The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-04-08
4 WONDERFUL FACULTY
Possessed by Mind Reader Nrown-nls
Performances Last Night.


Mind Reader Browns entertainment
at the Opera House last night was salts
factory to the large audience which
greeted him when ha appeared on the
stage. He began by stating that his
TESTS" were subject to tho closest inyes,
tigation and It was his custom to allow his
audiences 10 select a committee OF six
well known citizens to come upon tho
stage and conduct the performance In a
manner that would preclude tho posi-.
bility OF his being able to deceive the
most credulous, aud to insure tho satis.
faction Of tho skeptics. The audience
was a representative one, and there was
no difficulty in obtaining committee,
although n slight delay was caused by
tho refusal OF two or three gentlemen to
sarye, because they preferred to bc spec.
tators. Tho committee rs finally made
up consisted OF DR.. r. W. Hazleit, Sen.
ator N. 3. Scott, Dr.. S. l.. Brlce. Mr..
Maurice Horkheimer, Prof. Anderson
anil Mr.. W. II. Hearne.
The tests given by Mr.. Brown under
the watchful eyes OF the above we'll
known gentlemen were wonderful, to say
the least. He experienced come difli.
Guilty in finding a suitable subject at
first, but finally secured Colonel Ned
stnlnaSer, whose appearance on the
stage was greeted with tremendous mp.
plause. Following the directions Of
Mr.. Brown, {the latter re.ir.
ing to Il dressing room in charge
OF DR.. ffazlett}, he borrowed
a knife from another gentleman and
went down in the audience and hid It |
In Hon. A. W. Campbcll's inside pocket.
Then Mr.. Brown was summoned to the |
stage, and after blindfolding himself and |
taking Mr.. stalnaker by the hand, he
walked down into tho audience and iden.
tilted Mr.. Campbell as the posscssor OF
tho knife, while all the audience won.
dercd. q U6' GfI,|
Several other demonstrations OF the
mind readers faculty were given, among
them ono in which Mr.. Wadiell was
selected to think about somebody in
the audience, and Mr.. Brown (bfiud-
folded) took him by the hand and led
him up in the dress circle, where he
pointed out Mr.. Bernie Baer as the
party lnougnt ABOUT.
Professor Anderson was asked by Mr.,
Brown to concentrate his Thoughts on
some one in the audience. He did go
and the mind reader described the gen.
'leman, afterwards going down into the
audience and picking him out.
A test which caused Il great deal Of
was one in which two men,
bers Of the committee murdered and
robbed Mr.. Mcclure and the mind
reader, who was in the meantime in n
iresslng room under the stage, aiterward
appeared and identified the assassin, the
thief and their victim. In this act
Nlessrs. Horkheimer, Hearne and Nc
Lure showed great dramatic talent, and
brought down the house.
Then came the famous wire test, Seu-
otor Scott placed one end OF an insulated
wire to bis forehead, and thought about
he number OF his watch, which he
stated no one but himself aud Mr.. Harry
McLure knew. Mr.. Brown placed the
other end ofthe wire to his forehead and
wrote the number OF the watch on n
blackboard. Thenumber written WAS 3O,-
~. The ~ should have been a "l". Tie
mind reader explained that he was con.
used, but that be had hit it near enough,
Ind tho audience applauded.
The sptritualistic manifestations at
he close were skiliully performed and
puzzled those present. .7a