The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-05
DR., PERKINS, RIDE,
DUPLICATES THE FAMOUS FEAT
OF THE LATE BISHOP.
The Interesting Test Made yester-
day and Was Successfully Per-
formed By the Mind Reader.

A blindFolded man driving carriage
load Of passengers through, the gtreets
was 8. spectacle mat attracted grsSgt at
I tenuon on the crowded tnorOUg res
DR.. Perrin, and the test to which he was
submitted by a committee certainly en-
tides MIN to rank with Bishop and otner
famous mind readers. Dr.. Perrin is, an
austrian by birth ard q graduate of a
school Of occult science in India. He is
not IN the mind reading business exactly,
being a palmist by profession. and yestsr-
Gays exhibition was merely TO demon
sulte his powers in that line.
The committee that conducted the test
consisted of DR.. Ned Hewett, G. S. Clark,
B. a. Gibson a. N, King, L. G. Clark
and G. 3. Clancy. 1t was agreed that G.
S. Clark should select some article, which
should be hidden by Mr.. Chaney, Or.
I Hewe'tt 10 keep constantly in mind tle
place Of its coneeaiment. The article Sc
lected was a small silver postage STAMP
case Leaving DR.. Perrin in 4 room at
the Manitou with two members of the
Committee, the others entered a Carriage
and drove by cirCGitouS route to the
Oregon Short Line building. The stamp
case was placed in the drawer of a desk
( in the AUDITORS Office, the drawer was
locked and the key placed in Che pocket
OF Dr.. Rewetc.
While this was being done Dr. Perm
remarked to those who remained with
him that the Others were dis1greeing as
TO tie place OF cOnCealment. which proved
TO be the fact.
When the committeeman returned TO the
( hotel Or. Perrin was blinGfolded and. af-
ter holding up their hands, rushed down
the stairs, climbed upon the drivers seat
Of the carriage, grabbed the lines and
started of. BE drove through the Drin-
| cipad thorOughfares. carefully avoiding
other vehicles and stopping on the cross
inSS for street cars to pass The streets
were crowded. but the blindf0lded driver
guided the team in and out through TIE
Jam Of Vehicles and pedestrians without
misllap. He drove 10 the posFofhce cor
ner and down past the Short Line huild-
ms. He then seized DR.. HeWett's hand
and turned back. This time ne stored
near the entrance. 1t was apparent that
he Wds laborng under a great nervous
WglS shaking like Il leaf. He Sprang down
I from the carriage, and still holding Dr.
( H6Wetts hand, passed swiftly up the
stairway and went straight to the audi
tors Office. Here ne seemed TO meet with
some difficulty. entering an adjoining Of
fee and then returning to the right room.
His agitation increased and the uneNpect-
cd and startling spectacle filled the large
force OF clerks with great alarm Re
iinally located the desk and. in a sort OF
frenzy. commenced kicking the drawer in
which the stamp case was concealed. The
placed his hand in the right compartment;
and found the case, immediately thrust
ing it into the hand of Mr.. Cdaney who
had hidden it and. sttl blindfolded led
the way back 10 the carriage.
The committee returned with him to the
( hotel where he suffered a complete men
tai and nervous collapse, becoming hys-
terical and Geiirious, bit gradually quiet
ing down.
The members of the committee regarded
Il As the most remarkable exhibition they
had ever seen