The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-09

Johnstone the Mind Reader Finds
q Badge
COHCEILED By 1 COHHlTTEE

Composed or sam Eadgess EuEHaan
BAKER ana arthur lIcCabe-A Long
Drive Bdud9olded-
Paul Alexander tombstone as a Thought
reader arrived ia the city yesterday
afternoon. 1r. tombstone is q young
man Of 25 years, and has been touring
foreign countries and this country for the
past nine years.
During the afternoon yesterday he ~
formed Manager Elliott that be would
make q test Of finding some article con
Cealed biz committee of citizens ae e
o'clock from the ThrOOp hotel and when
that hour arrived there was quite gain
srinv of prom nsnt gentlemen there
among whom were Sam hadgess W. j.
Black, Eugene aagan, L. NJ. Crawford,
Furman Baker, Ralph ingalls,. james
Rowley, Arthur MeCabe, Frank Sim and
number of others equally well known
Dir. Johustone Informed those present
the nature Of the test He said that he
wished them to select three gentlemen
from their midst. who would take the
taam-a surrv which he had ordered
from Curdy's livery stable-and drive
around the city, remembering the exact
route they had taken, and conceal some
article. The committee should remem-
Der distinctly where they had concealed
il. a committee was also formed from
Pie crowd who took Dir Johnstone 70
-.oom Eta the hotel and tied up his eyes
while Che ether party were gone.
Those who went iu the surry were sam
Radges. Arthur IcCabe, Furman Baker
and a STATE j OU-aNAL reporter
Furman Baker drove the team between
The IhrOoD and Ninth street, making
several turns from Jackson street to
Quincy and returning down the avenue.
Col. Sam Radgas had a button hole
badge Of the Masonic orders and the SUR
rg was stopped d front of Stein berg's
store and the party walked down 70
James B. Hayden's jewelry store and
concealed the badge among some jewel
~ in the store and then drove back to the
hotel in a round about way.
When they arrived at the hotel they
went to the room where Dir Johnstone
was being closely watched by the com
mittae Mr tombstone tied a thin copper
wire about two OF three feet long around
his wrist and requested Alr. Baker to
hold the other end ia has hand. u KID
glove was placed over each Of John
stones eyes and tied with q handker-
chief In this manner he started for the
carriage, accompanied by those who con-
cealed the badge, and Immediately
d rather rapid pace lt seemed apparent
to those in the vehicle that they would
soon be the victims of a bad collision, but
they we're soon satisfied that they had an
expert driver even with his eyes blind
folded he turned 1t every turn made by
the party Ga the former trip and drew up
for buggies and pedestrians in wonder
full manner. The only mistake he made
was to drive past d inth street TO Tenth
street before turninE fn Jackson. and
even then when lie came to Ninth street
ha made d remark that he should turn
there but could not ind the place to
turn
He drove from Ninth street down the
avenue at a furious speed. coming very
close to l1ut never touchlngl several
vehicles. When be came in front of Abe
1tainberg's store ne pulled UP the horses
and jumped our AZ very nearly the exact
point where the party had stopped on
their former trip. and walked down to-
Aavcen's 1ewelry store accompanied BY
the three gentlemen, went into the store
and walked to the case where the badge
had been placed among several others.
He picked up several of them but finally
test he was ia very nervous condition
and completely exhausted. "a crowd be-
gan following the carriage when lit
reached Kansas avenue, and when 50
drew UP ID front 9f Hayden's store the
thr0nE was SO large it blocked the side
walk
An interesting eest was given at the
Crawford opera house last night in which
Geo. q. Nicholson, Sudge Frank Doster.
III. II. Campbell department commander
of the G. A- b. Maj j. rs. Hudson DR.
H W. Roby and James n. Rowley par
ticipated. He found two needles hidden
in the house. General Campbell was
asked to think Of tune and tombstone
played tsT ankea Doodle" on the piano.
General Campbell said that it was the
name of the melody he had fixed his
mind upon. The tests viii be repeated
tonight