The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-08-04
A TEST OF TELEPATHY.
Stead Tells Of Remarkable Ex-
periments. In England.
ooLLUs1oN BARRED IN ADVANCE.

$500
From Nottingham to London With
out Aid of Wires or Power.
From positive evidence that l have
at hand l have to make without quail
fication the statement that the trans
mission Of long distance messages by
direct mental vibration. e., telepathy
lis an accomplished fact, says William
T. Stead in a special cable dispatch
from London to the New York Ameri-
can and Journal.
To myself and a committee of other
gentlemen the seemingly improbable
feat Of mental telepathy at great dis
tances was shown to be absolutely pos
sible. Indeed, it was positively proved.
It has been demonstrated in a manner
that has left none present with the
shadow Of a doubt in his mind. Every
%precaution was taken to prevent impo-
sition. Imposition was impossible.
From London to Nottingham is a dis
lance of 125 miles. In Nottingham
was Mr.. Franks, a telepathist, 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 5 o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon, July Is, DR.. Richardson
was kept under observation. 1t was
left to the committee to choose three
messages, or more, for that matter,
that were to be transmitted by means
Of telepathy between the men.
At the time that DIR. Richardson was
put under observation q O'Clock in the
a%fternoon) the committee of which l
was a member t~elegraphed to MI.
Franks, and absolutely without Dr..
Richardson's %cognizance, the three mes
sages that he was to send telepathical-
~ to DR.. Richardson.
Following are the messages: The
word Scotland" the number "579."
the hour "7::20 p. M"
Between Z and 8 o'clock, after DR..
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 W.
numbers and the word were in any
other manner than by telepathy.
Experiments were made afterward
with three other messages telepathed
by DIR. Richardson to Mr.. Franks. and
two Of these three were correctly
transmitted. At the third q certain
mental WEAKNESS had come over DR..
Richardson, which was only natural
under the circumstances, and further
exertions were postponed.
This is but the beginning of wireless
telegraphy ,ithout electricity or cleo
trical machines.
Here let me avoid the personal and
add to what l have said the story Of
what took place, as related by an 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 DIR
Wallace had the matter in charge, and
none who witnessed the experiments
doubts in the least hat what he wit
messed was a genuine psychological &C.
complishment, too marvellous to credit
though it might at first have seemed.
"Telepathic messages were success
fully transmitted between Nottingham
and the Review of Reviews office in
simultaneously. Nottingham is 125 OF
-. ano ,,l11r E,.o~,, T~,3~o E,or 80 rvO
stationed at Nottingham, and was told
to expect the messages from the com
mittee by telegraph that he was tt
transmit back to Richardson telepathic
ally.
1.-THE eminence of the men wht
formed the committee makes the
, thought that there was any c~ollusio1
in the wonderful results subsequently
attained absurd. Besides DIR. Richard
son, the American. was closely guarded
, in his room after 5 o'clock. There was
no opportunity for a confederate t.
!, pass to him what went on in the com
mittee room. AS for Franks at Not
tingham, he had no possible way Of
sending information other than thu
manner in which he did-telepathically
"The first test was a %telepathic trans
mission from DR.. Richardson tx
Franks at Nottingham. The COMMITTEES
gave him the number '579.' At 49,
DIR. Richardson went into an adjoining
room. This was done for the purpose
of allowing him the solitude necessary
for the concentration Of his mind.
Even had he wished to do SO there
. was 10 possibility Of his establishing
any normal leans of communication
, with Franks from this room. At q
minutes of Z o'clock the committee go
an answering telegram from Franks
1t read, '579.'
Then Mr.. Stead's secretary sent by