DEAD AIRMAN.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 78, 1 March 1929, Page 7

DEAD AIRMAN.

WIDOW’S SPIRITUALISTIC SEANCE. MRS HINCHCLIFFE’S STATEMENT. (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 27. Mrs Hinchcliffe. the widow of Captain Hinchcliffe, who was lost in a trans-Atlantic flight with the Hon. Elsie Mackay, described to a gathering of women the erie night visit of her lato husband. Mrs Hinchcliffe stated that she and three friends, one of whom was a medium, were awakened at the sound of heavy footsteps. It was just the same as when her husband used to leave the house early in the morning on flying duty, wearing his heavy flying boots. At a subsequent seance, she questioned Captain Hinchcliffe, who said that he had been in the house and added that he was very busy impressing people on earth with the value of aviation and instructing them. Mrs Hinchcliffe remarked to her audienoe that she had already noticed that several people interested in flying had takn up spiritualism, which she attributed to the influence of her husband. Captain Hinchcliffe had said ho had met a 1 lot of the old crowd again, who had been killed in war-time. He had manifested himself, holding a large torch, the light of which fell on the faces of the sitters, who saw him and signed a certificate to that effect.