The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-11-06
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Albert reeves could never nN the
exact date when ne uiscovefed that
he was a mind reader. Whether he
had been born with the power or had
been suddenly endowed with II by
some uneSplalnable agency will prob
ably always remain mystery. But
this muche is certain: s, l5
), He, was yet comparatively newstc
this world and its wicked ways when
the fullness of thet mysterious power
was upon him, and was not yet ~
when he began to put It to'a practical
moneymaking use. nv fan. |
Young Reeves frat utilized his
unique gift in this manner as an anna
teur detective, with the same success
as when, few years earlier ,he had
been able to divine the intentions oil
his school.teacher toward him in the
matter Of corporal punishment, by
getting that worthy's mind In ooculta
ton with his own. 81 ..p thc
Naturally, his detective career was
wonderful success. Indeed, he might
have achieved the fame of n Byrnes
and Yidocq In one had he chosen to
remain IN that profession, for he had
the advantage over all other detec
tiyes In that he was enabled not only
to read the thoughts of guilty man
but to diagnose the mind of a. man
who had not committed a crime but
was planning to.aNttt ,y ,4n
But In spite OF his phenomenal sue.
cess, the detective business ppalled
upon young Reeves before he had
been In 1.-two years. Besides. hts In
clnations had always pointed 'tc
newspaper work Within. three days
after he made known his proposed
change OF calling, Reeves received
FIVE tempting offers from as many big
dailies. 5a,rs tl ~ t.o .,.
After weeks deliberationa Reeves
accepted position as special writer
on the city staff of metropolitan
daily, where he was welcomed as q.
unique and valuable. addition to mod
ern journalism. In his position as
star reporter he rose almost at a
bound to the position Of the leading
newspaper man Of his time. In less
than two months he gained reputa'
tion for phenomenal scoops And
this reputation he won in the simplest
possible way.
He had only to 30 to any man, no
matter how high In official station or
| aow taciturn and reserved, and by
simply getting his subjects thoughts
dxed upon the desired topic, could
drag from him. without his knowledge,
The fullest details OF the affair.
Statesmen and cabinet officials
With weighty secrets of the greatest
cubic Importance locked up, as they
thought, in their own minds, were as
Easy prey for him as the bank cashiers
used to be when he was a detective.
Reeves had worked on like this for
about year, gaining new laurels d@y
after day and getting his salary
doubled as regularly as the month
went by, when he awoke, one day from
tis absorption in his profession to the
fact that he was accommodating gold
As well as glory. To his savings in the
detective service he had added during
The past year everything except his
very modest living expenses. And he
now found himself the possessor OF, the
nest egg for fortune. With this dis
covery new idea flashed into his
busy brain. Why not take advantage
OF his great mental power and make
himself second Morgan or Rocke
fellAr by watching the big deals in the
stock market? If insiders who were
not mind readers could make princely
fortunes out OF their knowledge, why
couldn't he2 rtts...
The idea had no sooner suggested
itself than he put II into practice.
Ii worked like charm.
All he had to do was to walk into
the Offices of any OF the big men who
change the railroad map or the In
dustrial situation to suit themselves
and talk pleasantly about the weather
or the crops, or the prospects OF this
or that stock.
Then II, on the occasion OF sucl
visits, any of these great manipula
tors had q big scheme on hand, Reeves
quickly became AN "insider' on hi
own invitation and bought or solo
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In less than six weeks he was In
dependently wealthy, forging ahead o
all the younger financiers as easily al
he had outIiyaled his journalistic col
leagues. So r3 yna ahWs RI
One day about two months after thiI
newest young Napoleon OF finance en-
tered upon his Wall street career, h
became convinced that "a deal" o
more than ordinary proportions wa
on foot, He tested dozen big mel
of his financial acquaintance-for h
was able now to give even big mel
valuable tips" occasionally-withou
!, getting any satisfactory clew, ant
Z finally decided that certain well
known financier. who seemed to b.
on the minds of those whom Reeve
had sounded, was the man he wantel
TO get at AS 1t happened. Reeve
was on specially friendly terms wit
this financler, who was OF somewha
literary turn of mind. and liked notl
ing better than to discuss the degenel
, aey of journalism and kindred topic
with the brilliant young journalist. Al
eordingly, the young man received
pleasant greeting when he presente