Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1890-04-06

BrOI. brown was the tutor ana TREND OF
the late Irving Bishop. whose tragic death
in New York some months ago will be re
membered by our readers, and it was upon
his testimony, that two of the physicians
who performed the autopsy upon Bishop
were arrested and subsequently indicted
for murder. Brown claiming that Bishop
was alive at the time the doctors carved
him up. They were prominently connect
ed and were. of course, released, and the
indictment quashed, but the affair made
the Professor the most talked of man in the
country.
\ REGISTER reporter had pleasant con-
versation with the gentleman yesterday
afternoon touching his strange and peculiar
powers. Speaking of the first knowledge
of il that came TO him. he said:
when | was quite small boy playing
the old game of hide and seek with my
school mates, / was always able to discover
their whereabouts-to locate them as easily
as if | had watched them hide. They
would accuse me of peeping and one of them
would hold his hands over my eyes, but
that would only enable me to discover them
all the easier. When shaking hands with
any one ] experienced a sensation similar
to the effects of an electric battery. ! eX-
perimented with myself and gradually
found that | could read the thoughts of
OlutIS ulutI Ntl AdlA AtttobAHbAN AAAA AANNA
able conditions"
"What position do YOU assume"'
al grasp the left hand of the person and
pass the right over his forehead
Are the effects the same with all per
sons"
mo. Those who have great powers of
mental concentration are the best. Others
are poor subjects, and find il almost i'm
possible to operate with some. One OF the
best subjects ever operated with was Gen.
Grant. | have been with him at his cot
tage at Long Brance and by simply grasp
ing his hand | could tell what he was
thinking about Other good subjects were
Henry Ward Beecher, II. Is. Claffin. Judge
Cooley. Charles A. Dana Cyrus w. Field,
Dom Pedro. of Brazil and Gladstone
perhaps the most interesting of Iall my
experiences was with King Kalakaua of
the Sandwich Islands. The king was
strongly preiudiced against the mysteries
in which / dealt, and | was sum-
moned before him to submit test of my
powers, before he would grant me pelmis-
sion to exhibit before his subjects on the
Islands. The first test was that OF finding
hidden article which the king himself
concealed. / was taken TO certain quar-
ter of the palace while the king cut but
ton from the vest of one of the invited
quests. Wllltu llt put lllNb lllo Wv TT i+4''''''
and then ordered me back into his pres
ence. | was brought in blindfolded ana
told to proceed. Taking the kings hand and
placing il to his forehead. ! went direct 10
the guest from whose vest the button had
been cut, and announced that the object for
which | was searching was button. Paus-
ing a moment, reached out my hand and
placed it upon the kings mouth. His
majesty. being evidently 10th TO surrender,
and admit the sufficiency Of the test. at
tempted to swallow the button, but being
suddenly struck with the humor of the
thing, burst into laugh and threw the
| button from his mouth
'What will be some Of your tests at your
performance Monday night"
perhaps the most remarkable will be
the wire test | will have the audience Sc
! lect some gentleman whose prominence and
reputation will preclude even the suspicion
/ of collision. and then have him drive 10
some hotel or other point in the city and
then take hold of a wire that has been pre-
viouslv attached to telephone wire and
place the end of it against his forehead.
will have wire connecting with the tele-
phone wire run on TO the stage. The gen
/ tleman will then take a bank note or ms
watch and look at the number OF 1t, ana
when he does this / will write the number
. a
1 I think one Of the most wonderful feats
ever attempted by mind reader.
"Another test will be the mental photo
graph. will request some gentleman that
the audience selects TO come upon the stage
and think of some one in the house / VIII
hold his hand and. blindfolded, will draw a
charcoal portrait Of the person that he has
in his mind so accurately that 1t will De
recognized by the persons friends. ! Will
then 90 down among the audience and point
ont the lady or gentleman that he thought
Of 80, Ill. o.,
b;meelf for his wonderful abilities. He
saws that it is faculty bestowed by nature
and cannot be acquired. although OF course
susceptible Of cultivation. Among many
interesting mementoes of his travels and
o,'neriences is handsome gold watch pre-
sented by the Faculty of Yale College for
series of experiments performed before
them in 1874.