The St. Johns herald., 1891-06-25
MIRACULOUS POWER.
The Strange C&r9er CT zIo:si;.tt, ttil
 ConjUrer.
Taryeiaus Feats Of EI;atlJZ JZea,i:ny fa Won,!cr.uI visions of nisff.at 0b- lecjS Obtained Ehrou-il the
 Power of Second sight.

--Grr 1Ic1LaJ, the CIiC Oft.CSN SccCilCt- sight reader and conjurcr, at Bozeman.
 idaho, in the act of swallowing a sword, which severed his jugular vein. and the conjurer bled to dc4th i3l few
 minutes.
 Herr Mofat, or Francis AIorell, writes I correspondent Of tic St. Lcnis Clooo- Democrat, was q resident Of S;. l0Ii.;. and there his wonderful talent. w!i:3, made him the peer of any and led him before the crowned heads of Europe and Asia, was developed. He was 2 very peculiar boy in youth and was con sidored crank. lie lived alone with his widowed mother, supporting her by
 working in q stove factory His spe~e moments he spent in the study or magic, and the attic of his humble little hcE3e
 was transformed into a chemical shop.
 When he was seven years old cDe day :lc suddenly burst into an uaco;.tgoll- atlo fl Of laughter lis IcNtacr asked ann what pleased him 50 much. The boy replied that hc saw his father (yv;.. -va5 then living, but not at hon1c) Tor- uing rapidly down the mountain siCc .y-yi.lg to 0vertai1e 9 jcg of w32iss;.7 which ha had let fail. Ire jag roi:c.
 art cf t33o way down tho l:oiivitr, l;ii
 vas cauclt h. the ola 1ICn before l;i
 -o5 tc the bottom. Vixen t.:c faliH:
 eaci2od hcae hc confirmed t3:e lyl2o.C
 -~ay to the great surprise oi III. Attol
 2ia She bcy excited much t,ii.. in t:.C
 ai2'Ib0rhood ia which lio lived. AooJa
 .~o years Ieter the Morei35 were wis
 ted by q friend named Robert NiIt3n.
 with other roiatiTcs and acqu3int5.l"cs
 rom Philadelphia. who came to toa.
 he lads miraculous power, asked h;5n valjoJls questions, and. among Ct!::>- .:-incs, inquired what was then go.n% n st llis (Vint3u.s) home in ih;ja- lelpIlia.
 The boy described the house, which be had never seen, stated that it Ya- oailt partly Of brick and partly cc stone, that tharc was q lake in front ot the house, which haU recently becG drained. and concluded with 2 Gescci:,- ton Of tho people in the house, and cf ewo persons, a man and d woman, vv;lO were sitting OF the porch.
 When Vinton reached his home i:l Philadelphia he inquired who had been It his home at the day end hour he h:& acld the conversation with young Mor- Fl. He learned that there had been q shower of rain at the time and that tho people who were fishing in the lake Ead run to the house to escape the rain. The persons who were on tbc porch had 3een faithfully described, even to tbe color of their hair and eyes. Tn short. every detail given by the boy was proven to be accurate.
 He became involved in a quarrel once with a young m2a Ecmod Turner. Irl- nor was to cail on young lady, and be- ing net on his way by the young mind reader. Morcll, who was himself n love with the same young lady, they spoke 5o each other and passed oa. Young Novel sat down on q stump and, bow ing his head, conducted his mind to the Darl0r in which fis rival and the young lady were c09TcrsinT. h the course of the young mans call he proposed and was rejected. Tiis made NIOrcli bapry. Meeting Turner on the street aoxt day, he Iantali2ed him abopt hig rejection by the young lady tho night preceding. Words were exchanged, and Alorcll drew q pistol, but friends stand ing by intelposed, and no harm came of the quarrel. But Moreu fell into incorporate habits and lost his F0o.: name. lis habit, when asked to cx- arcise his faculty of second-sight sec mo, was to hold iis head downward alter closing his eyes. After waiting for some time, apparently in deep agarAt. he would declare what he saw n hi5 visions He was sometimes .oGpd alone iu the fields, sitting or jump and crying On being asked the ,l1se of his grief he said he saw great numbers of men engaged in killing each 3ther. Although he had never up to a;t time seen 2 chip, s battle or q can ion, he described military and navel battles during the war of the rebellion ls fl he were an oGlooiIcr.
 After the war, when he was ab0'!t woaty-four years Of age. another gcn- IemaG from Philadelphia, who had sa2,d much of him, became interested 0lic1 inr bir to la possessed of 9 To5lc |. and exhibited his wonderful power lvcr the United St2teG, drawing i'm lcGsa crowds in a!l the large cities Ehre ic S3. Lou;5. n 1878. ko was .s,-el by man in one of the many ;ircr~s that came to sec him: ''lYhat se WAS Goiag vi,h thc-t p0cl;ce-EC0i;'' ...t.,a ting tE:t thc young fellow ilad taleu it!. Nothing. You're the man .ao hes stolen t, was t2e reply, end ,o5a being socrcSeI by policemen sl!o was present, the man was f2C-:d tc ..,ve 8: nucliyt-aG0:5 with several hun ceu ,;alIars iu it. which was inmed;. stlv Identified by Q gentleman present s his The man was arrested ana 3u-ll t. bc Black !:al. d notorious con .'cac2 5aIu and p;ci>pcC3<at.
 lu 1879 bc began q tour of thc OlG World which lated seven years. where = a[.t1rNva-tls returned, exhibiting him If over tS2 country. His death r2- .i,e, many incidents which were
 :a,n,, by ,6o elder citizens ot St. Eou:> | .., lie nls a strange and checkercd .se.