The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-03-31
Music and Drama
Coming Attractions for
Wichita Amusement Lovers
CARNAVEAUX.

CARNANEAUA-
Professor Max Carnar9aGx, the uind
reader and hypnotist, "the man % n1ys-
terry" who appears at the Toler Nondoy,
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. is IN
dOubtedly one OF the most remarkable
men Of the twentieth century. The Bell
vile Ql) News-Democrat has the fol-
lowing:
Carnaveaux, the mind reader, proved
beyond question yesterday afternoon that
he is an expert In his line of business and
he proved it to as intelligent an audience
as ever assembled in BelIevnIe. He heard
that there were any number Of disbeliev-
ers among the officials in the court house,
and he resolved to dismiss ali doUb1s
from their minds In the crowd that
watched him perform feats in mind read
ing that bordered on the supernatural
were such men az Circuit Judges Hartzel
and Schaefer, Sheriff Barnickal. County
Clerk Thomas, Judge Cook OF the East
st. Louis city court, Court Reporter
Krebs, Attorneys Border, Chas. and Tom
Webb and Gus Barthel, County Judge
Perrin, Deputy Circuit Clerk Phil Sopp
and numerous other attaches Of the court
house.
Mr.. sopp was chosen as the first doubt
ing Thomas. He was asked to think of
some certain case Of record in one of the
several hundred large books in his vault
and to think of some certain name in
that record. re did so. Carnaveaux was
blindfolded Sopp clasped the mind read
er's wrist ana .ney rushed into the big
vault which Carnaveaux had never seen.
He fumbled around for a moment or two
took down the identical Jook, rushed into
the clerks Office, placed the book on the
desk, opened it TO the very page where
the case was recorded, took his lead pen
ell and marked the name. and then with
his eyes still blindfolded, wrote on
blank sheet of paper the identical word
Mr. Sopp had in his mind. 1t was
Ward" Mr. Sopp had thought Of that,
because Of all the cases he has ever kept
track Of that one has been before him
oftenest. The crowd cheered. It was one
Of the most remarkable cases of mind
reading ever seen in this city. Carna-
veaux at once established himself in the
good graces of all his fifty or more spec
tators. But that Only broke the ice. For
more than an hour he found hidden arti-
cles, not only in the circuit clerks office.
but all over the building He went over
the combination to the record vault. and
then Judge Schaefer said he had forgot
ten something he wanted to take home
with him. Not one of 1ne spectators
knew where or what the article was. The
bandage was applied to the mind readers
eyes. Judge Schaefer cIasped his wrist
and out Of the county clerks Office they
went on dead run, down the hallway
nearly to the sherif's Office, back on a
run to the circuit clerks office, through
the door. behind the desk, and there in
the far corner the clever mind reader
picked up Judge Schaefer's little hand
grip and handed it to him and said:
Here is your grip, judge.
1t is unnecessary to say Judge Schaefer
was convinced.
Carnaveaux will make his bIindfoId
street drive tomorrow at O'Clock. accom-
panied by committee composed of
Messrs. Harry Hagny, David Leahy Dr.
NJ W. Cave, J. Elmer Reese and possibly
one or two others.