The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-23
M'IVOR-TYNDALL HERE
Bishops Successor Wanted to
Be Buried Alive.
WOULD REMAIN THIRTY DAYS.
Hut His Assistants Weakened and
Hurried Him Ont of HIS
Trance.

the displays OF asoterts art nave r7yss5fa@3
the woTb6. IA n Seztsle s0zay. TaE sewing
Of the riddles pro7oInded BY s1zs exit
mas attracted tins stteRtso@ q soyLs y Ire
worlds ncSt sessrtlr1 men. azs4 after az
investigation os me work and aeraoastra-
tons Of Ire power possessed by some,
srsence st2n3s oafffed .1ud car onlv yssid
that there are forces IN nature that have
bean mastered BY tex whose use scn1s
day Esay De- made practicable. The man
wns Is quietly spending a few DAYS n -
att4e is Alexander J. MclTor- 5nda!I, best
known as Prof" TynAa1f. a title that
he does not like. as every man. NJ says.
that cares 20 nsay cal himself a professor
Of dancing or a professor % anything
else. q sonsorlL professor. or q professor
who trains animals. Mr. Mefvor-Txn-
dali does noi shrink from the tile. he
simply does not ASe II.
Mr. TyndaI was wea known Ia this
city several years ag0, and on several oc-
eaSloas gave exhibitions Of his trance
act
The life % Just suca man Is dIaicuit
- penetrate. Possessed OF powers thai
he IS Pleased 10 call occult, s. Is only IA
tUral thar lls should LOOK CT natural things
win different eyes than those Of ordinary
individuals. and! ~ The same token be
must reason differently than psop.e with
only commonplace Attachments
ana wealth OF uneanny gifts Mr.. McIvor-
TsHdall fell a victim to the very human
passion OF loving. and the ooJect Of his
choice Was an altogether desirable young
lady, said TO ne high}y sccom q-ashed and
quite human. whom Nr. McIyOr y-ndal.
yciept professor" led to the altar and
married in the same way other people
get married That was just two weeks
ago. since which time he has remained
quietly az home ara has not projected
his astra4 body around proEnls eaousiy nor
gone answering riddles Of The sphynx nor
hobnoobing With adopts. Mahatmas or
Yoghis. but has behaved himself ike a
married man should, carrying IN the
wood and helping TO peel the potatoes.
Despite the fact that Mr. McIvor-Tyn-
Dali believes in many uneo' things that
are not generally accepted by people. as
people 20. yet he is an interesting figure
pleasant to interview, a man a. more
than ordinary intelligence. Who has had
some very strange experiences IN differ
ent out-of-the-UAy corners OF the world,
and who possibly VIII have many more
In hts chase after informauou that is
locked behind a great wall which separ-
ates the spiritually unfit from those who
have reached a condition approaching per-
lection. HIS wedding tour oontenll les
an easy trip across the country. 70 New
York, from which place he VII cross
10 England and by gradual stages reach
India, where he has been a number OF
times already. and where he will pros
ecute his studies in the mysteries OF O.
cult science.
Mr.. McIYorTyndall became more con-
sYaicu9us than ever al the tigae of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition at Chi
cagc. where he offered 70 be buried alive
and remain buried for thirty days Tho
authorities would not ALLOW the expert
ce.4f u.
Tyndall, and It's trial VAS Indefinitely
postponed untn a more agspicloGs oppor-
sunity. That opportunity apparently
presented Itself in Los Angeles. where Mr..
Tyndali had made many friends and given
several exhibitions OF his strange powers.
In hts preparations for hts burial ho was
hacked up hy number Of persons who
hai unlimited confidence in him, bat a
sentiment opposed To the experiment Was
engendered b. one or the newspapers
which claimed that those who were 10
assist in the affair Laid themselves liable
TO prosecution for murder In the event Of
failure and the discovery 81 death after
Mr.. McIvor- Ty ndaH was exhIrned. M
Tyndail again protested that he had pur-
chased lot and had house. no matter
how restricted n area. and that
no desired t. hybernate. The time was
appointed and re explained his Intentions
and stated that he might Ko into a trance
at any moment
The conditions concerning the prepara-
tlous of his body were then 20 be cnr.plied
with and he was 10 - buried ln 2 casket
seven feet long, In A grave seven feet
deeH. this mystic number appearing in
other features 81 his proposed !nterTneut.
Daring his talk the expected trance ar
rived and Mr.. Tyuaah entered into II
The assistants however. Weakened. ard
instead ~ preparing mis- body properly.
made all haste 20 bring the neyvy expert
m@ntcr our his cataiyptic state.
Mr. THndau az is hard not - speak
os him as ''profeSsor'D obtained other
celehri;y by being seut 30 Eng
! lana ia connection Nth the May-
brick case The Home oaee re-
fused however - allow him 20 Interfere
with the SLOW operations ~ British taN.
and ha returned without having accom-
pHshe1 ANYTHING more tesu thH useless
Journey across the Arsnr> aad bs-k
= rs bis idea fh4t Washington lretas
Bishop Was murdered after his exesri-
mrats az thc Lambs club. in Nsw York.
nv ,hn doctors who assumed that tka
man VAS 3es5 aul N3lo rree-atet 81 rsr-
form an Autopsy wuts he iAv fa france
4 great deal has heen said hy the news
papers throughout tno ccant~y ~ NJ
TFnaa,TA exncfinarfs huf The published
statements la~k the air - certRfafv fhat
attaches fo "a re,4sal ~ some u h5s oza
foats fhat ac {s willing az almost anytime
- give. NJ MoTver-TN 0i1il has fha most
urheunEea cor8Aere" ta himself $40 rro-
poses "a oe buried alive, as soon as Mrs.
~ -lvor-Tsr2a ll ws1 allow IT, A>ear3lfg
% hts statement nss wife shares aa 8a-
bounded confidence bus does uot care 90
eivs uD hls sociesy for TIE necessary
thir,y DAVIS.
TIE adventures - See~ioeN He,nrs ar,
~. more fascinating tnst M~ Txatkl} q