The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-05-16
Power of TeIepathy Was
Demonstrated to Rich
mond Skeptics.
WILD DRIVE BLINDFOLDED
VISITING HYPNoTIsT FINDS HID.
DEN ARTICLES AND RETURNS
THEM TO PLACES - GENNETT
PERFORMANCE A SUCCESS,

From the standpoint of interest and
pure amusement, the appearance OF
Prof. Galvani, the hypnotist, at tha
Gennett last night. was an unqualified
success, and his large audience, made
up of citizens who are naturally skep-
tical when the question of mind read
ing is brought up. was convinced that
his entertainment was genuine and
that the eight or ten subjects chosen.
from the audience were truly hypno.
tized.
The entertainment was full of suh{
prising features at every turn and
showed beyond doubt that Galvinf
possesses an accurate knowledge OF
his subject-hypnotism.
Hundreds Witness Drive.
In the afternoon the drive OF ProA
Calvin through the business district
of Main street. bindfolded as he wass
was witnessed by hundreds OF peoples
This feat has been done before here1
but the way it is done Is remarkable,
Galvani drove at full speed, blindfold4
cd, between street cars, carriages and
buggies, but at no time did he strike
anything.
In an effort to convince people that
he was all that he claimed for him.
self, prior to his appearance on the
stage. Prof. Calvin made a wonderful
exhibition of mind reading and sue.
ceeded in finding three articles that
had been placed in part of the city
unknown to Galvani, and he even re.
stored them to their original owners.
In making his exhibition he chose two
newspaper men and four other citi.
zens, among them the chief of police.
He secured a carriage from Green's
livery barn and drove horses that he
had never before seen. He instruct
ed the six men whom he had chosen
to divide themselves into three COM.
mittees. Each committee was to
procure some small article and hide 1t
In any part of the city deemed desira-
ble A small piece OF candy. pen
holder and a steel file were chosen
and all three were hidden in different
parts of the Court House.
Used Copper Wire.
The committee drove bac kto
Tenth and Main streets and there
met Calvin, who was blindfolded. He
took charge Of the reins and then
made his wild dash down Main street.
He turned several corners before he
brought up in front of the Court
House. On the ride there. he had
wire fastened around his forehead
and it was, in turn, grasped by each
of the six members of the committee.
This, he said, enabled him to guide
himself in the direction of the hid
den articles.
Once at the Court House. he finally
found the things which had been care
fully concealed, in places unknown to
any but the committee alone and
then drove back to Tenth and Main
streets He then undertook to deliver
the articles to the exact places where
they had been taken. The candy he
took to the Westcott Pharmacy; the
pen to the back room of the Starr Pi.
ano Co, and the file was left In its
original resting place near the Starr
Piano Co. building.
LaushabIe Things Done.
Last night, between eight and ten
well known Richmond young men
were hypnotized and made to do va
rious laughable things that they
would not have thought of doing had
they been controlled by their own
minds. One ate an onion, because the
Professor said it was an orange.
Others fought for potatoes and ate
them. peeling and all. thinking they
were peaches. Two were told that
they were rival pugilists and to fight
each other. This scheme worked well
twice. Innumerable other tricks
we're done which showed how COM
pletely Calvin held the young men In
his power.
Sleeper Was Awakened.
The man who was asleep in the
window of the Starr Piano Co.. was
awakened from his "a hours dream at
the theatre, at the beginning of last
evenings entertainment. This man is
carried with Galyinis outfit and at
the performance last night. showed
how completely the body can be
made subject to the mind. He was
hypnotized, and ordered TO make
himself perfectly rigid. This he did
and large piece Of lime stone.
weighing nearly 200 lbs was placed
in the middle of his trunk as he lay
stretched out between two chairs, one
supporting his head. the other his
heels Prof. Galvini took sledge
hammer and broke the large stone to
bits, while it was supported on the
sleeping mans body.