The Republican journal., 1897-06-03
A Searsport nystery.
What Bar gor Paper Says of a Former Resident
of BefaSt,


Mr. Knight is a seer-there S no doubt
about that. For many years he has prac
ticed his gentle art to the wonderment of
OF his neighbors and in all that time, so
modest is he, that he has been wholly I'M
heralded.
Until recently Knight has lived in Bel
fast, but when his mother died he went
to live in Searsport with his sister.
Knights mother encouraged his eerie
gift. His Searsport relatives, however,
do not relish any display of his talents,
and even when he offered to recover
some silverware that had been stolen from
them they would not allow him to start
on the quest
Knight is man about 40 years old.
When he was a child cruel misfortune
befel him. An unlucky tumble wrecked
his body and destroyed his ability to
make the most OF himself or of life. No
doubt, visitors to Belfast remember him
"a small, mis- shapen man, who was com
PEELED to move about on crutches.
Whether, had he grown up with full com
mand of all his physical powers, he would
have been one Of the wonders of the
psychic world, OF whether his bodily
wreck really accentuated the mysterious
mental power he possesses, is not to be
determined. But the fact remains that
IL. Knight has a very strange sixth sense
that has interested many men OF brain
and prominence
lie doesn make any claims as to what
this power is. He simply says that he
can exert his vision to remote distances;
can ind lost articles; can get clues to
mysteries; can trail missing persons; and
that he has done so. unassumingly, is
well attested by gentlemen of veracity
curious theory is suggested by some
who have experimental with knight
lie las remarkable magnetic qualities.
He was sought out often by Belfast suffer
ers to ally pain. 4 man in that city who
was suffering from stiff neck was cured
when the wonderful cripple pressed his
hands upon the parts. \ headache dis
appe7rs like maggie before his touch
HUMAN CRO0KEs TUBE.
Now the extraordinary idea is suggest
ed that Knights marvellous magnetic
power supplies to his visual nerves a real
A-ray. His sight can cover distance and
penetrate to interiors and to receptacles
The other day a travelling man from
Bangor tested this power. He asked
knight to look into the interior of a Ban
gor house with which he. the travelling
man, was familiar, but which of course
Knight had never seen. The cripple de-
scribed Il detail the arrangement of the
roor.s. the hanging of the nictnres tbe
style OF the furnitnre and nut in ali tbe
other little touches rhat clearly indicated
hi, power Finally tha Ranror man asked
'.Well. is there anythino ahaut rhe ex
1e,ior nf file bonse Thar Is necnIiafa.S
Yes. there is promptly renlied
Knight.
"What?"
The building has five chimnevs
YOU'RE right, exclaimed the mvsti-
fed stranger. "but how in thunder did
you know?''
Il can see them" answered the oueer
little Belfast man.
W men hnlght exercises his peculiar fac
ulty he sinks down iii chair contracts
his eyebrow and squirting his eyes peers
away as if gazing to d long distance. He
las strange appearing eye. 1t is dark,
Is deep set and the lids never wholly I'M
Yell It, person looking into it must
confess thai even its physical attributes are
pecuHaf.
Dr. q. P. Lombard OF Belfast, one of
tht city most prominent residents, and
NAom most Name people VIII remember
49, -'t'' ''N''Noi IL avs p1 WV
Leaves staff, has made several tests OF
Might alleged powers to satisfy his per
sohai curiosity: Several OF these tests
tne doctor mas described to the writer and
Ill sure they IL interest the reader as
Much as they did me during the doctor 5
recital
vi course, sad Dr. Lombard. Il m
nov prepared to state what the nature Of
hhiSht strange faculty may be- But |
can certainly assure you that he has an
occult power.
We tired the man, not IN strictly
selehlilc manner, OF course, but Just to
sausiy myself that there was something
Ill what lie claimed.
Or. LoMBAED's WHIP AND BILL.
lone occasion | remamhar in ,,,r-ic,,-
Lar lie was in INV Office ono ,a1, F''- Nd
mislaid bin of items that v,1+ed va,.,,
much. l asked him to tell me- VINE +
was Now nv own jmpressjon was tbat
the naper was hidden so,,an-I,o,,a ,.lS1-,tt
INV Office. for had nm ,acnIIec+io, ~ i.,I,
ing taken if AWAY KninLt cnn,n,a,,I,d
peering about in lis cnrions fashinn o,1d
pretty soon informed ma riat 10 I'm 10Y, ,'laq
al nv house ''
IFS in tbe co,na, of ,l,.,,,.o,,, Ia
SAID. But ITS not alone There are