Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-09-11
BISHOP OUTDONE.
Remarkable Feat in the Mind.
Reading Line.
A PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENON,

folded and Another Man Holding the
Reins, Exactly Duplicated by the Psy'
choiogist. and Wound Up by a Marvel.
CHICAGO, Sept. IL. - Paul Alexander
tombstone, the rising psychologist and
mind-reader, successfully accomplished
the feat yesterday of driving blindfold
through the streets from the Auditorium
to the Grand Pacific and there finding q
name in the register which had been pre-.
viously chosen by a select committee.
Washington Irving Bishop attempted this
feat nearly eighteen months ago, but the
strain OF. his nervous system was so over
towering that he fell into trance His
exhaustion was so complete that his heart
ceased 20 beat, and despite the entreaties
of his wife, he was pronounced dead and
has now rested in his grave for gear and
IA half.
The Start from the Auditorium.
About 2 O'Clock tombstone arrived at
the Auditorium and went into paror on
the second floor. He apressed no fear
at the result of his experiment if only
the gentlemen of the committee would
during the journey, aud at the Grand Pa
cific. This committee consisted of Thad-
deus Dean, the millionaire lumber dealer
of 243 South Water street; Charles Led
erer. of The Herald; DR.. G. f. Butler, of
240 Wabash avenue; Stanley Waterloo,
president of the Press club; w. c. Wright
and b. A Johnson. Shortly after p. m.
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the reins, and tombstone jumped in beside
him, and the start was made.
Sinuous Route Trayersed.
Mr. Dean drove north on Michigan ave-
nue. half block past Monroe street. Then
making a turn, the carriage went west on
Monroe to Wabash avenue, south on Wa
bash and West on Adams to state From
State street they drove to Quincy street,
and turned west. Finding that Quincy
street was mo thoroughfare," they turned
back, went south again on State to Jack
son, and from there drove to the Grand
Pacific. Mr.. Dean still retained the lines,
and register was taken from behind
the hotel desk and lugged to the carriage
There the committee ran through the
greasy pages and selected tht name of j.
g. Butler, Jr., under the date Aug. IS,
the Office, and Lederer remained with it
while tombstone was driven back to the
Auditorium.
Prelimina airy Performance.
All this time tombstone was securely
blindfoided. Getting out of the carriage
he went into the hotel and asked Butler
in which direction the carriage had
started out, and requested that he should
write the word on the wall with his finger
Butler wrote the word north" and,
though the handwriting on the wall was
invisible to the ordinary mortals compos-
ing the committee tombstone called it out
aloud. And so on with the entire route.
When the operation was finished DIR,
Butler was seized by the psychologist and
performed an involuntary amble around
the room. Then, in a voice filled with
nervous excitement, tombstone called for
the doors TO be opened, and out he rushed
into the lounge-room, still dragging the
unfortunate doctor along
The Start for the Grand Pacific.
Down the wide staircase flew the mind
reader three or four steps at time. DIR.
Butler made great efforts to keep up the
mad pace. On the sidewalk the blind.
folded mind-reader rushed at once to the
carriage in which sat Mr.. Dean, and he
Immediately took hold of the lines.
Touching the millionaire's hands lightly.
the psychologist urged the horses on and
started north on Michigan avenue. By this
| time crowd had gathered to watch the
spectacle of blindman driving through
he crowded streets followed
A Puzzled Psychologist
But things did not seem to work well.
The mind-reader made numerous mis-
H. f,.lz
| and twice he got out of the carriage at
the wrong place. But he got right at
last, and pulled the steaming horse up
| in front of the Grand Pacific, uttered a
sigh of relief and dashed up the steps
straight TO the desk. Here he was at
fault again. and had TO be led to the spot
where the book was, and at this point his
strength gave way and he called for a
stimulant and asked to be taken into a
private room. In a few moments he
emerged seized one of the committee. and
was soon porting over the pages of the reg
lister.
Another Spell of Weakness.
Lederer now became the principal con-
Meeting link, and tombstone asked him to
stay by his side while he searched for the
chosen name. Quickly the page was found
on which the name was written, but the
| moment tombstone caught the minds of
the committee wandering he stamped on
the floor and told them angrily that he
could not perform the feat without their
close attention. at is under the date Aug
%, 1890" said the mind-reader, aud Led
erer answered in the affirmative. The
strain on his physical powers however
became too great, and tombstone sank on
chair aud drank several glasses of
whisky.
The Selected Name found.
b. A. johnson then pulled off his coat
and flung it round the psychologists head
where is the register?" shouted John
stone, and with an admonition to Lederer
to commit every turn of thesignature to
his brain-pan, he ran his fingers feverish-
ly along the page. He warned every body
to keep away, for he said he was not a
muscle reader. paper, piece of paper"
he screamed hoarsely, and the crowd
round the desk held their breath as he
bent down over the register and began to
write. Slowly the name chosen appeared
on the slip, but there was not room for the
final twirl, and he called for another
piece.
The Final Triumph of Mind.
There was no hesitation this time With
rapid hand he reproduced the name of J.
+. Butler, Jr., as it was written in the
register. With a gasp and beating of
the air with his hand he fell backward
into the arms of Millionaire Dean. A loud
shout of applause went up from the GU
riosity mongers, and the hotel manager
breatbed sigh of relief as he watched the
unlimited guests walk out.
tombstone was assisted to private
room aud lay on a couch some ii me be-
fore he recovered from the severe strain
Big Price Offered for a Horse.
BANGOR, Me-. Sept. 11-Mr. Nelson's
horses, Nelson, Medora, Red Hawk, Col
Osgood, Daisy, Rolfe, and Artist will
leave here Thursday in care of the Amer
lean EYnraaa cnlnnanu for nIoor,, IN, er4 On,