The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-30

to charge him
1t appeared to him indisputable that Mr..
Bessel must have gone violently mad IN
the midst of his experiment In thought
transference. but why, that should MAKE
him appear with sad white face in Mr.
Vincents dreams seemed a problem be-
yond solution He racked his brains !, In
at last that not simply Mr.. Bessel but
the order of things must be insane.
About dawn his physical fatigue assert
at last in spite of his dreaming. Mr.. Vim.
cents perplexities, to which the fever of
his bruise added fresh irritation, became
at last intolerable, and, after a fruitless
visit to the Albany, he went down to St
Paufs churchyard, to Mr.. Hart: MI H;, Best
sells partner, and, so far as Mr.. Vincent
He was surprised to learn that Mr..
Hart, although he knew nothing of the
vision. the very vision that Mr.. Vincent
had seen, Mr.. Bessel, white and dis
lhevseal pleading earnestly, by his ges,
of the import of his signs. II was just
going to look him up in the Albany when
you arrived said MI Hart; Il Ia, was IS, SO %
AS the outcome of their consultation
the two gentlemen decided to inquire at
friend; He is bound to be laid by the
heels" said Mr.. Hart. HE can't go on at
that pace for long" BUT the police au-
thorities had not laid Mr.. Bessel by the
! overnight experiences and added fresh
circumstances, some of an even graVer
character than those he knew-a list of
smashed glass along the upper. half OF
| Tottenham Court road, an attack upon
policeman in Hampstead road and afro
| ctouS assaults upon number of peaceful
! citizens. All these outrages were COM
mitted between 1890 and las in the morn
ing, and between those hours, and indeed,
| from the very moment of Mr.. BesSeI
! first rush from his rooms at $3.50 in the
evening, they could trace the deepening
! violence of his fantastic career. For the
last hour at least, from before /, that is,
until 1:45. he had run amuck through
London, eluding with amazing agility
every effort to stop or capture him.
Nothing of his subsequent doings came
to light in spite of the keenest inquiry.
Here was fresh establishment for Mr.
Vincent. He had found considerable COM
fort in Mr.. Harris conviction, He is
bound to be laid by the heels before long
to suspend his mental perplexities.
1t was only on the following day, sun
day, that Mr.. Vincent thought of the
remarkable stories of Mrs Bullock, the
medium, who was then attracting atten-
ton for the first time in London. He de-
termined to consult her. She was stop
quirer, DR.. Wilson Paget, and Mr.. Vim
cent, although he had never met that
gentleman before, repaired to MIN forth
with with the intention of invoking her
help. But scarcely had he mentioned the
name of Bessel when Dr. Paget inter.
rupted him. Last night-just at the end
he said, I'VE had a communication
He left the room and returned with a
slate on which were certain words writ
ten in a handwriting shaky indeed, put
indisputably the handwriting OF Mr.
How did you get this?' said Mr.. Vim
cent. do you mean-?"
I'VE got it last night said DR.. Paget.
With numerous interruptions from Mr..
Vincent he proceeded to explain how the
that in her seances Mrs. Bullock passes
into a condition of trance, her eyes roll
ing up in a STRANGE. way under her eye
lids and her body becoming. rigid. She
then begins to talk very rapidly, usually
in voices other than her, own. At the
same time both Of her hands n6 3e msy oe
simultaneously with and quite independ-
en5y OF sRe many 9M she ST Is
even more remarkable medium than the
celebrated Mrs. Piper 1t was was one &c, OF
left hand, that Mr.. Vincent now had be
fore him. 1t consisted of eight words
written disconnectedly; George Besse
starvation" Curiously enough, neither
DR.. Paget nor the. two other inquirers
, who were present had heard of the dis
: appearance of Mr.. Bessel-the news of II
appeared only in the evening papers OF
! Saturday-and they had put the message
enigmatical sort that Mrs. Bullock hat
! from time TO time delivered.
When DIR. Paget heard Mr.. Vincent:
story he gave himself at once with grea
energy to the pursuit OF this clew to the
discovery of Mr.. Bessel. 1t would serve
no useful purpose here to describe the In
\ Quiries of Mr.. Vincent and himself; suffice
il that the clew was a genuine one anC
e that Mr.. Bessel was actually discovered
by its aid.
1 He was found at the bottom Of de
, tached shaft which had been sunk anC
r abandoned at the commencement of thu
a work for the new electric railway nea
e Bakersfield station. His arm and leg ant
d two ribs were broken. The shaft is pro
It tected by boarding nearly twenty fee
k high, and over this, incredible as
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