Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-02
THE MIND READER.
PROF. TYNDALL'S PERFORMANC CE
LAST EVENING.
The Tests to Which He Submitted-He
Denounces Two of His Committee as
Dishonest.

"Prof." Alexander McIyor Tyndall,
who claims to have the power OF estab-
ing connection with the think tanks of
his fellow men and calculating thought
germs therefrom, gave public exhibit
ton of his powers at the Grand opera
house last evening. In personal appear
ance Professor Tyndall is tall and will
lowy, with black wavy hair, much in
the manner of Oscar Wilde or cowboy
Of the vintage of 1875. The "profes-
sor' has a soft, sibilant English accent,
oily enough to stop freight train, and
last night succeeded in loading up many
of his auditors with the conviction that
he was man of preternatural audacity
in the exploitation of psychical science.
The following gentlemen were selected
as committee to see that there was no
shenanigan. about the performance of
the professor" DIR. MCGOWAN, Shell
don Borden, j. q. Estudillo, w. A.
Spalding, 7. F. Barnes, j. j. Wright
and DR.. Wassman. These gentlemen
were seated on the stage and then Pro-
fessor Tyndall gave series OF illustra-
tions of his powers OF mind reading, SO
called. A pin was concealed, and the
professor, blindfolded, guided by the
party concealing the same. that is to
! say, by his thought, found the pin. The
old experiment of an imaginary murder
and the finding of the knife, the MUIR
dered man and the murderer, followed.
A card was hidden and found in the
same manner, and number OF similar
'.tests' followed. Finally DIR. Hitch
! cock took a four-bit piece from a
gentleman and concealed 1t IN
the hip pocket OF William ID.
Juenger. The professor with his eyes
bandaged took DIR. Hitchcock's hand
and chased all over the house, but was
unable to locate either the supposed
thief or culprit. He called for another
assistant, saying DR.. Hitchcock was try
ing to deceive him, to which the doctor
in disgust responded that this was not
true. Finally, with the aid of another
assistant, he located Mr.. Juenger as the
reported possessor of the stolen goods.
He put his hands in Juenger's pockets
and brought out number of miscellan-
eous articles, but failed to name the
stolen one. Another efort was made
and the coin again secreted, and he
found the piece OF money where it had
been concealed in the floor. A mock
marriage then took place on the stage,
and the professor engaged to find the
participants. While he was moving
around the theater, Mr.. Juenger shout
ed, 81 object to that member of the
committee guiding the professor to the
parties. It's not fair"
This aroused Professor Tyndall's ire,
o1J ba Droccodod RI danounop Dnc
Hitchcock and Mr.. Juenger, who is a
well-known druggist, as being "dishon-
est." Mr.. Juenger, who was getting
near the stage, remarked that the pro-
lessor was liar. The professor stated
that the entertainment was over.
HYPNoTIzEs A PRISONER.
Professor" Tyndall visited the city
prison yesterday afternoon, and was
shown in the cell occupied by Bill Daw-
son by Officer Bosqui. Dawson has been
an enigma to number of the officers.
He had not spoken for two days, but
the professor hypnotized the prisoner
and he talked quite freely after while.
Dawson said his name was Bill Daw-
son, and that he was in an insane
asylum at Salon, Oregon. Officer Bosqui
does not credit any of the statements
made by Dawson. A dispatch was sent
to Salem, but the authorities there
never heard of anybody by that name.
1t is thought that Dawson is not the
prisoners right name. At all events,
all efforts to find out anything authentic
about his past life have proved futile.
The professor intends to have another
seance at 10 O'Clock this morning.