Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-12-23
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candle.
After few remarks, relative 10 his sue.
cess or the other side ~ The water, In
vbtch Iabouchere was accused of having
d,yoted tweu,y.scyeu columns f the Truth
10 dcnouncing Mr.. Bishop, who had won
from him I'll 900 on wager over test,
which the Journalist refused to pay, cam
miliCe 10 supervise the exhibition was Se-
lectcd. The following gentlemen dled
upon The stage: Edward y. Benson. preSi-
dent Of the Union League, chlirmln: l.
ward shipper, the lawyer; Rev. pr. Me-
COnneIl, Of II. Stevens; Morton L. Henry.
lawyer; Or. Lawrence rnrnbnll, DR..
Thompson. the ocuIlst; DIR. Garrison, John
Iuggard, Morris +. Pagan.
MAKING THE ASSASSINATION TEST.
The assassination test" which Mr..
Bishop said suggested 10 his friend hugh
onWay" the thrilling plot OF "Caiied
Bsck," was the first event. While DR..
Mcconnell aud Mr.. Benson cscOrted Mr..
BishOp from the STAGE John HnggarI took
a fcrce looking ponilrd, went down ia thr
audience, made thrust at benevolent
looking old gentleman, and then hid tic
Neapon IN the mutt 0f bush,ng young
lady in the left gallery. Mr.. Bishop then
cane on The stage and was blindfolded.
Directing Mr.. ITugglrd to bold his right
hand atOul four inches above Mr. B'>hop'~
lett, the mind-rcadcr. selling his escort,
am. worked his head cOnyulsiycly. made
few mysterious pa,ses, brealhcd llboriou'ly
and dashed down the stairs 70 the par
ouette and in and ont thc audience. avoid
ING obstacles. with precision and speed
that made his venerable magneii-m-reser.
yoir decidedly fatieucd.
II was the work OF but few minutes 10
ind the victim Of the ASSASSINATION. Not
only did be make a thrust AZ the right
nan. but in the identical spot. lie then
went 10 the gallery, searching for the knife
like a hound on the trail. Occasionally be
paused and urged hi, guide 10 concentrate
his thoughts on the object; then he world
ruth forward without o ml>>tcp. until
finally he took The p0lnlrd from the lady,
nun, amid great applause.
Morton =. iIcnIy was then asked by Mr..
Bishop 10 illustrate the be1utie, Of thought
lransfCTeuce in the detection OF crime. Mr..
Henry was failure IN the r6le. In the
mind.rcadcr's absence be collected three
d iect- from people in different parts OF the
han and, rolling them in 4 Handkerchief,
hid them in gallery. The operator led
the lawyer q hot chase round the hail, but
ne couldn't seem 10 strike clue. The
mind-rcadcr clutchcd mt ;hc air aud
rubbed MIR. Henry, forehead. bit the
chrome OF the watch and il, two
companion object. didn't seem TO be re-
flcc,ed from the lawyers pate. a rather
heated discussion showed that the bundle
Should have been hid in the sight OF the
whole audience. and Mr.. Henry turned
over the guidance OF The weird Young man
10 Dr. Thompson. lie bid trio OF objects
under the crgan-lid in front Of the stage,
which were proL pills found and returned
10 each owner, with the exception ~ 2
glove. which Or. Thompson admitted
had been gwen 10 The gentleman he hld a.
,ociotcd with IL.
OTHER SUCCESSFUL TESTS.
The bank. note test. over which Mr.. BIZ
shop and Mr.. Lah0uchcrc are rCputed 10
have severed friendship. wa, perhaps the
feature II the evening, although not at tlrs,
a success. Mes>rs Benson, Shippcn, and
Iluggard committed 10 memory the num-
hcrs Of bank note, which no others were
allowed to know. With thcir hands near
his. blindiOldcd, Is he was IN all the tests,
be wrote ont on the board four numerals
twice" 1888" one figure was wrong.
vi. Bishop seemed 10 be- IN a state Of moo
tai fIenzy. He said usually the figures
stood Out IN hi, mind o. il set IN flame, bat
LOW all was blur "lhcre * some trnu-
bles.' he laid, iutlmating that the gentle
men on whose concentration OF thought h.
was dependent were not doing their duty.
"Ilercis notrouble here said NJ. SHIP
pen vigorously, determined not 10 Ice hu-
inflated. Mir. Bishop insisted on further
fIial., and said one success and hundred
failures would prove his power. llcrcupon
voice in the gallery cried: That what
tie msdiUmS >ay.' Confusion rciencd fOI
awhile, but finally John IIugglrd. "a whom
tie miud-rcadcr seemed to find a kindred
soul, held his palm. and the number, were
successfully reproduced.
The final test was the recovery u the
needle in the Union League Club, after
UhIch Mr. Bishops pulse beat 50 iiriou,iy
that be declined 10 proceed. The commit.
tee reported that the operator, pIu,ing oc-
ca>iOna,ly 10 say: GIVE lost q, or all
right" led them down Fifteenth street.
through Penn square, and down Broad to
the Clrb with gfca, haste. The entrance
Of the hlindfold,d man followed li thrcc
eminent Phi1dclphiln-, hfcathlc>>ly clutch
iuy a wire. naturally caused som ,cn>a-
tion. but when Mr.. Bishop went 10 Captain
(romlicn and cytr4ctpd the needle without
hesitation. they wondered still more.
DIR. Turnbull thinks Mr.. Bishop s. Guided
by the unconscious movement, of nl- c,-
cort. Al united in tie opinion thIt con-
lcCcratc> aud deception were completely
hacking in the wonderful evidence a. q
.n,yicrioll- power given lat evening .y
Washington irwin. Bishop.