Failure to “throw” them to different parts of a room, 184. —Always heard near the spot where “medium” is stationed, 136, 172, 173. —Effort of the will in producing them apparent, 136. —Muscular contractions their possible cause, 137. —Not produced while “mediums” in constrained position, 142. —Not produced while feet of “mediums” are prevented from touching sonorous substances, 185. —Vibrations in foot of Mrs. Kane, felt by Mr. Sellers of the “Seybert Commission,” 194. —Their physiological origin, 202, 203. REPENTANCE —Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken, 58, 59. —Mrs. Margaret Fox Kane, 233. REPORTS on investigations of “rappings,” 134, 141, 149, 173. ROCHESTER —Outlandish doings told by Mrs. Underhill, 106, 113. —Mrs. Kane gives the true explanation of them, 112. —First public appearances of the Fox Sisters, 121. SENATE ridicules Spiritualism in debate, 159. SLADE (Henry) admits that certain magicians produce their effects in the same way that he does, 199. SEYBERT (Henry) —Crazed by Spiritualism, 166. —Mrs. Kane enters the “Spiritual Mansion,” 164. —She draws the line at the Apostles and the Angel Gabriel, 166. —His legacy for the investigation of Spiritualism, 167. —His “spirit” mistakes the identity of a member of the “Seybert Commission” and calls him by a queer name, 171. —Though he knew no Latin in the flesh, his “spirit” is made to write Latin, 197. “SEYBERT Commission” (The) —Its origin and labors, 167. —Experiments with Mrs. Kane, 169. —Its conclusions regarding the “rappings,” 168, 201. —On other phases of Spiritualism, 201. SPIRITUALISM —Mrs. Catherine Fox Jencken says it is the greatest curse the world has ever known, 56. SUPERSTITION —Traditions in the Fox family about queer happenings, 119. UNDERHILL (Ann Leah) —Her narrative proven false, 38. —Sinister influence over her younger sisters, 233. VERDICT (The unalterable), 201. VIBRATION of articles when “medium’s” body is in contact with them while producing raps, 138, 145. WARNINGS of Dr. Kane to Maggie and Katie Fox against a life of deception, 216, 219, 222, 225, 228, 229. —Against intercourse with her sister, Leah, 227.

FINIS.

Footnotes:

[1] Dr. Kane and Horace Greeley.

[2] It was erroneously stated that the boys were immediately sent back to Europe.

[3] “The Seybert Commission on Spiritualism,” J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, 1887. The author is under obligations to the publishers of this volume, for material which he has taken from it.

[4] The author of “The Love-Life of Dr. Kane;” published by Carleton, 1865, New York.

[5] This form of expression was here used because the author of “The Love-Life,” while not a believer in Spiritualism, did not wish to imply in a work that had Mrs. Kane’s personal sanction, the slightest doubt of the sincerity of her professions or of her claims as a “medium.”

[6] Leah.

[7] General Waddy Thompson.

[8] Ex-Governor Tallmadge.

[9] Katie, as well as her sister, had promised to abjure the “spirits,” and she had also said that she would go to live with Maggie on the latter’s marriage with Dr. Kane.

[10] The wife of the President of the United States.

Transcriber’s Notes:

Punctuation has been corrected without note.

Other than the corrections noted by hover information, inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original.