St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-11
SAINT PAUL.
HE Is A WONDER.
Prof. leonard Possesses Marvel
- OLA Powers

froF. leonard Possesses Marvel
GUS Powers.
Prof j. q. Leonard, now in st. Paul,
IS certainly a wonderful man, and his
power OF mind reading is phenomenal.
A visitor who does not desire TO give
ms name in print. called at Prof. Leon
ards parlors at the Ryan yesterday,
purely as matter of curiosity. He
went there skeptic-he came away
convinced that Prof. Leonard is king
among the host of those who claim to
De able to read minds, foretell the
future correctly, describe the past, and
give any information desired. Prof
Leonard is not one OF those whose great
skiil exists only in carefully worded
advertisements or f1aring handbills; he
courts investigations in an open man.
ner, and the newer or more novel the
test, the greater is the amount of pleas
ure he derives In unIaveling it. Prof.
Leonard is courteous Ill manner, and of
very charming conversational powers.
1t is extremely difficult to class him or
his work, because his system is new,
his execution entirely different, his ut
terances and deductions correct. and his
range of power so wide ana comprehen-
sive that less favored humanity looks
on with wonderment at his revelations
and says: What manner of man is
this?''
There is nothing like actual seeing
Tor the purpose of convincing doubling
IhomaSeS like the visitor yesterday,
and Prof. Leonard cheerfully accorded
his unasked visitor All opportunity to
| suggest any kind of test. The visitor
| picked out three, all of which were met
and solved with that ease which marks
alike power and confidence. The pro-
lessor left the room, and the visitor
wrote in his memorandum book the
maiden name of his mother: on an
| other page question of purely per-
sonal nature, and on the third page
series or thirteen numbers running into
| the Irregular hundred of thousands. The
visitor then put
the book in his pocket. Then the door
was unlocked aud the professor came in
| from all adjoining room. He asked the
| visitor If the book was in his pocket,
and was Informed that it was. Then he
Kept silent for probably fifteen seconds,
and then repeated the written name on
| the first page and answered the personal
| question correctly. Then, after another
pause of about thirty seconds, he waved
one hand in the air and said. write
down what l tell you" The visitor
| then wrote backwards all unknown list
| OF hgureS running into the millions and
| was told that it was the total of the fig
| ureS which he had written. Then the
actual hidden figures were repeated,
| and the visitor found every one correct.
| he Informed the visitor that he never
makes any charges for SittingS unless
| the anniiaant is ftlty EoH ,a,ifh fhn
| genulneneSS of the information. and he
| bears III every way the impress of
thorough gentleman, whose standing i'll
| his class of work is without rival.
| AS further evidence of his wonder
| full work, Prof: Leonard exhibited a
| letter from a member of a prominent
manufacturing company i'll Minneapolis,
| Mimi. The history of the letter is this:
| The writer on going TO his sta
bic one morning found valu-
able horre poisoned. Seeing the no.
! tees OF Prof. Leonard's presence in the
city in the daily papers, he called on
| and consulted him. After listening to
| his statement the professor said TO him:
There is prominent business man
| (hamlng hIm) who is subject to spells of
| spaSmodic insanity, during which he is
controlled by desire to poison some
| thing. He is the man who poisoned
your morse. tie went 10 the stable car
| rying the poison in little bag. A por-
ton Of it he administered to- the animal.
| The bag containing the remainder you
/ will find hidden ir the corner of the
| stable under the stall. The man is so
prominent that if you go to him and tell
him you know what he has done, he
will pay you the value of your animal
| rather than have the matter made pub
ic.''
The sequel to the above interview is
| the following letter, dated Nov. 26, 1892:
| Prof. j. q. Leonard, care st. Charles
! hotel, New Orleans, La.-Dear Sir: We
located the party who poisoned our
tfotting horse, as per your directions,
and found little bag OF poison hidden
| where you said it woald be found. We
were very mucn surprised to find him
so prominent man, and sooner than
stand prosecution, he settled with US,
| giving his check for $500. We highly
recommend you as whirlwind.
Yours respectfully,
HARRIS FORGE 81 ROLLING MILLS 60.
A. GOLDMAN, secretary"
The firm is we'll known and the name
of its secretary is signed in autograph,