Daily Yellowstone journal., 1892-07-06
MIND ItI...A DING.


un Sunday Eaght.
Quite n t.r9. rudi-nct gathered ut
the rink on stl,dHy iiight~-ro''-ider~
INK the heat aud diriutIimRtInn Of
tlAuy to attend u SClniAv evening ELI
observation-disclosures Wtt'tSs fn~ .sht'hon!~#:
tia If niu'3 read 1t. ~ extni,ifief: by
sir. j.. K4zttla!. Brr~.t,
49, i. 1,rtl: n1inArN IT,. Wlmt> wHs= IT,:
ffi.irW Il tty1u,u.ttrt ui citizens Wt.@ te-
ltcted, to*e~I+tinv ri r., Il, Cartt t&tjt]l.:
G.. H.. Inw+t4, th !. D"t>, e. W.:
t>,eyrstt, Dr. r. r. FIJI, autlH. r. Wiley
I'LL g:t,tvtu:tn of= rfon,i'ltuct lttthia:
ct, 1r3tasl'> untl above any .utr:clon
ttf t.t1.Iti-tft}>. After tt ~ TIT intrtdut~>
tnry lrn,nrr, in WI CT. NJ. Il Efo"n ex-.
t,thi:.td nzi,ui rt,4.1irg tt: :1e ~itnr1y re~
dticinE lily nvu mind /" u nlA''k and
ttt.n acquiring Though It yslcAl ILL.,
tart with Atu1her ILL., tettS !tio>}H prn~
duced IN the subjects hi Il, he rro-
certi.d to txtn pity the t1't by the
tolo xlnx TX I,ertn,an,., If att ,p;aEent~
demon4lrati,n tnay be call't AL ex~
prrltueit He tir>t had the " mnit1ee
select subject iu the person H J. +
Mckay, Who nAs, during Mr.. nrown'a
.eclu.lou in the Stage dressing ROOM
with one Of the committee, requested
to hide some small article somewhere
10 the auditorium. Mr. Mckay ee-
lected hi+ pncket knife ~ the article
and hid It in unt If Eul. Buffers poc~
kets. He then returned to the stag-,
aud Mr. Brown Wan brought In blind
folded, and after joining his left hsnd
to that of Mr.. McKay's and goiuR
through eonie mesmetiu passes from
Mr.. N1cK4y's forehead to bis own, In
| suddenly started on rapid walk,
| dragging Mr.. Mckay after him. down
an inplovi-td flight of steps from the
stag" to the floor ami thence several
t1ucs about the hall, finally coming to
halt in front Of Col. Butler. whose
buckets be rausacked in vigorous
fn~h,on, aud finai'y sfter leaving him
onre or twice, re@urniug Auu In t1na1
-+urch, finding the knife where it hsd
bp+n 1ec1ettd by Mr.. Mckay. His
next feat VIA Acr onl lpll-ted hy the aid
Of Get. ". Myers a~ !. sntj* ct. Mr.
! M> tr~ wA~ requested TO think earnest-
~ und y tA:iiy # .ontt ot1t III the aud
i~nce, All after the pr+l'mnarts
uu,-d ALovr, Mr. E:own started around
ttrh hall wi Mr. Myers, returning
finally to the s:nKe, wher" he left Mr.
Myers aud then rrturEing alone to
the hull, h- pick-n "nt Simon Bas1n~
ski, VIM Mr.. Myers ndmltted WAS the
,,+r<on he had selected In Ills mind.
TIE in,rd te>t wae In tile eafne line.
bu: somewhat more elaborate. With
, the e.li or of this paper as hir tunjtct,
he r~@avcd tn first accurately dtscrihe
aud then pick ult III ,he audience, q
ptrson whose face the subject would
, fix in his mind. The suhj ut chn>e
l the ,t,e what marked plv-lngn"my
Of Uncle Cnle, who oc"un:esi ~eat
| about four Ftws buck from the front
: and was known to -vrr$b:ny. After
+ the preliminary establishment 1T a
e mental sympathy an' III" Mad r"ee
about the bail, the operator aud hia
+ subject returned to thr sssge where
Mr. Br,wn, being still bEsndfolned,
E described the features and general
y facial characteristics Of Uncle c 10 se
Z vivid1y that many in the audience al
once recognized the portrait. He then
q removed bis hoodwink, and after 4
J, short search in the audience found th'
# object of his search. Az au introduc
>, tiou to his next feat he told the stor!
rs of Il mysterious crime committed 1t
,, London, which he said he had un
u ravelled by the exercise Of the gift q
II his mind reading. A man had bee'
j. murdered IN one of the parks In Lon
IT don ut an early hour in the morning
The murder was for revenge and tn
es murderer fled ~ soon as he tad ktlle
ur hts vtotin&, throwing the dagger wit
re- which be had committed the orim'
OF into clump of bushes as he ran. Th
v murder had. however, been witnesse
ey by tramp, who then approached til
" victim aud robbed him. Thrse cil
cumstauces Mr.. Brown claimed wei
all unrlvalled by him, and to sho
nd how he did it, he proposed to re-ena'
Ia the tragedy before bis audience. 10
~ this he desired murderer and THE
dv ,or rather two persons to persona
nj these characters, and as the two mo
to likely maletactors in the house he's
IRE lected Mr.. Campbell and Mr.. 6eyd
7tlt the former to do the killing and Il
bv latter tho trolling" Having Il
pti structed them In their parts a
,dy stuck up number ofpenknives In Il
at Wings to represent daggera, he retlr
In charge Of one of the committee. T.
dark and bloody work WAS then col
inr menced by Mr.. Campbell, who wi
On an utterly depraeed look upon
pa- oountananoe. rushed from the stage