The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-13
ALIVE IN A GRAVE.
Mind Reader Tyndall to Be
Buried for Thirty Days.
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II have been buried alive txenty-on
oays since ! was last in Seattle and am
stronger and younger Cor the experience.
said Alexander J. NcIvor TyndaiI, the
mind reader and eiairvovant, who - nov
n the Northern hotel. 20 . Posr-IxrElLf-
SEScER reporter. Prof Tyndail visited
seattle IN June, 1891. and aroused much
autsfsss by some remarkable performances
q that time. Being blindfolded, he picked .
pin on Of telegraph pole where some one
had put IL. entirely without any knowi-
edes on his part. He also came near BE-
ing drowned in Lake Washington on his
last snip. He has been married since then,
though his wife 10 not With him. When
last seen here he was vrinkied and looked
forty. Today he il fresh and alert, and
does not seem TO b ~ much ~ 30 years Of
age.
II lead sort Of Jekyll- Hyde existence"
he said last night, though IN this case
the part take on 10 . pleasant one.
refer to my casaieptie or trance condition
- the one assume or take on. Il n TO
these that I attribute my stronger and
younger appearance. Suspension Of ami
nation. even of breath and pulsation. is
the rule In these eases. One year ago I
had myself actually buried a. an expert
ment. buried in the ground for period OF
twsnty-cne days. and came through It all
right. These cases are common among
the high.casts Indian magicians. have
constant fear that / shall fall into the
hands OF the doctoFs in some Of these mo-
uents Of so-calied suppressed animation
ana b made the subject Of IN autopsy.
With this in view, have prepared and
carry with me the following letter:
To the Physicians In Astendsnce-sfrs: Be
ware lest - hold IN sutopsy OF cause me 70
BE- buried while still live unbsknown 70 ye,
ye men OF learning, for I, Alexander J. Mcivos
dreadful nssvous Auction. catalepsy, acd II il
had NOT been for those interested in me my mis-
sion--that 10. Of placing tho higher powers OF
man moro prominently before the world
verify would have been murdered By DOCTOR
scapels or been buried alive. God protect me.
This, therefore, 10 my reason for having this
letter OF warning on my person.
Therefore, II l should b attacked bv cata-
lepsy during or after experimenting in tsle.
psthy. and II life should appear extinct, and II,
after cOnsu!tation. youf united opinion should
b that IL 10. do not hold IN autopsy until evi.
dencss Of decomposition are found. - have re-
NAMED In this trance condition for more than
seven days consecuttvsly.
fit 10 dnaliy settled b evidence Of decay, let
whether there II anything peculiar Of abnormal
about 10 70 account for the unexplainable power
of mind-rssdtng ~ clairvoyancs which posses.
Yours sincerely.
ALnxAxbRn J. NcIvoa TYxDAII
r. a-No autopsy 70 b held without the con.
cent Of my wife. Mr.. Nancss Adelaide Tyndali,
and she viii in ell probability allow my body
sxaminsd for the benefit ol scisnce. bus II not,
her dear wishes ere mine.
"Ths Bombay episode" he continued.
''is not the only one in which I have fig
ured. nor Will it be the last was sealed
in an air-tght casket at ST. Bartho lomew's
hospital, London. for twelve days three
years ago. and shall spend thirty days
buried at the Chicago exposition, begin
ming with August IS. The only question
in this Is as to whether spend the thirty
days buried ten feet under ground or in .
glass casket. I fear that il the latter be
decided upon that the light will interfere
somewhat With the experiment.
my especial forte Is in mind reading
and the telling of things of which l can
not know by thought transfcrcnce through
physical contact or something Of that sort.
do other things. however. in the nature
of hypnotism. had great experience
with . skeptic in Los Angeles some time
ago. called him out OF the audience
where he sat by name. though never saw
him before. He had expressed dissent,
and got back at him in great shape. Be-
fore l got through with him made him
tell the audience that he was Jack the
Ripper. He also went tn the police sta.
ton next day. said he was the Ripper, and
spent some hours under arrest until got
chance TO explain. This faculty
OF hypnotic suggestion may be
turned to account in criminal mat.
tiers. Twice have figured in crim-
inai cases, once to shield an innocent man,
again to convict sneak thief. The first
case Was that OF the thief. II occurred in
February. is.ss, in San Francisco. threw
him under the influence and commanded
him to tell the truth. lie narrated the
circumstances exactly and gave the .oca-
ton of &, 900 worth Of stolen good. The
police subsequently, verified every state
ment he made. The murder case came
about week later. A man named O'Brien,
tramp, was arrested on suspicion of
being Lee Harrell, the man who MUIR
dered John Howard at Rio Vista on jan
uary ~, lssr,. He could not tell where
he vas on that day and certainly
resemhled the pictures Of Harrell very
much. hyrnotized him and he gave an
exac, account Of his whereabout on the
day of the crime. the names of the men he
spoke To. places he visited and other
things. All these werc after y ards verified
and his slibi MAS complete. hold 10 the
theory that nothing that has existed is
lost. he it matter or thought. In this last
case the thought OF the accused man only
needed hypnotic suggestion TO be recalled
to being. Thought remains as an exist
cnt thing and may endure after the event.
l once slept in an inn at Naseby in Eng
land. In sleep or in a degree OF uncon-
scsousness saw a man and woman quar-
relins in my room, saw the former strike
down the latter. l learned the next
morning that a murder exactly answering
this description had been committed In
tina, very room. Ny only explanation of
this - that the thought Of these perso rs
remained as living, existent thing for a
certain length of time and. like the astral
body of the shcosophists. Was visible q.
certain times and by certain people.
believe mind reading will De the language
nj tina futftre To piare shSSa hfrhm.