The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-13
A Vngrant Magician.

plexion, curly black hair, Roman feat
ures and Italian accent strolled into the
buffet of the Iroquois at $50 O'Clock last
night, says the Buffalo Express. He was
about "A years old, smooth shaver, wore
dark sack suit, tan overcoat and black
| derby hat He walked up to the Hon
Cornelius Coughlin. leader of the Detnoc-
racy Of the South Side, and smiled
''Presto!" he said, in a soft cultural
and he plucked a lemon out of Mr.. Cough
Inns right ear.
'Prestow he repeated, and picked a
knife out of w. ]. Corners right eye.
"Presto!" he said again, and took a
dollar out of Frank L, Bapst's nose.
He threw the dollar up in the air and
il vanished. He stuck the knife in the
lemon and tossed them ceilingward and
they never came back-at least no one
saw them. He held out his hand, palm
downward, closed It, opened it, and lo it
held a deck of cards. He shuff1ed the
cards quickly with a fan shuttle.
Look at a card as shuttle" he said
to William H. Kinch. Don't tell me
what 1t Is. You've thought? There's
your card" and he threw a card face
downward on the marble top of the table.
Kinch looked at the card.
wrong" he said, and threw the card
down again on its face. That's the nine
of diamonds. 1 looked and thought OF
the five of clubs"
Pick up the card" said the wizard.
Kinch picked it up 1t was the five OF
clubs.
'Prestop said the magician.
He handed the deck of cards to James
Kennedy, who was sitting besides W.
J. Corners.
Look at a card" he said.
Kennedy peeped at a card.
pass the deck on said the wizard.
Kennedy handed it to Corners, who peep
ed at a card and handed the deck to BapSt
who peeped at card, and handed the
deck to Coughlin, who peeped at card
Then they shuffled the deck and took off
the top card. He handed it to Kennedy.
| Kennedy looked at it,
Wrong" he said and handed 1t to Con-
ners.
Wrong" said Corners, and handed it to
| Bapst.
wrong" said Bapst, and handed it to
Ceughlin.
Wrong" said Coughlin.
The card was the ace of spades.
Look at the card again." said the wiz
ard
Coughlin looked. All saw it. The card
| was three of clubs the card Coughlin had
| selected in his peep into the pack The
| wizard handed the card to Bapst, who
| looked at it, and 10! it was the jack of
| clubs, Bapsts card. The wizard handed it
to Corners, and lol it was the queen of
! spades, Corners card. The wizard handed
| it to Kennedy and it was the ace of spades
again.
Wrong" said Kennedy. My card was
the three of diamonds
That's the three of diamonds" said the
wizard
All looked It was the three of diamonds.
BY this time the cafe was crowded with
| people. Every one was jostling and eager
n vvb at bop wi no xrriz
| ard plucked cards from everywhere and
| sent them spinning into nowhere. He asked
| Commissioner Martin Maher to blindfold
him. They not only tied a handkerchief
over his eyes, but a waiter tied a towel
| over the handkerchief. Then, blindfolded,
the wizard had the four men select four
| cards without his touching the deck They
| put the cards back in the deck, shuffled it,
| cut 1t into three piles and laid the piles on
| the marble table The wizard borrowed a
knife from Kinch's left ear and opened it,
"Presto!' he said, and scattered the
| cards all over the table with the point
| of the blade.
Then one by one he picked out the four
! cards the four men had looked at and
| impaled them on the tip of the knife. He
| was blindfolded all the while, and had not
| touched the deck with his fingers. The
| spectators began to feel creepy. The wiz
| ard removed the bandages from his eyes
ana TOOK up a collection His hat held a
number of silver pieces. He jingled them
| and turned the hat upside down. There
was nothing in it,. He bought a drink.
| The glass seemed to vanish down his
| throat. He turned and took il out of a
! drummers hat. He laid so cents on the
cashiers desk, pointed at it and it van
| ished. He snapped his fingers and a lem
| on lay on the desk. He threw the lemon
| up In the air and walked out. The lemon
vanished and the wizard found 1t in a
mans hat in the lobby of the hotel
He halted and tore a button off Mr..
| Coughlin's coat All saw the button was
| off. He put 1t back and told Mr. Cough
| lin to blow on 1t. Mr.. Coughlin blew and
| the button was back in place and bore NO
| sign of having been removed. He threw
card up ten feet in the air. 1t sailed
| back and rested on his open palm. He
| did 1t again. He tossed the card a third
| time and it vanished. Then the wizard
vanished, leaving a lot of dazed and
| creepy men behind him.