The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-15
A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE.
A Remarkable Gard Trick Performed al
ClnCIunati-Was 1t Mind ReRdIngS

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CINCINNATI, April l4.-A remarkable
feat with cards was performed last even,
ing at the Grand Hotel in this city which
takes the palm for originality. Shortly
before dinner a party Of gentlemen,
among whom were Mr., Veazey, William
McCammon, Charles II. Kellogg, Jr.,
and Government Detective kOpmeier,
got into discussion about spiritualism,
and Mr., Veazey offered to wager that he
could perform card trick that would
mystity those present, and one which
they could in no manner explain. Mr.,
Kellogg accepted the wager and Mr..
Veazey told him to procure deck OF
cards.
Mr., Kellogg went out and purchased
new deck of cards, Returning to the
room, Mr., VeRzey turned his back and
told him to shuttle the cards thoroughly,
This was done by Mr.. Kellogg, and then
Mr. Veazey told him to spread the deck
out on the table, select a card, and show
it to those present. Kellogg drew
q card, and, after looking at it,
handed it to Mr., kopmeier. 1t was the
rof clubs. With his back still turn.
ed, Mr., Veazey told Kellogg to replace
the card in the deck and then put them
in his pocket.
The cards being out Of sight Yeazey
now turned and said: Telegraph to
any friend you may have in any part OF
the United States New York, San
Francisco, st. Louis, Chicago, or any
other place, and ask him what card you
have drawn from the deck" The COM
pQny present looked amazed at this
proposition, and Kellogg at first took it
as a joke. kellogg, instead Of telegraph.
ing from the hotel, walked to the West
ern Union Telegraph office. On the
way he tried to think OF some friend
who lived at a distance, and the name OF
the Hon. Emmet Tompkins suggested
itself. Knowing that dispatch would
reach MI. Tompkins il directed In care
OF the Neil House, Columbus, Mr.. Kel-
logg went to the telegraph office and in.
dicted the following message:
Hon. Emmd TOmpEinI, Columbus. o.
"I have drawn a card from q deck.
Telegraph mo Immediately what it was.
"CnAS. II. KELLOGG, JR."
After sending the dispatch Mr.. Kel-
logg returned to the hotel and rejoined
the party,
Just at 10 o'clock a rap at the parlor
door startled the guests, and waiter en-
tered, accompanied by telegraph mes.
senger. 1t was dispatch for Mr.. Kel-
logg, and that gentleman's hand trem-
bled perCeptibly rs he signed the receipt.
Tho guests gathered around him, and
he tore open the envelope. Drawing
out tho dispatch he glanced at it and then |
was seen TO turn pale, During all this
time Mr.. Vea2ey sat idly by, paying no
attention whatever to what was going on,
Mr.. MCCammon took the dispatch from
kelloRg's hands and read us follows:
COLUMBUS, o., April Is, 1880.
Cha', u, kcilogO, Jr,, Grand HOtl:
You drew the four Of clubs.
EMNET ToMPKIEg.
For several seconds no one spoke
word and then CALCULATIONS OF "marvel-
Ous," marvellous" were heard from
those present. Mr.. Kellogg, who is a
Ilevout Spiritplist, was completely stag.
yored and he could say nothing.
Mr.. Veazey Is a disbeliever in spirit.
lalism, and says: "What one medium
knows the others know; in other words,
they have means Of secretly Oommuni.
eating with each other, and performed |
the trick to show that what is supposed |
10 be accomplished by spiritualisin re-
luireB nothing but mortal aid.
The trick was the only subject OF hotel |
corridor gossip, but no one could ex-
plain 1t,