“I told him that I had bored observation-holes in the _corners_ of the panels (particularly so through the _lower_ corners) in the parlor doors, the floor, ceiling and other places from where my concealed witnesses observed, and have seen exactly all the movements of his feet, hands, etc., _below_ and above the table,--saw how he raised (‘floated’) Mr. Wertheimer sitting in the chair, saw how he (Dr. Slade) with his foot upset chairs, kicked a book (extending over the edge of the table), tossed a slate pencil from the edge of the table from a slate held under and at the edge of the table, etc., etc. [Illustration: SKETCH SHOWING SLADE’S SEAT AT THE TABLE, DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF SLATES, LOCATION OF SPONGE, AND METHOD OF MOVING BOOK.] “Dr. Slade, now turned very pale and wiping off the thick perspiration from his forehead and face, said:--‘Well, what of it?’ and rashly asked:--‘Where were Hudson Tuttle and Dr. H. Tiedemann?’ I reminded him of the fact that they had sent an excuse, being unable (by reason of unforeseen circumstances) to attend that seance in my house. “Then I sternly gave him the alternative:--That either he _sign his own confession_ (as to the fact)--that he has (during the many years in his career as a professional Spirit medium and in everything he had professed or pretended to be ‘genuine’ Spiritistic or Spiritualistic) deceived and defrauded the public.--I read the confession to him and sternly demanded, ‘Either you sign this or you will be put behind the bars.’-- _CONFESSION_ “The undersigned, Henry Slade, known professionally as Dr. Henry Slade,--the powerful Spiritistic medium--by reason of the force of unfavorable circumstances, years ago became a Spiritualistic slate writing (etc., etc.) medium, and Spiritistic lecturer and he herewith confesses that all his pretended Spiritualistic manifestations were and are deceptions, performed through tricks. (Signed) H. Slade.” “I (R. Weiss) had also stipulated that he (Dr. Slade) promises to discontinue his present dishonest, criminal method of gaining a livelihood by preying on the superstition of Spiritualists and through the gullibility of the public,--Dr. Slade then remonstrated and said:--that I could not affect his standing in the eyes of those who had seen and believed his manifestations, mentioning the Czar of Russia and others of world prominence. “I then walked to the door, signifying that _my part_ of the interview and argument was ended--and also conveying the ‘impression’ as to my intention to have him arrested. “He then changed his attitude and in a cringing manner he pleaded with me to have mercy on him, as he had only this one method of earning a livelihood. All of this, and his pleading, was so strenuous that he fell in a ‘dead’ faint.--