A REMARKABLE SEANCE.
, f'S Can': vdairvoyance, l . assist in : : finding^"little' #.' . Cromwell Davies, the;lost .Welsh boy? i":in-aV'Httlb room; ' contly a famous Loudon- .clairvoyants. told' . .what:- she. saw j when the. lost ,-boy! s pinkypet? .• y-; . ticoat' was placed :in her lap; :and<-sh©;;wasj3' ' hypnotised;\< The clairvoyant? .'had' nbt'feypli : heard of the boy before; and the seailco took , place ill the presence of a "Daily: Mail'.' re-..-presenta'tiviv';;v;'' Her visidns took ;tho form of a series, of mental -pictures: ■.'"•Throughout tho .trance sho • spoke in tones that- were dreamy, and otten only just audiblg.- "Has, tho child: recently ;; been near the water and■ nearly drowned," she askod, shading "hot" eyes''/with her';:left ■ ' ungloVed hand,; 'T keep seeing .masses of : still water, bathed m clear daylight, . i : • . ;>Now,l see a child about threo and a half or. four, with iair', - straight; hair, arid either; ; bare-logged, bare-footed,, or. both. ,j,Now, I see''--" somo domestic animal, either,a a cat, in 1 closo touclir with'.'the'child; -'Now Ivseo a group of children playing." :■ The.boys are bare-. - : legged and very ,ragged, many.ofi:them, and,li , the girls "ha ve shawls.thrown over;their : heads. ■ Agani' I-see wator. t ;HaWtherein:a;cii;cusV.> , or' trav'elling v caraVau"iu the'-'district lately P ' . "The child .i 4' v«y ill, if not deid:-; IV v children art-now dispersing to cottages scattered far apart, In chargo- of/tho child of*-.- . tho garment is a ten-year.vold girl,. : with dark*' eyes, , dark-hair, Afresh,, s; : '; and baro-lcggedj>.possibly ,baro-footed. Sho is. wearing - si sliawl. . /iHor. face - has- anvelfnij impish 'look about- it. ; -'This girl.has ,mot'the boy since-ho; disappeared. '.V.\tevyA.'-Ar : : • "Again -I see .tho. waters. I. am' afraid r (lierC■ tho' hypnotist- soothe hor, by:stroking.' her*,hand/and telling. hc,r:: not- to- ~ tressed).■' - .-.ir:; 'iv-i'-'i; '• "Tho missing child is not anywhoro-; near home, although again I->see, tho strange pools.'.;-, ofwater. "-It'vis a' veiy.'.wild'district;£ Now./:. I- see the'children- again.-, • I-;can:hear, them (V' shouting, , |)ut> I cannot,understand;:. ' what they aro saving. 'They, seem .to.vibo ;:. usiirg--a.' sort- of. gibberish:,?^' "The child, when- lost,was. goiMf-diome- to a meal- - Again J-'SGq-, tho. wastos of :, water,- sj and- • agton■■'. and ••.•aga-in<- ; I- see >'iho. old girl" ~ ' 1 On tho olairvovant s '.'statemcnts ,beins . . communicated'. tost-ho I'D,illy- Mail's" spcoial -v. ' •corrospondont'.at : Merthyr IVdvil.i tho -correspondent replied: .It-is-a remarkable'inct.' that a short time before ; ,tho : boy.'djsai)p6arcd>lie was .very ;;iK!arly ; ;drqvnicd.;;j,;Tliis! .fact '.•! C lms never, 'been printed m; conncction with "■ the: ease. It is a- fact: also tiiat . thoro ' werev gipsies md a caravan not -verv far from the neighbourhood, at; the -time tho :boy'' disappeared.; '. Many .of;.:tho "gipsy children v worn. baro-logced -and :'bnte-footcd(i. the' girls .» wearing shawls over .their -heads. 'a!Az: to tho v' vision''of -still water,- in daylight, ■; there are ; ■ niaiiy pools on-' thexmCvmtauis.riidar ; by.: that-;. .' have not-uill , bcen'dragged.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080331.2.15
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 4
Word Count
441A REMARKABLE SEANCE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 31 March 1908, Page 4
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.