The Press., 1894-01-18

Then another member of the committee seized him by the wrist in the same man. ner as before, and MT. Seymour, produc- 1 ing the piece of canvas on which the fig | ures were painted, announced that the
 number of the building was 159, and the ] number of the room or receptacle in which 1 the article was hidden was II. It took | some time for him to get the right "im- pression," as he termed it, of the latter I number. Twice he made it out as Ill, but on being informed he was in error, | tried it third time and announced num- Der II.
 Then one of the committee asked him if he could name the building in which the article was hidden. Going through the same performance as before with the piece of canvas on which the alphabet was painted, he soon announced that it was the police building.
 Possessed of these facts MT. Seymour said he was ready for the drive, and blind- folding himself to the satisfaction of the committee, placed black skull cap on his head and was off. He knew that the article hidden was a bunch of keys, that it was in the police building on Court street, and that it was in some sort of place numbered II, but whether in room Il, cell II or locker il he did not know. He may have known where the police building was situated or he may not. He certainly did not know the arrangement of the rooms inside the building, for he had never been in them. The committee took seats in the barouche again, and MT. Seymour, blindfolded and black-capped, was ushered out of the Register" office, and dismissing the driver from the box mounted alone and and began his drive.
 A great shout went up from the crowd as MT. Seymour seized the lines. Crown street was almost completely blocked with teams. Nevertheless, MT. Seymour guided his pair with wonderful dexterity through the street, and on reaching the corner of Church and Grown streets hesi- tated for a moment and then turned down Church street towards George street. He drove briskly through Church street, skillfulIy dodged an electric car, and stop ped in front of Stahl X Hegel's store. Jumping down from the box, he asked all the members of the committee to take hold of his right hand firmly. With the other hand he made few passes in the air as if he was feeling which way the wind blew.
 The crowd which had followed him closely stood back for moment, wonder ing what it all meant.
 "Think intently of the direction of the building, gentlemen" exclaimed Mir. Sey- mour, as his hand was firmly held.
 "Now, have it. All right" were his next words, and mounting the box again he started to turn the horses about and go up Church street, but the crowd of teams and people which had followed him was so great that the street was complete ly blocked.
 Turning around again, he drove the team straight ahead to George street, turned up George street, to Temple, thro' Temple to Chapel, down Chapel to Church, and into Court street, where he refined up in front of the police building. In all this drive MT. Seymour did not receive one word or hint from the committee.
 He drove quite rapidly, and seemed to know by intuition when to turn corner. At the police building he alighted and requested the member of the party whom he had made his first test with to seize him firmly by the right wrist and the rest of the committee to follow on after him. MT. Seymour led the party up the steps, through the building into the captains office. Here he paused a moment and then suddenly darted for the big iron door which leads into the lookup. Seizing the key in the lock he turned it, and Captain Wrinn, who was standing by assisted him in swinging open the door. Without a seconds delay he led the committee into the the women's ward. At cell No. 15 he stopped and went back to cell 16. He paused for moment here and then walk ed straight to cell No. II, and requested the committeeman who had hold of his wrist to step in with him. He felt around the side walls of the cell first, then over turned bench on the floor, and stopping down began to feel under that. Suddenly he strengthened up, and with so sudden a move as to almost lift the committeeman holding on to his wrist from his feet, he put his hand up to the ventilator and pro- duced the bunch of keys.