The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-19
MIND READER GAVE
 4 DEMONSTRATION
Knowles, the HypnotIst, Finds
 the Hidden Keys
CROWD APPLAUDS HIM
Drove Blinded From Jefferson The atre to Linn Building, Where a
 Bunch of Keys Had Been
 Secreted by Committee.

One of the best exhibitions of telepathy or mind reading that has been seen in Birmingham was made yesterday after noon. The demonstration was by Elmer F. Knowles, the hypnotst, who with his wife Is at the Jefferson theatre this week. The work of Mir Knowles was wonderful, to say the least of it, and hundreds of people witnessed it.
 The wild ride in search of a hidden ar ticle was made shortly after o'clock, the start being from the Jefferson the atre. Before the ride was taken com mittee of four, composed of J. Will Don- ovan of the Ledger, c. S, Harold of the News, a representative of the Age Her aid and A. s. Cowan, Jr., of the sheriffs office, hid the article which was a bunch of keys belonging to one of the commit tee With MT. Cowan holding the reins the members of the comimttee drove double team attached to a carriage up Second avenue to Nineteenth street, to First avenue and to Twentieth street, where a stop was made at the cigar store of R. D. Burnett & Co.,. in the Linn building. Entering the side door the committee walked about in the store and then went Into the cellar In the rear of the dark basement an old show case was found. In the show case was a box and nails and the bunch of keys was hid among the rubbish.
 The Wild Drive.
 The committee then returned to the theatre where MT. Knowles was awaiting. them. Climbing into the drivers box alone, hareheaded and blindfolded, with the committee seated in the carriage, the hypnotlst gave the horses the crack of the whip and started The horses went at break k-neck speed and at times it look ed as if the carriage with it's blind-folded driver would collide with a street car or overturn at some sudden turning of the corner. The hypnotist took exactly the same route as did the committee when they went to hide the keys, even to talk ing the same sides of the streets.
 When Burnett's place was reached Knowles alighted and called the members of the committee to follow him. He stop ped at the side door as did the committee on it's first journey. For several seconds the hypnotist hesltated at the door, but finally cautiously entered, being followed by the committee and several hundred curious spectators. After remaining m the store a moment Knowles started into the dark basement.
 Finds the Keys.
 The stairs leading to the basement go down directly from the center of the large store room. Step by step he de- scended into the dark place. There he back in the rear of the basement with the committee at his heels he located the show case. In five minutes time he had found the bunch of keys among the nails. Then the start to the carriage was made. Knowles placed the bunch of keys In his mouth and started out On account of the large crowd he found 1t difficult to reach the carriage, but finally climbed up in the drivers box again and after the members of the committee were in the carriage the wild drive back was begun.
 The horses were turned around and giv- en the whip. They dashed into First swayed to and fro. At Eighteenth street Knowles guided the horses north ward one block, thence to the west. The home stretch was then on The Jeff ferson theatre was just one half block off then, and the crowds in front of the play house scattered With the bunch of keys still in his mouth Knowles dis ~ q lon. crowd The cloth was removed from about his eyes he and his wife took seats in the carriage and were driven to their