The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-11-27

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Oh. glorious hope, On. sacred faith,
That fills my soul i'll lie or death.
TESTS IN MIND-READING.
| Experiments of MIR. bishop in Tsoston-Il-
Illustrating How IA Crime Might be De
tect-d-ThIngs Carefully Secrstsd, But
Easily Found.
Boston cor. Ncm York Tribune NorcnJe. %
y select company, numbering about
one hundred ladies and gentlemen,
met at the Hotel Nendome this alter
noon on the invitation of w. Irving
Bishop, the mlndreader, who has re-
turned to his native place after an alb
sepce of several years and is DESTROYS
of establishing his reputation as an
honest fair expermenter in mind-read-
ing and to demonstrate that the charges
of MIR. LabouChere made in his paper
in London are false and malicious.
Among the prominent gentlemen pres
ent were Mayor O'Brien, Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, Jr., the Rev. lanes Free
man Clarke, the Rev. Brooke Here
ford, DR.. II. f. Hedge, the Rev. Mint
!. savage, T. b. Aldrlcn, Col. Thomas
W. Hlgglnson, Professor William James
and Professor c. G. Everett, Dexter
Smith, +. &. Corrigan, DIR, Morton
Prince and others. Mr.. Bishop, who
Is Slight man, weighing about 100
pounds, wearing a full sandy beard well
trimmed, and with a pleasant, though
nervous and easily irritated manner,
made his appearance abou. : 80 and
after few preliminary remarks, mod
rstly referred, by way of explanation,
10 some of his experiments in Russia
IN the presence of the Car. His great
experiment of the day. he would I'M
dertake later but for the amusement
OF those present who could not follow
him in his out-of door search for
hidden object he began his entertain
ment by asking the Rev Brooke Here
ford to act the part Of an imaginary
assassin. Mr.. Hereford selected Col
oael I. W. Hisginson for his victim,
and MIR. Bishop retired to a distant
room and was blindfolded. In his alb
sence MIR. Hereford, with large knife
made teint of stabbing Colonel Hig-
gibson, and then hid the knife, IN the
inner breast pocket of the Rev. Mr..
Savage's coat. Mr.. Bishop returned
at given signal, and placing himself
in contact, or near Mr.. Hereford at
tempted to find the knife and lead the
assassin to his victim several attempts
were unsuccessfully made, and finally
Mr.. Bishop explained the necessity of
having different subject, as there was
some disturbance in the manner of Mr..
Hereford procedure, or else there
was psychological incompatibility be
tween them, so to speak. The Rev
James Freeman Clarke then consented
to act the part Of the assassin and pro-
ceeded in the most approved manner
to stab in two places his friend Pro-
fessor y. &. Everett, and acco- panied
by the Rev. Mr.. Savage rushed out end
hid the knife in an adjoining room. 1t
was placed in an inside pocket of Mr.
Savage's overCoat which lay OF table
with d number of other coats and on
top OF it was Mr.. Savage's hat. Mr..
Bishop then entered the exhibition room
and placing himself in close proximity
to Messrs. Clarke and Savage, he I'M
mediately srasped them both and hur
ried them to the ante-room and di-
rectly to the table on which lay MIR.
Savage'S coat. The exact pocket was
struck at once and the knit: trium-
phantly produced.
Mr.. Bishop then briefly referred to
his controversy with MIR. Labouchere
and to his offer to read the numbers OF
a Bank of England note bindfolded
on wager of $1,000, the sum to be
given to some charitable object. Mr..
Bishop then proposed to try that test
of his powers this afternoon, and a
representative of the Maverick Natio-
nal Bank, who was present by invitation,
produced Bank OF England note in
an envelope. Mr.. Bishop finally de
clded that possibly some sceptic might
say that he was in collision with the
gentleman from the bank, and at the
suggestion of the spectators he made
the test with greenback. Mr.. Here
ford produced bill and gave it to T..
B. Aldrch, who with Professor Jones
made mental note of the number.
Mr.. Bishop was then blindfolded Sc
curely. He went to blackboard in
company with Mr.. Aldrich and wrote
out slowly but distinctly Sis. This
was not correct and a second trial was
made and the correct igures, 1929,
were plainly written. TO make confir-
nation doubly sure, another bill was
produced and the correct figures, 0o,,
were placed on the. blackboard at the
first trial.
The great test of the day was then
made, and the conditions were severe
and the result satisfactory. This was
the test which Mr.. Bishop made in St.
Petersburg and also with Arcndeacon
Fdrrar in London. The test was thus
met. After some gentlemen had
hidden an objec: somewhere within a
mile Of the hotel, Mr.. Bishop, blind