Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-09-21

pers. He rather shlinks from pub
LEFTY than invites it.
one morning at the beginning of
the season, rs We were rehearsing. this
gentleman, who lives ON the Hudson.
called me at $50 in the morning by
telephone. | got from my bed to an
: sWel it. He said: is there anything
the matter with the Chicago company
of The Witchine Hour which was
then reheorsing in New York. told
him no. He said he called me as he
was under the Impression there was
some trouble there. With my know
ledge of his powers the cali was one
did not elect to disregard. took
an early train into New York. The
company was rehearzing with the cN-
ception Of MI Charles Jackson. who
was to have played the comedy part,
\ search for Jackson resulted in the
discovery of his body hanging in the
GERHARD hotcl. where he had commit
ted suicide that morning. The after
noon as "A matter of courtesy | trle-
rhoncd my friend and reported the
incident, W~hcrcupon he said Il had
not forcseon anything of thai gravity;
il is q pity, but the poor fellow was
suffering from some trouble at the
top of his head; he was taking a drug
lit was cocaine" Investigation prov
cd this to be true; Jackson was adj
dicted to cocaine. MY friend on the
is not Of the profession nor
in any way in touch with it, MS 1 have
said before. and ! believe had never
heard Of jackson previously
The power of this MAI is so estab-
lished in my opinion that it ceases to
be II matter of Wonderment. | sell
dom make any demand upon it or re-
quest upon him. Certain telepathic
pictures come to him, however, when
we are together, ana he Interrupts
our ordinary conversation To tell me
these impressions. Sometimes they
are laughably trivial. as, for example.
one time he said. your mother has
mashed the first finger of her right
Communication with st. Louis.
whore my mother lives. proved this
to be a fact. Another time he said,
'Nour father has had some trouble
with the teeth of his right upper jaw
Communication with st. Louis showed
that he had just lost one At the time
of these two incidents my friend had
never met the ST. Louis branch of the
family ana was not in communication
directly or indirectly, with them.
This man makes no use OF his pow
ers for any advantage to himself, He
is a nan Of rather elevated religious
| think ii is his belief that
any attempt to use his ability sordidly
would result in its disappearance. |
am quite sure it is his belief that any
special ovcrindulgence physically, AZ
to food and drink. would impair it.
| am telling, Of course. only what |
know. A skeptic in this manner said
to me the other day:
If all this is so. Thomas, what
would prevent a man-Whe had been
arrested with putting his mind on
iudse and jury and literally thinking
himself out Of jail"
That's going a little far, and | don't
TO answer il. If the man was
n jail n|nocontly. however. it would
lot he impossible TO think himself
nut of Jail" !
At present the peneral public will
lot accept he idea that there can be
anything telefathic unless convincing |
.ests overcome the skepticism. MY
experiences with Bishop were what
mpclled me to make use of tn tcle-
lathic idea for a play. and | have
made a study of thr subject ever
ince those days. | have read all the
works upon the subject, including
hose of Iiyslop, Funk and others. But
he gentleman / have referred to who
near me ON the Hudson river
believe to be capable Of even greater
of tclepathic power than | have
Witnessed. OF them all, however, the
Incident of the death of Jackson, the
.ctor. was the most sensational.