Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-02-18
MENTAL TELEGRApHY.
An Exhibition Of Mind Reading by Paul
Alexander TOMBSTONE.

An Exhibition Of Mind Reading by Paul
Alexander TOMBSTONE.
"What do you think Of tombstone p
The above question introduced the
conversation between the majority of
our citizens who CHANGED to meet last
Saturday morning. Most of the an
swers expressed implicit faith In the
mind readers powers, and the rest rep
resented baflled wonderment. The few
who are unwilling to admit what can.
not be understood, were at complete
loss to explain the magic on the un.
known art.
MIR. Johnstone was greeted by fair
sized and exceptionally choice audience
at Russell's Friday evening. 1t was
full of curiosity, half incredulous, yet
so much in sympathy with the perform.
err as to applaud his successful fcats and
grant credence upon demonstration.
Mr.. tombstone prefaccd his exhi.
bition with lecture of half hours
duration, giving his theory of tho pow.
er Of mind reading, explaining It rather
rs u process of mental photography,
by which the features, forms or outlines
impressed upon one mind by concentra.
ton of thought are transferred to his
own, This no AYERS is a sixth sense,
which in his own case at least has been
made more acute by cultivation.
A committee consisting of =. ID.
Thayer, Q, II, Vail, ID. Il. Soar, Il. II.
Dickinson, L. ID. Allen, w. III. Cowles,
John Weighton, w, IL, O'Conncll, T..
Bilharz, Il, NJ. Carpenter, DIR, j, +.
Clark, Rev. II. A. Smith and w. ii, Me.
Clure were then called upon to assist
In his work. The first test was as fol-
lows; tombstone In company with Mr..
Vail retired behind the wings complete
ly out Of sight of the audience; then
Messrs. Allen and O'Connell went into
the audience, placed L. p. Bradley's hat
upon John q. Dawson, Dawson's hat
upon Bradley, then hid both hats, un-
der seat, and returned to the stage,
tombstone came out completely blind.
folded with glove over each eye and
handkerchief over both, and leading
Allen by the hand went into tho au-
dience, found the hats, put them as
they had been misplaced, and then re-
turned each to the rightful owner.
In the second test the committee was
seated on the stage In a scene represent.
ing Othello pleading before the Duke,
then dispersed. tombstone coming
from his retirement reproduced this
scene imperfectly under the mental
guidance of Mr. O'Connell. When John.
stone protested that they were seated
as pictured in O'Connell's mind, the lat
ter confessed, saying in affirmation
that's 3d."
The third test was more severe and
complicated, Mr.. Vail was selected as
a william, took dagger, went into the
audience and stabbed an innocent vic
tim in the person Of +. ii, Adams, then
secreted the dagger In Is, +. Iowald's
vest pocket. A jury of six, counsel for
both sides, a witness and Judge were
seated on the stage for the trial. Then
all returned to their seats In the au-
dience, when tombstone attempted to
pick them out nnder the guidance of
Mr.. Cowles For some reason unknown
these gentlemen were unable to make
mental connection, though tombstone
struggled for some five minutes. Then
he sought out DR.. Clark and with the
guidance of that gentleman quickly |
found the dagger, held 1t over Adams rs
Vail had done In the stabbing act, then
proceeded to select every man from the
audience who had participated In the
court scene. After sending them all to
the stage, he followed and seated oil
exactly as they had appeared In the
tableau.
This ended the tests and the evenings |
entertainment. rather abruptly but
quite satisfactorily. The audience and
the committee were well satisfied with
the genuineness Of the tests. Indeed
they could not dispute the power which
the mind reader demonstrated. John
stone is twenty-five years old, weighs
about 100 pounds, about five feet five
inches tall, Of light complexion and
keen gray eyes. lie is of very nervous
temperament, with phenomenal control
over his own physical organization. He
is very affable, gentleman, unassum
ing and welded to the art of which he
is such distinguished disciple.