Telegram-herald., 1888-06-01
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kassxe anaoubtsa right to call himself the
original American mind reader. Is . very
handsome and intsllsctnsi young gentle
man who has given exhibitions of his
peculiar power ali around the world. He
WAS joarnalist before engaging in bis pro-
isssion OF reading tho thoughts Of Others
Have good csgar." said Ar. Brown 10
the representative Of the TxLEeKax-HEEALD
yesterday. at has been fourteen 20 fifteen
years since we met he continued. "and
you will ind that have made . remark
able advance since those days"
Already there Is great curiosity expressed
over the entertainment to be given al
Powers Grand Opera House next Sunday
evening. and Mr.. Brown confidently pre-
diets that hs will have . large and refined
audience. Mr.. Brown tells numerous
stories. many Of which have found their
| Way into print, of his career ss
mind reader. II will tell you"
| said he. "sbout murder with which l Was
connected in = professional way while Ia
England sin years ago. A mysterious muir
der was committed in one of the public
parks ia London. The manner in which
| the crime was perpetrsted proveo that the
motive was revenge rather than robbery.
| The dagger with which il was done was
hidden Ia the park, after which the muir
derer fed. It 30 happened that hoodlum
Was ioupging in the park at the time. and,
noting the fight of the perpctrstor. art
| fully plundsred the victim Of his yaluables.
The piundsr Was placed by the dsspoiler IN
| the hands of friend for ssfekeeping. The
| murdered man was a citizen Of good deal
Of prominence, and the crime in conse-
quence attracted much public attention.
| The tramp who stole the valuables was
| recognized by some parties who happened
| TO be in the park At the time the murder
was committed. and his arrest followed.
He was generally supposed TO have been the
murderer. He stoutly maintained his inno-
cence. stating that he had come across the
dead man accidentally, and. supposing that
he was helpless through intoxication, re-
leved him OF his watch and purse.
AT that time / was giving . series of
exhibitions O. great st. James Hall In Lon
don. Ny performances had attracted much
public interest. especially among the detect
ives of Scotland Yard. After the hoodium
was arrested charged with the park murder
was waited on by deputation of officers
and asked If could read the mind Of q
criminal. / replied that / could, but would
prefer not to do so, rs | had in several in
stances performed detective services for thu
Pinkertons in America and discovered that
il placed me In q dangerous POSITION. While
performing such work | had been in con-
slant receipt of letters threatening my life.
While taking great pride in outwitting de-
tectives, criminals naturally fesl unequal to
the task of competing with man who can
read their very thoughts | was finally pre-
vailed upon to undertake the park murder
100, however. sf.ncipally because il was the
first thing Of the kind had attempted in
England.
arrangements were perfected which
brought me into direct contact with the
robber. / soon found that his mind was
| liked upon the stolen articles and the place
| where ne had left them. A close carriage
| WAS then ordered, and the criminal and
myself were put into it in company with an
officer. blindfolded myself. held the left
hand of the guilty man 10 my forehead, and
| pointed out 10 the driver the course TO be
| taken. In comparatively short time we
1 arrived al the place where the plunder had
been secreted. The articles which had been
| taken from the body of the murdered man
| were all secured. then became suddenly
| aware Of the fact that the mind of the pris-
/ oner was running upon something of even
| greater importance. from the standpoint of
| justice. This was nothing more nor less
than q full knowledge of the real murderer
/ and mis- whereabouts.
| Again entering tho carriage directed the
/ driver 10 proceed to the residence of a citi-
zen who was we'll known IN London. Draw
ing MP at the door, We dismounted, and
| followed by the prisoner and the officer,
led the way into the house. Entering the
| parlOr, where the man was seated with bis
family, / placed my hand upon bis shoulder
with the remark:
This is ths murderer
THE man became-or pretended to be-
| come-very indignant. protesting that there
| must De some mistake. L knew there was
no mistake however. The impression mad,
upon my mind was too vivid for that Th'
man whose house We bad entered said h,
was willing TO submit to any sort of ar
Investigation to prove his innocence Of TIA,
terrible crime. l then proposed that hs
should enter the carriags with US aud he a
once complied. / told him that he woulC
have to submit to certain conditions, anC
ne agreed to submit to anything sayin,
that ns bad no fears for the outcome. W,
drove TO the identical spot where the crime
was committed. and all the while holdin.
the mans hand and reading through hi,
mind the direction 10 De taken. | gave ml
| instructions to the driver, through ths
officer. by motioning with my free hand
| When We reached the PARK We alighted and
/ nsd no difdculty in finding the dagge
| which the murderer had secreted beneath
cump Of bushes. / wish to explain RICH
hers that IN an ordinary test case | do no
| prstend to read the minds Of subject
against their wishes, bat where criminal
| are concerned. however much they ma,
try 10 avoid and shvart my efforts. fhl
| crimes which have been Committed ar
| uppermost in their thoughts at all times
snd am thus enabled TO read their mind
With infalhbie accuracy. The mind OF ia
murderer naturally reverted to The hiddel
weapon as We nearsd the park and plsinl'
saw TIE SPOT where II vas conceslsd. tn
man. when be saw the manner in which h
was cornsred, became terrorized sud CAV
himself ~ He subsequently made fgl
confession in which be stated thst the erin
vas i1stigated by the perfidy Of bis wife
wn0 bad been familiar with the murders
nasn. The bOodiam Who hsd plunders
the body slso identified The ma rdsrsr, b
| having oeea ga unseen witness Of %
| crime.
Do you do any detective work now7'
Il hsve entirely abandoned that orsnc
~ the business Mr. BroeB replied. "A
places ns IN constant sanger and the CON
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