Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-03
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BNhibItion Given ny Charles n.
HRyHcs, the NINA Render.

ENhibItIon Given ny Charles n.
Haynes, the nina Render.
Professor Charles r. Haynes OF
woathcrford who IS touring the state,
giving exhibitions Of mind reading, un-
dcrwrnt some very daicmt tests at
Greenwalra opera house last evening.
Upon his arrival In thls city ycster-
day Mn. Haynes gave street per-
formancc and successfully performed n
very dihcult feat OF mind reading.
4 committee VI gentlemen at the
Worth hotel prepared "A letter, scaled II
In an unaddrussed envelope and placed
II In a lock hoN NJ the pustuitiue on
Houston street They then hid the key
In a loaf OF bread at Edwards bakery
ON RuslI street, number or blocks
away. Taking ono ut The committee
by tho hand the mind reader, blindfold-
ed. started from the Worth hotel, and
went directly and rapidly IN a half run
10 the bakery, secured the Key In the
lanf Of bread. went 10 the puatonlce
and got the letter from the box whore
II had been placed
Without any directions ne carried tho
letter to The parties foi whom tho com
mlttee had Intended H. and. without
breaking the seal OF the envelope, read
the cuntents OF the letter TO them.
A fairly good audience was az the
opera house 10 see the performance last
ulRht. aud among them there We're, no
Doubt many WHO were skepticm OF the
powers which the young performer
claimed tn possess. But before the per-
Torrance was over they were forced to
acknowledge that the severe tests were
genuine. and that the performer pos
susscd IN marked aud unuHuni degree
those rare powers Of mind reading,
which enabled him 10 read by personal
contact the secret aud unuttered
thoughts OF Others, The Ecnulneness
! OF the tests last night were guaranteed
/ By The fact that such men "a Judges
! Imntcr, Shropshire. MIR H. T.. sprinkle,
! Nh Henry Early aud other equally
wen known gentlemen were selected 70
act upon the committee, Among the
feats Of mind reading nj the opera
| house were the following.
Two members OF the committee took a
| pin from some one IN the audience, and
| with Il made a small nuncture In the
4 window shnde M one side Of the opera
/ house The pin was then concealed
! on the opposite side OF the house. TAX.
/ ing one of the men by the hand tho
4 mind reader. having first been closely
! bindfoldcd, went rapidly and win
| slight hesitation 20 the place where
| the pin was hidden, found IT, and going
/ across to the opposite side of the house
| discovered the small hole that had been
I made and stuck the pin IN IT,
] one Of the committee also procured
/ a cigarette from one Of the audience
! and gave II TO another man IN the
house who concealed 1t about his per-
/ son. a match was giyon to Etlll an
/ other In different part Of the room.
| The performer went first 10 the geutlc-
/ man who had tho cigaratte. took II
{ from his pocket, thonF found tho ono
yvitf, the match, and, taking the cigar
l elite back 10 the individual from whom
ii had been nrHt obtained, placed It
| In his mouth and lighted Il.
a large book containing long list Of
names was submitted to the commit
! lee A name VAS selected aud marked.
/ Having been first blindfolded, Mir
haynes took one nf the committeeman
By the hand. and. after some efforts
found the correct page and pointed out
! the name that had been chosen Other
tests. equally as difficult, were success
( fully Undergone. and tho young per-
former was generally spplauded by the
| audience.
Mr.. Haynes nfst became conscious OF
his remarkable powers about Ave years
ago lie has been giving public OK
hibltiona about eighteen months
While We may SIN wonder at the
marvellous development, Ia rare In
stances OF that subtle susceptibility
10 magnetic Influence, that responsive
ness 10 psychic force or whatever
\ II may be, witch was SO fully mani
Tested last night gtill. u can not longer
Z well be denied that II does exist in
4 certain individuals. although the
strange power II confers can hardly
he explained by scientists or BY the
possessors Themselves.