Bisbee daily review., 1908-03-06
HYPNOT|ST' SPILLS
HIS COACH LOAD
BIindfoIded For Wild Drive, He
Goes Into UndertakerS
Establishment.
Albuquerque Journal)

1t was only by a miracle that a
dozen or SO lives were not lost yes
terday afternoon at A o'clock WHEN,
during a furious "blindfolded drive"
by W. q. Davis, hypnotized subject
of Prof, ]. Z. Allen, big foI:horse
tallyho loaded with twenty-three men
capsized in front OF the Commercial
club building on West Gold avenue
and hurled its cargo on to the pave
ment directly in front of Barders'
undertaking establishment While al
most every man in the crowd was
more or less bruised there were no
serious injuries. The most painfully
hurt were:
]. A. Beal of the Evening iCtizen,
bottom Of spine slightly injured and
body bruised,
Thomas Nefsy of 500 South Broac>
way, shoulder dislocated and leg hurt,
with possibly internal injuries. Messy
who reneently came here from Wyo-
ming for his health, was taken to his
rooms in an ambulance, but at last
accounts was getting along well.
D. 2. Gill, slightly bruised.
The tallyho was driven by w. c.
Davis, assistant to J. R. Allen the
hypnotist, the latter remaining in Mat
sons store during the drive, which
started from that place. Davis, blind
folded, was to follow at full speed the
course of a previous drive taken by
the party, find a knife hidden in
Graham Brothers place and key at
the Wells Fargo Office. When the
| tallyho, driven at a furious speed,
reached the Commercial club corner
and the turn was attempted, the
wagon struck the curb and a tree at
same time and crashed over on one
side. throwing all the occupants on
] the pavement. Mortified bystanders
ran to the scene expecting to find
many killed and in fifteen minutes a
thousand people gathered around the
Borders establishment into which the
injured were carried and given medi-
cal attention 1t took hard work on
the part of Fire Chief Burtless and
Chief Of Police Mcmillan to clear the
crowd away from the doors.
Allen, who claims he was concen-
trating his mind on the drive and
knew something had happened, jumped
| into a buggy with Mr.. Burtless al
Matson's and drove rapidly to the
scene of the accident, where he took
in tow Mr.. Davis. The latter, who
was standing behind the front seat
of the wagon with the relns, blind.
: folded, jumped when the crash came
and alighted on his feet unhurt He
was taken inside and sat as in a
daze for an hour and a half. At the
end of that time he regained the use
of hi faculties without apparently be-
ing aware that anything serious had
happened. When the accident occur
red he is stated to have said: put
the seats back in and We'll finish the
drive.''
Neither Mr.. Allen nor Mr.. Davis
were arrested as stated, but w. L.
| Trimble, owner of the tallyho, which
was badly smashed, procured an at
tachment last night Of the receipts at
the Elks' theatre.
! The horses, which are often used in
funerals and accustomed to stop at
Borders corner, stood perfectly still
after the smashup. This probably
saved number of broken limbs or
7: worse, as several of the occupants
were pinned down by the wagon when
1t turned on it's side.
Inc QrlVe was an exceedingly rech
less and dangerous performance, as
the wagon is high enc and was go
ing at speed much greater than al
lowed by the city ordinances.
George Ames who says he has
known Davis for four years and de
clares he has never made similar
fEuke in previous bindfCld drives
says that some one on the front seat
grabbed the lines as the horses neare6
the corner, thus causing the capsize
! The front seat was occupied by ]. A
Beal, one of Trimble's drivers, and
| Ames.
At the speed at which the wager
was going it looked, TO all who saw
the accident, impossible for any hu
man being to make the turn safely a
the corner.
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