Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-01-30
DONNELLY OUTClPHERED.
Bacon Must Give Way 70 Raleigh a.
Author Of Shak espeare,s Plays.

Ignatius Donnelly set q lot of people by the ears
about the authorship OF the plays attributed to
Shakespeare, and now Rev. Frank NJ. Bristol
Methodist minister, Is reported TO have said re-
Gently to reporter OF the Chicago Tribune:
"Donnelly is entirely wrong. Raleigh is TIE
man. Bacon had n6thing to do with the plays
BY breeding and education he says, "by the
study Of law, thorough knowledge OF history,
geography, science ana classic lore by experience
at court and adventures In war and travel; by
literary tastes, poetical MUS and keenness OF
moral perception, Sir Walter Raleigh was beyond
question equal 10 the task OF writing these Won
derful plays. But the time has come when con-
lectures must be LAID aside for certainty. All
doubts vanish In the light OF cipher which has
been found IL the plays themselves"
"What |, the cipher7'
ITO understand 1t you must take the first folio OF
This Mr.. Bristol did, placing on his study table
copy OF the 1rst folio and opening It at the frst
Page OF the nrst part OF the'historical play Of
NOW" said he, '.you see two columns in each
page. In each column there are italicised words
words TO the number OF the page, and the adding
or suotracting Is governed by the column In which
the last word discovered may be iocateI II the
word Is In the nrst column l subtract II 1t Is In
IN. second column add. Sometimes multiply"
asss: On p tais mrs. page Of King Henry w.,
gatches your eye? II Is Sir Wal err There are
- other itilIcised words on this page. Add ~
you find Sir Walter all over the page. Add the
italiclsed words, which are 20, to the number OF
the page. and you have SO. Here the dominant
word Is Walter; the NTH italic word on p ge 80
Is silence sir Walter as we know, observed
silence all his life about his plays"
as sir Walter more particularly designated?r
much more particularly. Curiousiy enough
there are wo pages numbered 81 in the iolio One
precedes ", the other follows 1t. Evidently page
81 Is page OF mystery. Now on page "a
following page 80 there are nine Italicized words
Moreover, page ~ is the ninth page from the be-
you have 81. Count the lines from the ton OF the
frst column to the eishty1rst line. In the eighty
ours but once in Shakespeare's plays. The name
or Raleigh has been spelled In various ways-Ra-
leigh, ia egh kaie, Rllega, kaw.eigh, Rawley,
Rdwiy, &C. We have now by The unfolding OF the
But W at OF Snapespear?"
SHAKESPEARE and Ralefs h are the same. Take
page II: Here ktlei MS name is repeated three
the second column there are Is other italicized
words. Add Is 70 n, aud you have SO. On page
SO you nnd these words: by Yea and nay, SIR
dare say my cousin William Is becom a good
ter was educated at oxford. In reality William
was not an iynorfnus Of Stratford but student at
Oxford, acquiring That splendid scholarship which
made possible the so-eailsd Works Of William
"ro whom does this william refsr7n
subtract the number OF the other italicized
words Of the coium, which Is H. from SO, the mum.
Der OF the page, and you have Is. On page IS the
" rds which match the 'William' are 'ShaK'sr and
Speere. THESE words are part OF the cipher which
was introduced to link t0g Their the names Of Sir
Walter Raleigh and william Shakespeare
"Are these Mr. D0nnely = methods?"
slime by line. the cipher is virtually the same,
You see there Is nothing about Bacon 10 it."
above gives an idea OF Mr.. BrstOis method OF max.
Ing out his caSe and flooring Donnelly.