‘L’Echo du Merveilleux’ reprints from the ‘Bien Public,’ a Dijon paper, the detailed account of another ‘Poltergeist’ case. From the 19th to the 27th of March, manifestations of a violent and destructive character have taken place in the house of a respectable weaver named Garrie, of Laroche-en-Breuil [sic]. The poor man and his wife have been greatly frightened and distressed, for their china and window panes have been smashed, portable objects thrown about and broken; even heavy articles of furniture, after exhibiting a curious oscillatory motion, have been dragged from place to place, overturned and injured.
A large number of visitors from far and near have witnessed the occurrences. The municipal authorities and members of the local police, called in haste, came and saw, but declared themselves incompentent to discover the cause of the phenomena. The priest’s attempts at exorcism, as well as a sprinkling of water from the Lourdes spring, were unavailing, and the evil influence could not be dislodged. The mischievous disturbances were at last traced to the mediumship of a little boy who lives with the couple Garrie. He has been sent away for a week or so in order to verify the conjecture, and in his absence all is quiet.
Light, 23rd April 1898.