The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-19
st. Louis Man Who Possesses a
Strange, Mysterious Power to Ac-
complish the Marvellous.

NNiaA push Nllr aAltAa eAo-los
n NE night last week. IN the parlor
of the house at 1902 South JEFF
1ersou avenue. i saw "a young
man named Charles Adams. through
some mysterious power which i shah
not attempt to explain and which Doe
declares he does NOT understand him-
seif perform feats such as no mag--
eiau or presJidigitateW in the range OF
my observation over attempted
This young man. lately arrived from
Ohio. caused q heavy framed picture
ON the Wau, twenty feet away from
where be- stood to sway back and forth
merely by commanding IL TO move
whilst /. with "a dozen others, actually
saw the picture move at his command
He struck d certain key on the piano
and stepped back fifteen feet from inc
Instrument. commanding that key 90
sound. Almost Instantly a faint sound
came from the pianO-the note that he
had struck The wonder worker ln-
sisted thaJ the key should strike louder.
and DO did louder ana louder. we
heard the sound and we saw the key
move
Immediately after each of these man
uestau0us 4 made minute and NOR
Ough examination OF the picture and
The plano. 90 ascertain III IL We're pos
albie for Adams or any other person
90 have any mechanical connection
with the objects ! took down The pie
ture. removed III from the frame. sep
arated it's parts and found absolutely
nothing TO indicate that any trick or
ID EaI
my hands under and over the piano.
between it and Adams. and opened the
instrument and Inspected the mechan-
ism of the keyboard, and found moth
ing sugses tive of trickery.
Now, i ann simply making "a state
meut of facts. What i saw j saw.
What I heard 1 heard. I know mo-
more about the nature of Adams pow
ar 90 perform these extraordinary fe8Js
Than you know. L only know this
the picture moved when ne commanded
% 90 move and the piano played when
he commanded Tito play. That is all.
The process 10y which these feats
were performed / do not profess 90
understand. III they We're the result
of mechanism it was too artfully con-
cealed for my discovery. / am not a
believer iu the supernatural having lu
common with other MisSOuri8ns. "a pos
tive desire to be- shown" that which
ls not palpable
The most astounding manifestation
of the mans power was the sWaying
and vibrating of the heavy picture,
hanging ON a wall situated about TWEEN
ty feet from him. I had been told that
De could and did frequently accomplish
this. Mr.. Adams does not attempt it
oitener than necessary. because. as he
HH d.
physically and mentally. is so great
that its performance wrecks his merry
Gus system for several hours afterward.
ON The night which he agreed TO de-
vote t0 his materialistic experiment
ten or twelve men and women. mostly
women, assembled I'm the parIOr of his
house at 1902 South jefferson avenue.
Here were two Ddrl0rs opening into one
another by means of sliding doors. In
the front room. facing the back parlOr.
were two rows of chairs for the benefit
OF the spectators. No other furniture
was I'm the ROOM Against The back
wall of the other room stood a square
piano. Hanging over it was a painted
portrait of Adams iu a heavy gold
frame. This picture was between three
and four feet square. Beside the plano
was large round table. Both rooms
had doors leading into the hall and
beside The door in the back room was "a
telephone.
Pictures on the walls and rugs ON the
floors completed the furnishings of the
rooms
After his experiments in telepathy.
which he accomplished with as much
ease and accuracy ass any I have ever
Witnessed, De said he Wouid move the
picture on The Wall. He explained that
".. az. #.
scribe the power with which DE did TO-
unless Go was the power of mind over
matter He could not DO it alone and
M fact was not certain that ne did DO
an all. An he knew was that he de
rected his mind and the minds of those
present acting in conjunction with his,
toward the picture commanding lt 90
move
"If YOU see 10 move 7 suppose you win
believe it moved ne said Person
ally Z do not see it move. but If you
do. the thing is accomplished.
He told those present TO look stead
lastly at the picture and 90 SO dispose
their minds that every other subject or
thought De eliminated except a strong
desire or command that the picture
move. This thought should be pro-
Jocled toward him. ~ Is not easy TO
obey am injunction of this sort If one
is not iu the habit of doing IT, The
mind becomes rcbellious and stubborn
ly Wanders either TO the ridiculous or
Co the coutemptuous. I suppose We all
tried 90 project our thoughts at him,
nevertheless some of us wandered. for
d heard "a contemptu0us sniff from one
woman and gIssle from "a girl in the
back row.
Adams turned his back on us and
faced the picture. He extended his
arms before him. pulling them forward
MS if drawing something from us. We
sIared at the picture, mentally COM
handing it 90 move.
Move said Adams addressing the
picture. OF tell YOU move, Move"
Each command was more f0rceiul. im-
pelucus. compelling
IS streak OF high light reflected
from the gas Jet on the chandelier iu
the middle of the room. rau from top
f0 bottom OF che picture 0n the left
side. saw this culver slightly.
ass TO- would from the iarring of the
walls. Then So began 90 undulate. or
SO DO seemed. The face lu the picture
moved outward It was uncanny.
heard woman gasp as though from
0NerNfought emotional stress. DO was a
vocal shuddsr
More, More, Move some more" eX-
claimed Adams. his fists cIenched. his
eyes staring at the picture, his foot
STAMPING the floor.
You have seen performing animals 60
Through rheIr PAGES reluctantly lazilv
ar nret and tLeu do little more and
SIN Itts more under the urging of
fle master. That was the way with
tlr picture Al lrsl 81 was shuldar
and vibration. AS Adams command.
ed the motion seemed t0 accelerate m-
rl tha picture swung most unmistaka-
bis. now ouJ from the wan and back
again then from side 10 side There
was mo doubt about IT, There was no
optical de.us.ou DOB DO The streak of