Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-04-11
HE'SAW WONDERFUL BOY.
Scientific Men Are Interested In
Young Guy Fenley.
he GAIN SEE INTO THE EARTH.

| Rock Far Underground-Has Pow
ers of Abnormal Vision Only Avail
able at Night-CouId Make a For
tune In n Short Time.
The published accounts of the won
| derful power possessed by Guy Fen
ley, the 14-year-old son of Joel c. Fen
| ley, prominent stockman of Uvalde,
| Tex, in seeing underground streams of
water and other things located far be-
meath the surface of the earth have at
tracted wide attention. Hundreds of
letters have been received by the IA
Their of the boy and by citizens of
Uvalde and other towns in that section
where the boy is known from persons
whose interest has been aroused by the
statements made by John n. Garner,
member of the Texas house of repre-
sentatives from Uvalde, and by Judge
w. Van Sickle of Alpine, Tex, relating
some of the work accomplished by this
boy in locating underground supplies
of water for Stockmen of that section.
a number of men of science have also
of Uvalde for further information
Handsome offers for the employment
of the boy in locating buried treasures
have been received, but none has
been accepted, as Guys father objects
to his son being made the subject of
that kind of notoriety.
This wonderful boy has just returned
to his home, in Uvalde, from Brewster
county, where he has been spending
the last few weeks locating under
ground supplies of water for the stock
men of that section. During his alb
Gence several propositions were made
for him to visit the mineral region of
west Texas; also for him to go to Mex
leo and locate hidden veins of gold and
silver. The boy says that, while he
can look far into the ground and see
the different geological formations, he
knows nothing about mineral veins
and would be unable to locate or clas-
sify them if he should see them. An
effort is being made to induce him to
take n course of training in mineralOgy
in order that his services may be util-
lied in this direction.
He has also been urged to go to the
new oil district of east Texas and To-
cate the oil streams or reservoirs that
are believed to underlie that region. If
his father would consent to have his
son exercise his wonderful gift for
money consideration, he could make Il
fortune in n short time. The work
that he has so far done in the dry and
semiarid region of west Texas in To-
eating water for stOckmen has been
largely through friendship which his
father has toward the stockmen, and
he has refused some large offers of
money from those for whom he located
water.
The American branch of the Society
For Psychical Research of Boston is
deeply interested in this boys remark
able power, and Mr.. Garner has re-
ceived letters from Richard Hodgson,
the secretary of the society, asking
whether there is any one in Uvalde or
that vicinity with a scientific training
who would be willing and might be al
lowed the opportunity to make a series
of experiments with the boys Y ray
sight for the benefit of his society.
The abnormal vision possessed by
Guy Fenley, in this new century, is
not unlike that possessed by the an
cient ''Zahoris'' of Spain. His Y ray
sight is the more remarkable, however,
in that he cannot see into the depth of
the earth except at night. His vision
during the day is not extraordinary.
He can see no farther than the aver
age boy or man whose eyes have been
trained on the plains of west Texas.
\ complete change comes over his |
sight when darkness comes. Placed |
in n darkened room even during the |
daytime he can see through solid sub |
stances. He says that when riding a |
horse at night he can look through the |
animals body and see into the depth |
of the earth far below.