The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-16
HE FOUND THE RING.
Prof. Bischoff's Wonderful Ride Blind
folded in an Automobile.

The wild blindfolded automobile ride
through the crowded streets of the
city advertised by Prof. Bischoff, the
spiritual medium, for o'clock Friday
drifted down to an ordinary automo-
bile ride in machine furnished by
Hatfield Brothers and driven by q
trained chauffeur. This, however, was
not the fault OF the medium. as he
spent his surplus breath in urging the
driver to increase the speed of the
machine but in vain, as he had heard
OF Chief of Police Eaton and his
braves.
A small ring had been hidden earlier
in the day by committee appointed
for the purpose and the committee.
excepting the person who hid the ring,
afterwards made trip over the city in
an automobile, stopping at number
of place along the route. Bisch of
agreed to drive the machine over the
same route blindfolded stopping at
every place visited by the COMMITTEES
and to afterwards find the hiding place
of the ring.
He was successful in finding the ring
which had been hidden in an out of
way place in the State Journal Office
though he bobbled once or twice in
covering the route taken by the COM
mittee which consisted of F. A Snow
and Maurice Greenblatt- The party
left the parlors of the Bischoffs, Pill
East Seventh street, and drove to the
corner of Seventh and Kansas avenue,
where the medium was tightly blind
folded.
1t was the intention of Bischof to
drive the machine himself but this was
objected to by Chief of Police Eaton,
who feared that an accident might
happen to the occupants of the ma
chine or people who were using Kan
sas avenue. The party proceeded
north on Kansas avenue, the chauf-
feur taking care that no speed rules
were broken, though he was urged to
speed the machine and the promise
made that all fines would be paid by
the medium.
The first stop was made at the Union
Pacific depot In North Topeka just
as the committee had done and the
medium entered the depot and after
proceeding to the center of the room,
the crowd scattering at the approach
of the blindfolded medium, he return
ed to the automobile and directed that
it be driven northward. This was on
the route taken by the committee
which had stopped at the lumber ward
of GABRIEL & Company.
Here Bischoh lost his bearing and
after proceeding two blocks beyond the
lumber yard he directed that the ma
chine be turned about, but he did not
order 1t stopped at this place which
had been visited by the committee.
Recrossing the river he ordered the
machine stopped in front of the Chess
terfield hotel and he entered and went
to the rear of the office just as the
members of the committee had done
The next stop was made at the Row
ley drug store, on the corner of Sixth
and Kansas avenues, where the me-
dunn alighted and followed the course
taken by the committee, finally enter
ing the store.
The course of the committee was
then followed west on Sixth avenue to
Topeka avenue and then south to
Tenth street, where the committee had
turned west on Tenth. Here he stop
ped the machine but was unable to
take up the route taken and ordered
the automobile to proceed north. He
passed Sixth avenue three blocks be-
fore he discovered his mistake and
ordered the machine turned about. At
Sixth avenue he again ordered the
machine stopped but was unable to
locate the route taken by the commit
tee and attempted to retrace the
course of the committee.
AS he recrossed the former line
taken by the committee at Sixth and
Kansas avenues he ordered the ma
chine driven south on Kansas avenue