Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-01

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Women voted as follows:
Mckinley 26.
d Bryan g.
Woolley4 q.
GROWERS INTERVIEWER.
HIS Home 10 in vinton and He IL Well
Knows An lows.
waterloo, Nov. j. Black, the
man who alleges to have had an inter-
view with Grover Y Cleveland, IL well
known Id Waterloo: He is phrenolo-
gitt and poses alsd az = hypnotist. HE
nome ie In Vintoh, but he visits Water
100 frequentiyan and many people here
q have copies Of charts sold by him, giv-
ing description OF the different
.bumps on their heads, telling whom
they should marry, what professions
should be followed and scores Of other
things. AT so cents chart Black makes
quite an income In this business. He is
an eccentric individual, deaf as a
post. !" but withal a great practi joker,
and 1t is thought he concocted the inter-
view with Mr.. Cleveland just to see
what furore 1t would occas zion.
d 1t IL related by q Waterloo man that
hesmet Black in Atlantic City last gum
mer. He was then working the east with
his so cent charts, and told this Water
& loo man of his success. He said he had
secured the patronage af many notable
persons in the east. and that he expected
to visit Princeton, N. j., and make a
chart OF ex-P President Cleveland. He
also said he intended to secure an in
terview with Mr.. Cleveland on politics
and make him declare himself.
There is no doubt expressed here that
Black really secured an audience With
the former president, and he was un-
doubtedly the "decrepit old creature
Mr.. Cleveland described. II he was he
+ probably disguised himself to certain
extent, for physically the phrenologist
4 10 far from decrepit, the only ailment he
has being his deafness.
Notwithstanding his affidavit, no one
who knows Black will believe the re-
\ ported interview with Cleveland. He ID
man who thrives on sensation and
,glorfeS IN q ssrap book Of newspaper
sclippings giving details Of his escapades.
(which have been numerous. but all OF al
eomewtat harmless nature.
Cedar Rapids, Nov. Lit was ascer-
tanned here yesterday that the author of
the alleged Interview with Grover Cleve-
+ land, published In the Philadelphia
q Times and which created quite sensa-
II ton turnout the land, inasmuch as 1t
II made the former president predict a
y landelide to Bryan on election day, and
his election over Mckinley. was Bob
Black of Vinton. The act is one that is
quite characteristic of the man, yet 1t is
surprising that a paper like the phila-3
del klia Times could be hoodwinked in
ito using the article.
For the past nix or seven years Black
has been doing the phrenologist act 80
successfully that he has amassed quite a
little fortune. So deaf that ne can
/ scarcely hear, g man with almost no ed;
ucation. scarcely able to write his own
name, and far from being attractive, the
& man possesses considerable magnetism,
and the people have fiocked to him by.
the hundreds He has Travelled all over
the state, az well as the surrounding
states, and has been kept busy reading
peoples heads at 20 much per z
Strange as 1t may seem. Black has
eucceeded IL, obtaining letters of recon-
4 lamentations from many prominent men.
He had a very fine letter from the late
Robert g. Ingersoll, which was stolen in
aahts. city few months ago by thief
who made way with his grip at the un-
Ion passenger station. He also carries
i one written byJ. Sterling Morton. Hon.
Cato Sells OF Vinton is another man who
gave him q strong letter of recommen-
dation. 1t LIZ eaid that Cato has regret
ted his action on numerous occasions
and several times has offered Black a
nice round sum OF money forsits return.
But II had proved a little gold nine to
Black when he was among Gato,s
friends and he has always refused to