The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-02-24
MENTAL MYSTERIES.
j. Randall Browns Remarkable
Performances at the Opera
Hone Last Evening.


given by the great mind-reader, j
Randall Brown, at the opera nous
last evening. For the past twent,
years he has succeeded In completed,
mystifying the masses, both of En-
rope and America, and he again sue
ceeded admirably in this matter b,
his tests Sunday evening.
As preface to the performan &c
Mr.. Brown stated to the large audienc,
that the peculiar faculty he possesse
is as much mystery to himself as ar,
the phenomena to those who bea
with IS to his feats.
The first duty of the evening wa
a selection of committee of six g-n
tlemen to assist in the exhibition
These were Grief Surgeon Yancey
of the NJ. K. & I. hospital, DIR. w,
g. Overstreet, w. ID. Courtney, H.
II. Marean, Frank Meyer and Charles
Guenlher. This committee were es.
peciallY satisfactory and were invited
TO seats upon the stage.
The first test, that of finding knife
secreted upon some person in the
audience, was first given. The COM
mittee selected Mr.. Latour to hide
the knife. This be did and then re-
turned to the stage meeting Brown,
who had retired to a dressing room
while the knife was being hidden, &C
companied by a member of the COM
mittee. Brown was completely blind.
folded. Taking Mr.. Latour's right
band iu his left, and holding it at
times to bis forehead. Brown, leading
Latour, suddenly left the stage and
made a rapid circuit of the AUDI
forum, finally locating the hidden
article in Mr.. Fleischman's possession.
Loud applause followed the successful
performance. 1t seemed miraculous,
and vet the mind.reader designated it
as his simplest test.
In the second test Charles Hoffman
was called upon the stage and asked
to fix his mind upon some person in
the audience, Brown, meanwhile
holding his hand and reading his mind
in the usual manner. The two then
started off repilly and Brown led |
Hoffman to Judge Hoy. The feat
was loudly cheered.
Ed Ilgenfritz WIS next invited to
he stage, and asked to fix his mind
ntently upon the features of some
person in the auditorium. Brown hold
Dg his hand as usual. Brown blind
Hlasd then aaI dssfGEiiBsa the fsatgE res
ought The subject in the audience,
nut made a slight failure. A similar
est with Robert Prigmore, was strik
ngly successful.
The mock tragedy test, wherein,
DR.. Overs,reet enacted the part of a
murderer, going into the
rowd, selecting his victim -
red Bard-rushing him on to the
tage. stabbing him with a knife /;
hen Frank Meyer, playing the part
ia robber, stealing the dead mans
latch and hiding it out in the aud
,nce, was repeated precisely by
'rown, who had retired and had not
zen any OF the part played by the
entlemen named. He also recovered
he hidden watch. This exhibition 7
as both marvellous, tragic and anus !;
lg. /.
A test of extreme delicacy and one I
hich excited the wonder and admi- Z
!tion of every person present was The :
aiding of the mind by a small copper =
ire stretched from the balcony TO =
e stage. At the balcony end Char "
S Guenther held the wire to his fore n
lad upon the stage and near
ack board, Brown held the other
ID to his forehead. Guenther was
think of the number of his watch, u
id the mind-resder was to tell him u,
hat it was. After a moment or so Y
intense application of the wire "
oxen of, Brown slowly wrote "
plain view of the people and in a re
rfectly legible hand the figures 1872 "
lis was the correct number, and the u.
use shook with applause. ID
The cabinet tricks and so-called
niliar spiritual manifestations clos
one of the most remarkable per- &c
ever given at the opera ID
use. j. Randall Brown, as a mind pC
lder, is phenomenal, and the facul- p
he possesses has baffied those who it,
} deeply versed in psychological sp
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