The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-24
A TEST OF TELEpATHY.
Stead Tells Of Remarkable Elk
periments In England.
ooILUs1oN BARRED IN ADVANCE.

COLLISION BARRED IN ADVANCE.
Every PrecnutfOn, s0ys Noted Ed
itor, Was Taken So That TeIepa-
thists Could Have NO PRIOR Commu-
nicat1on : Three Messages Sent
From Nottingham co London with
out AID of Wires or Power.
From positive evidence that I have
at hand have to make without quail
flcation 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 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.
1t has been demonstrated in a manner
that has left none present with the
shadow Of doubt In his mind. Every
precaution was taken to prevent impo-
sition. Imposition was Impossible.
From London to Nottingham is a dis
lance of 1875 miles. In Nottingham
was Mr.. Franks, 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 o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon, July 16, 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 Is O'Clock in the
was a 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 1919"
the hour 4'7:20 p. M"
Between 7 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 l 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, and
two Of these three were correctly
transmitted At the third a 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 without electricity or cleo
trical machines
Here let me avoid the personal and
add to what have said the story of
WA4dL tNpOiA D1<1LOV Us LS<NNSA Oy IAi I'll
prejudiced observer:
1.-THE most astonishing experiments
in thought transference were made in
the offices of Mr.. William I. Stead at
the Review of Reviews A committee
of six distinguished men, that included
Mr.. Stead himself and the noted DR.,
Wallace had the matter in charge, and
none who witnessed the experiments
doubts in the least that what he wit
messed was a genuine psychological ac-
complishment, too marvellous to credit
though it might at first have seemed.
'"relepathic messages were success
fully transmitted between Nottingham
and the Review Of Reviews office in
simultaneously. Nottingham is 125 or
more miles from London. Franks was
stationed at Nottingham, and was told
to expect the messages from the COM
mittee by telegraph that he was to
transmit back to Richardson teiepathic-
ally.
1.-THE eminence of the men 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 o'clock. There was
no opportunity for a confederate to
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 the
manner in which he d-telepathically.
1.-THE first test was telepathic trans
mission from Dr. Richardson to
Franks at Nottingham. The committee
gave him the number $40 At 6:34
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 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. $40
''Then Mr.. Steadss secretary sent by
telegraph to Franks three messages
time, a number, name. In the course
of an hour Richardson received three
telepathic messages from Franks. The
first was that of time. ~ 20; the sec
ond was that Of a number, TT and
the third was the name Scotland
''These were the identical things that
Mr.. Stead's secretary had teiegraphed