The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-09-12
TEST OF TELEPhTHY.
Stead Tells of Remarkable Ex-
periments In England.
OOLLUSION BARRED IN ADVANCE.

1tOr, Was Taken SO That TeleDl-
thists Could Have No Prior Commu-
nication - Three Messages Sent
out Aid Of Wires or Power.
From positive evidence that l have
at hand I have to make without quail.
1cahon the statement that the trans.
mission Of long distance messages by
direct mental vibrntion-i e., telepathy
As IN accomplished fact, says William
r. Stead in special cable dispatch
from London to the New York Ameri
can and Journal.
To myself and q committee of other
gentlemen the seemingly improbable
feat Of mental telcpathy at great dis.
tances was shown to be absolutely pos.
sible Indeed. It was positively proved.
1t has been demonstrated In q manner
that has left none present with the
shadow of Il doubt in his mind. Every
precaution was taken to prevent impo
sition. Imposition was impossible.
From London to Nottingham is dis.
tance Of 125 miles. In Nottingham
was Mr.. Franks, a telcpathist sta.
toned. In London was another tele-
pathist, DR.. Richardson, who is an
American and New Yorker and who
had undertaken to receive from Mr..
Franks the telepathic messages.
From the hour of o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon, July 1G, DR.. Richardson
was kept under observation. 1t was
messages, or more, for that matter,
that were to be transmitted by means
of telepathy between the men.
At the time that DR.. Richardson was
put under observation @ O'Clock in the
afternoon) the committee OF which
wns q member telegraphed to Mr.
Franks, and absolutely without DR..
Richardson's cognizance, the three mes
sages that he was to send telepathical-
ly to DR.. Richardson.
Following are the messages: The
word Scotland" the number "o79,'
the hour "7:20 p. m"
Between and O'Clock, after DIR.
Richardson had spent the time in Sc
rene mental contemplation he received
faultlessly the three messages tele-
pathed to him by Mr.. Franks. ! re-
peat that there existed absolutely no
chance of his learning what the two
numbers and the word were in any
other manner than by telepathy.
Experiments were made afterward
with three other messages telepathed
by DR.. Richardson to Mr. Franks, ana
two Of these three were correctly
transmitted At the third q certain
mental WEAKNESS had come over DIR.
Richardson, which was only natural
under the circumstances. and further
exertions were postponed.
This Is but the beginning of wireless
telegraphy without electricity or elec
trical machines.
Here let me avoid the personal and
add to what l have said the story OF
what took place, as related by on un-
prejudiced observer:
1.-THE most astonishing experiments
in thought transference were made In
the offices of Mr.. William T. Stead at
the Review of Reviews. A committee
Of six distinguished men. that included
Mr.. Stead himself and the noted Dr.
Wallace haG the matter In charge, and
none who witnessed the experiments
doubts in the least that what he wit
messed was genuine psychological ac-
complishment. too marvellous to credit
though 1t might Mt first have seemed
"Telepathic messages were success
fully transmitted between Nottingham
and the Review Of Reviews office In
simultaneously. Nottingham Is l23 or
more miles from London Franks was
stationed at Nottingham. and was told
mittee by telegraph that he was to
transmit back to Richardson telepathtc-
ally.
'sThe eminence Of the mem who
formed the committee makes the
thought that there was any collusion
In the wonderful results subsequently
attained absurd. Besides Dr. Richard
son, the American, was closely guarded
In his room after 3 o'clock. There wa5
no opportunity for confederate to
pass to him what went on In the com-
mittee room. As for Franks at Not
tingham. ne had no possible way OF
sending information other than the
manner In which he did-telepathically.
ssrhe first test was telcpathic trans
mission from DR.. Richardson to
Franks Mt Nottingham. The committee
gave him the number so At 0:34
DR.. Richardson went into an adjoining
room. This was done for the purpose
OF allowing him the solitude necessary
for the concentration Of his mind.
seven had no wished to do so there
was no possibility Of his establishing
any normal means Of communication
with Franks from this room At 20
minutes Of Z O'Clock the committee got
an answering telegram from Franks.
1t read. '579.'
"Then Mr.. Steads secretary sent by
telegraph to Franks three messages-a
time q number, a name. In the course
OF an hour Richardson received three
telepathic messages from Franks. Tho
0rst was that OF time. '7:20; the sec
ond was that Of a number, TT, and