The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-26
THE DAILY TIMEs--sUNDAY. MAY 2e. 1859,

- -~rtcd h~ nosts visiting card 10
tween the two ranes he pIac,,l The book atop
the others, and In such an awtwgrd trsi,ioa
that It cotild scarcely fail 10 first attract The
attention 81 n person entering the room
With this explanation the tric1 t. easily mi
dcrstood or course, the host dll not Place
his carl between pages ~ and ~ but whr'i
Bishop announced that the card ~ns ~ That
position no ono thought 81 lcokiug for q
second card elsewhere, Had the wrns book
been brought h''rf he w,uid have diverted
the trick into another chai,ncl.
Did Bishop ever have an cccomplicei
Even those who clags him r. a iricss,cr d.
n6t ihInv ~ They thilk h. w1s to smart
to ever inirux his secrets Is ras oro. The
testimony OF Charles Frohman, his first
American manager. isvaluablc IN TINS re-
sIcct His first appearance in New fork
was IN Etelrwsv hall aud the receipts were
as Frohman dstermiiai ''iH. - ET-i elias
theatre must be secured and In, attention Of
tho scientific world drawa To thr periurh'
anccs. Wallacks theatre was l,lsel. laFi
tatious 10 n pritatc test wcr, sent b scicn'
fists, doctors and ncvspflrr r''a. On thf
day preceling the first exhibition In Wal
lacks. they assembled tn ono ~ The parl9T
Of the Hoffman house. \ committee Of
pron:lncnt gentleiucu was appointed - take
needle and drive to any place ~ NcH fofa
aud hide II. Bishop. b.Iniinldfl AM clasp
ing ore Of the committeeman b. ths vgit.
was 10 drive tho same clrriaye over the same
route and find the needle.
"Whcn the COMMITTEES hal CONC, Fays Nj
Frohman III speaking Of this occurrence, 81
became worried. | hal never seen tn cT
pertinent tried. Failure meant a di.isir0l
loss for me. While the crowd was hrs Viii
the collation. and laughing at the JOKE Cd
Marshall f. Wilder, who wa, there 10 eiicr
tain them. ! Whispered 20 Bishop: ID soi
need any assistancci ! can have s1ac cn
follow that committee and report their move
mcnts TO YOU secretly llc looked ut ns
calmly and said: 30. | don't rccl any
assistance ! can DO IT, Bat even 81
find that / cant III avoid a failure askc.
him what he meant why. he answered
with the utmost determination, 70 iind
can't do it will run over some ono with 3D.
carriage or else upset the committee IN "a
street But the experiment was n complci'
success, and he found the needle in the uppo
story Of "A Fifth avenue house"
One moro illustration and Fam done.
Bishop once told me that when he was i
st. Petersburg the late assassin haunted CO
asked him if he could not employ his Soon
incly mysterious power 20 detect murdcrou
schemes against the life Of the ruler Of %
Russias. Tho mind readeT-if that Is th
proper term-answcrcd that such an idea hn
meyer entered his head, but he did not thn
he would prove Of value in such method
detection. II, he said, a would be assassin
Tor instance, hid dagger in one spot an
then when the mind reader seized bis hand
ne should think 81 the weapon being ID az
other place. tho operator would incviiohi
lead him 10 the location on which M
thoughts we're conferred. To please Oh
morbid mind 81 tho emperor, however
Bishop tried a curious experiment who
he subsequently repeated with less d'siii
puishcd PEOPLE numerous times Nh,le b
was absent in another room members Of III
ROYAL family arranged themselves ia tai
leau in which the car was pictured rs bain
stabbed by his own son, the present emperor
/ Then the actors in this mock tragedy scat
tered themselves about tho apartment
/ Bishop entered the room blindloldei ai'
clasping the right hand Of ono OF those wh
had witnessed the iablcau. be quickly ucke
ont the participants in the mock ASSESSING
t,on and in q fcw minutes stationed thcn
the exact position they had previously o'c'
pied with the czarcwitz's dagger su-vrn-.
! over hi, fathers heart. Thcrc coaiti searcci
| bc trickery there.
So the question win have to remain
open one LOUIS ~ '''N'''''''