Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-18
4 EET MIND-READEB.
Professor Feldman Does Wonders BEFORE
the Medico-Legai socfeiy.
New York Star January II,

Professor FeIdman Does Wonders Before
the Medico-Legai socfeiy.
New York Star, January II.
At the monthly meeting Of the Med:co-
Legal Society st the Buckingham hotel
last night De-. o. Feldman, Russian
D .ysiciau, who h3s recently cGme 10 New
York, performed some feats in hypn0tism
and rnind reading, all CT which were ex-
trsordinarY and some CT Which were ur-
precedented.
There were about seventytiv people
present. Before DR.. Feldner entertained
them Mr.. Clsrk Bell WIS reelected
president for he ensuing year, as were
the other officers. Mr.. Bell read an in
augural address.
A little stir vas created by the intro
duction By Assistant Librarian Z. w.
Chamberlain OF preamble snd Tesolu-
ton which, although it mentioned no
names, WIS directly referred TO Mr.. An
thOny Comstock.
They recited tbs. recently enatomics
museums, come Of them established Tor
many years, have been summsri!y in
vadsd and their managers SIRE sEed on
the charges tlat their exhibitions are in
moral; 1hst tbs value CT proper exolbi-
tioEs cannot fail to be useful for public
instruction that there exists serious
doubt as 10 tae honesty and sincerity CT
those who irstigste such raids, and, that
there seems &c BE q s1perstiti0us terror
ism which prevents fair trials CT persons
SO summary arrested.
II is requested that committee be ap-
pointed to investigate this matter and
tons for action BY the society.
After some LITTLE discussion, the reso
luton YES referred TO Z committee foI
consideration.
Then NJ. Bell introduced Dr.. Feldns r
IS "k Russian physician who visits thiE
country and who has given soma ettep-
tioa to mental phenomena" He spesk:
10 English.
The doctor is medium sized snd dark
He wears glasses and G. lnustache enc
gostee, and is mid looking. Professor
Traube, who strikiuglg resembles the late
August Spies, acted Is Interpreter art
assistant.
The doctor made his pulse rise and fsl
st will. At the hrst trial be ran Il up Il
l4G o minute without seeming effort
| Then he braced himself against 3 dool
and stared hsrd at the WILL opposite.
When he dropped his hands FROM The
DOCTORS clutches he blipked his eye:
rapidly, his face flushed and he placed hi!
hand over his heart.
Glow msnyP" he ssked in French.
Two doctors announced geo, and 1
! third sald thsS II Was so rapid he los
count Ct it.
Feats OF mind reading followed, hsst b.
personal contact, like Bishop, end ther
without contact. Profess or Traube az
nounced that subject was preferred No
too much Is Sullivan. He picked on
an intellectual looking young man. DR.
Feldman rushed HIM around the room sn(
i found hidden articles in out Of the We,
places. The feat of finding somethInl
hidden, by reading mediums mind, sn(
yet without personal contact, was th'
most remarkable OF the evening.
He bllndfoided himself, and, plsclDs
himself in what the Professor called (
"high hypnotic state," he first touches
DR.. G0etz, who was the medium, and theI
rushed away, DR.. Goetz following hin
sad keeping about five feet in tbs resr
The Doctor ran out Of the room, and
after a brief search, he found q diamond
scarf pin in a case, hidden in the corne
of sofa. Returning panti0g, be sough
among the people ard tlaally handed 1t t.
It's owner. He did a number CT other re.
msrksble things.