The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-18
WORKING JOHN BULL.
Mind-Reader Tyndall Wants to
Hypnotic Mrs. Maybrick.
he BOASTS or FORMER FEATS.
Tbs fsripatstte, Casalepsie Wancersr In
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PsrfoSmsaess Here.
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Prof Alexander ]. McIvor Tyndali. the
minc-reader and hypnosist who made him
self thu talk Of the town by his wonderful
feats during his two visits to this city. has
returned TO his native England and il
winning fame there by offering 10 hypno-
TIE Mrs. MaTbrick and extort from her
the facts a. TO her guilt or innocence OF
the murder Of her husband. Insupport OF
his claim 10 bs abe to get the story from
Mrs Maybrick he mentions similar per-
formances in this country. The offer was
made in the following letter TO the home
secretary. dated NJ Market Marlborough:
Dear Sra large number of American
friends OF Mrs. May brick. a prisoner now
undergoing punishment. in this country
for mans.augntsr, have requested me 20
endeavor TO obtain your permission for
an interview with her, the object being to
Induce her to consent 90 be hypnotized, IN
order, II possible. TO enable her TO establish
her innocence. Ny application may seem
novel one. but the science / profess Is
one thai have exercised with consider
able success in tho United States, Canada.
and various towns on the South Pacific
coast The year before last, al Los Angeles,
proved to the satisfaction OF the ausnori-
ties that man named James O'Brien. ar
rested rs Lee Harreli, Was innocent OF
what was known as the Rio Vista murder.
1 also operated with success in Q case OF
James Dongherty. of Buena Vista, and
was likewise engaged in the "Dink" VIII
son (Syracusel and DR.. T. Graves (Denver)
and other cases. When hypno.!zed il IS
impossible for the subject to tell lie. and
there IS absolutely no chance Of justice be-
ing defeated. IL you desire il, / shall be
quite prepared 10 afford you preliminary
Illustration OF my skill and method. As
propose returning To America in three
weeks time. unless Mrs. Maybriek's case
should require me to prolong my visit.
shall DO glad To be favored with an early
reply. l have the honor TO remain, yours
opediently. ALKx J. McIvoR TYSpALL-"
Tyndail is q tall, large-boned young man.
with prominent nose and cheek bones and
deep-set eyes. whose nerves are evidently
breaking down under the strain put upon
them during his mind-reading .eatA He
Is man of good education. gentiernaniy
bearing and excessively English in speech
and manners. He earned bat precarious
living by practising his peculiar profession
and first appeared here in the summer Of
1891, desperately impecunious. But that
did not worry him and he went to the
Rainier hotel, made known his powers to
the guests and offered TO demonstrate them
for a consideration. A subscription was
raised and he gave ono proof after
another Of his ability TO read his
subjects minds He would 60 bounding
down . steep flight Of stairs, five steps at a
jump. dragging his subject after him by
the hand. and dash TO the hiding place of
the object sought, invariably finding it
From here he travelled all over the Coast,
and soon branched out into hypnotism.
He returned here last August and gave
undertaking exhibitions at several places
of entertainment, but finally broke down
and lay in caialeptic fit for forty-eight
hours. apparently dead. He had q great
dread Of being buried alive while in one Of
these fits. to which he was subject,
having taken warning from the fate
of Washington Irving Bishop, whose
wife claimed that an autopsy was
held on him while he still lived. To avert
this fate he carried with HIM letter stat
ing what precautions should be taken to
make sure that he was dead before bury
ing or dissecting his body. On his recov-
cry he stared for tho Worlds fair. where
he said he intended to be buried alive for
six weeks with due precautions for resur-
rection At the appointed time in full
state of animation, but this programme
was not carried out He endeared himself
to his hotelkscper by neglecting to pay his
bill when leaving,