Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-17
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giving exhibitions all over the United States, and since amuscments were nhen by no means as common as to- day all heard of him if all did not see 4aSm. After having exhibited every where in the eastern states he decided to go overland to California. Loading }ls contrivances in a couple of prairie Chooners," as the plains wagons were Jailed, he set out from the Missouri liver to cross the Rocky mountains
 One day the little caravan came upon a man who was crazed with distress He had been travelling with his wife and two children in a single wagon. B'0r some reason he had left them for I few hours and when he returned Sound his wagon plundcred of it's con 19nts, his stock run off and his wife and children missing. He knew they dad been carried away by the redskins.
 The next day Ind>.lns were seen at a distance. Bltz told the man, whose laame was Rodman, to ride out and tell them q great medicine man travel ing across the country would like to give them display of his powers. Of Gcurse to go to the Indians was the next thing to going to certain death but Rodman Aas in hopes that Blitz might help him to regain his family and took the chances He learned while among the savages that they held his wife and children captives though the SaNagcS did not know they Selonged to him. Tho marvellous will always interest the superstitious. and she Indians sent kOdman back to in lite Blitz to their camp.
 BlitZ improyiscd a stage with the necessary appurtcnanccs, and the red skins squatted before it. An interpreter stood ready to repeat the sOrcerer's words in their own language. BltZ look q small iron cube with Il ring for handle and lifted it with his little finger Then he said that he pos sessed the power of dcpriving a man of dis strength and invited any savage to come up on to the stage and submit himself to this test. The chief himself, tue biggest and strongest Indian pres snt, stepped up, evidently confident Shat no man could take away what he was so proud of. RlitZ asked him to aft the iron weight He did so. giving x grunt as much as to say: Do you make sport of me? Give me something aeavy to lift He set the weight down. BltH made a few passes along his arm and told him to lift again. This time the Indian failed to move it. He struggled desperately, all the blood ill his body getting into his face. but to no purpose The weight was immov- able Then he turned away muttering and did not stop till he had got behind shc awe stricken Indians.
 The weight was connected by wires with a powerful magnet, the current being turned on or off by q key under Blitz's foot.
 Blitz next took up pistol and invited she chief to come back and kill him with it. The chief, in hopes of redeem mg himself before his warriors, re- surned Blitz offered him cup with Raden bullets in it and asked him to ake out one and mark it so that he would know it again. The redSkin did 2s he was told. BlitZ took the bullet, put it in the pistol, cooked tine weapon, handed it to the Indian, stood off at he other end of the stage and told him to fire The Indian took a sure aim and fired Blitz put up his hand, caught the bullet in his fingers and tossed it back to the man who had fired it. The chief. astonsheu, stood mute, but when BlitH told him to look ii the mark on it and he saw that it vas the bullet he had chosen he was iumfouuded
 This is a common trick, the bullet put in the pistol being of clay ground up powder by ramming it down. It is sub stitutcd for the lcadcn ono hy sleight If hand.
 Then Blitz told the chief he could shoot his blood on Ia q board without hurting him and fired d WaN bullet at aim filled with his own blood. IL broke against the board SpatteYing the blood.
 Ky this time Bliz was wonderful medicine man to the savages and was ready for the business he had come Tor. An assistant banda gcd his r,ses, and Rlitz told the audience that he saw n one of the tepeeS white woman and two children, He ordered the,n to bring forth their prisoners at once or ae would call down fire from the clouds 60 consume them. The chief called a powwow of his principal warriors The white men saw them arguing au GeS- iculating. but could not under tand what they said some were doubtful of BlitZ having this power, while others claimed that medicine man who could do what he had done cou dc anything While they were consu jng Blitz discharged electricity, maki,fte a brilliant flash. Away Scampere3 e'se Indians to the tepce where Ro 'n.s.e's wife and children were he ps.=tss'=s.'s and brought them to BlitZ
 Blitz had told Eodmau to . VI o,it of the way lest if his family r,.. snized aim it might destroy the Indians faith in his miraculo,;s power, When the ter ror stricken woman and her children