The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-06-13
THE MIND READER.
Packed HOuse-A Phenomenal Exhi-
OltlOn-Murder Found Out-Stolen
Goods Recovered.

appeared before an immense audience il
the Opera House. The curtain rose a
~ when the psychologist presented
himself, with his left arm in sling anC
face radiant with smiles. He pre-
| faced the entertainment with a few high
~ facetious remarks and proceeded al
once to business by calling for com.
mittee of gentlemen to be elected by the
audience. After some slight difficulty
IN getting persons to respond to the call
OF their names from every part of the
house, the following named went for
ward: Mr.. G. o. Berger, Rev. S. Z.
Bishop, MIR. w. w. Hall, Mr.. Muller,
Mr.. G. B. Wilson, Hon. L. A. 1hurston
MIR. j. W. Luning, Mr.. G. NJ Starkey,
Mr.. Roach of the Vandalia, Mr.. j. F.
Smith, Mr.. Frank Spencer, Mr.. f. NJ.
| Swanzy.
Besides the committee, one or more
medical practitioners were requested to
come forward to attend upon the mind
reader, as he stated that, while expert
mentlng, his pulse and temperature
would run abnormally high Doctors
Miner and Day responded to this re-
quest.
Mr.. w. w. Hall was selected from the
committee, and supplied by Mr.. Bishop
with murderous-lookingk knife, directed
to 60 down into the audience and kill
some one, then to hide the knife and re-
turn to the stage. The mind-reader was
conducted by two other members of the
committee behind the scenes. During
their absence, MIR. Hall stepped down and
made a feint of killing gentleman in
the front row, then went and hid the
knife under the carpet about midway
in the aisle. The mind-reader was led
back to the stage, blindfoIded, and
brought in contact with the supposed
murderer, whom he Immediately con-
Quoted to the place where the knife was
concealed, took it up, and thence pro-
ceeded and found the person who had been
the victim of the murder. The success
OF the first phenomenal experiment was
greeted with tremendous applause.
A minor experiment was performed to
show the absurdity of the opinion ex-
pressed by some that his experiments
were due to sound. With regard to his
critics, Mr.. Bishop remarked that some
of the newspaper explanations he had
seen were more wonderful than the
experiments themselves.
The Hon. l.. A. ThurstOn was re-
quested by the performer to direct note
to some intimate acquaintance in the
audience, which was done. Mr. Bishop
was again blind-folded. Taking Mr..
ThurstOn by the arm, he conducted him
about the house until he got in front of
Mr.. w. A. Kinney and requested the |
latter to stand up, upon which he was !
asked TO open the paper, and if he |
found his own name inside, to be kind |
enough to declare it to the audience. |
On opening the paper, Mr.. Kinney |
answered, Yes, that is my name,'
which announcement was received with |
a storm of applause.
Mr. Starkey was selected as the me-
dunn of the next experiment. His in
structions were to 60 and steal three ar
ticles at three different points in the
house and hide them. The gentleman
proceeded on his mission, Mr. Bishop
being again conducted behind
the scenes. Mr.. A. Jaeger, in one of
the seats in the left division of the
dress circle, Mr.. Schumann, standing in
the rear of the dress circle on the right,
and some other person In the gallery, |
were made the victims of the larceny |
and the goods concealed
under a seat in the dress circle on the
eft. Mr.. Bishop, again blindfOlded, led |
his medium directly towards the hidden
booty, but was under some difficulty,
owing to diversions caused by noises in
he house The concealed articles, how
ever, were soon found, and after good
leal of rustling about, from the causes
above named, Mr.. Jaeger's pocket-knife
was replaced in his vest pocket, Mr..
coin returned to his pants
pocket, and the article taken from the
gallery was promptly restored. The
success of this experiment was also
greeted with rapturOus applause.
The climax of the series of phenomena
vas reached in the bank note act. The
alluded to a strong eX-
preston OF doubt regarding the genuine
less of this experiment uttered by a
prominent citizen, who was not present | !
He also announced that Mr.. w. q. Irwin
lad offered to give him the note if he
would tell its mum Der In the manner he
damned to be able to do. He, Mr..
Bishop, had agreed to an arrangement
" which, if he won the note, it
ty, but if he tailed to find the number,
re was to lose the $50 and Mr.. Geo. G.
Williams was to pay it. Mr.. Williams
lad previously been called on to provide
he note, and on coming forward, re-
ated it's history. He had called on Mr..
Hopper, got 500 note from him, out of i
is safe, Mr.. Hopper not knowing its
lumber. "Here," said Mr.. Williams, f
olding up sealed envelope, sis the !
ote, and no one but myself knows the 5
lumber on it, He was requested 5
D communicate the number privately
} two gentlemen of the committee who q
hould act as the mind-reader's g me- c
iums," which was done, in due form,
ehind the scenes, the gentlemen en- n
listed with the secret being Rev. S. E.
ishop and Mr. w. w. Hall.
The performer and his mediums went
ehind raised blackboard, and after +
minute or so, the blackboard was swung |
,nnd with the figures ga distinctly