The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-01-31
Girls Powers Severely Tested
g. Experts From St.
Mary's College
Assert Phenomena Was Never
More Definitely De
yel0ped
Chids Demonstrations Sarpass
ANY Yet Given, Astounding
Her Examiners

. itself before her in the form OF a pic
. JDr1-
Seems TO See Visions
~ seem ID see everything in visions,
BesS stz3ed last night 10 Brother Fa-
b-lelza- The words or the objects.
W latevs- 1bey are. range themselves
before re family al first and then
seen 10 come nearer ana 10 grow larger.
p Sometimes the visions appear up IN
! re air. o1d sometimes right before
2. me On a level with my eyes ] DO
:, .ziof. thiEk 81 q thiDg- It appears before
ne- Juzc IS ia looks 10 the actual
+: Judgsng from this statement, it
would seem that tire girl is endowed
sr5th Inner sight rather than tele-
.Eia tslIc T'oEers only Even when de-
s--1 hing an image Of some scene held
IN. her Cues5o-e-'s mind Bess states
taar the image rises Up before her
~ iIh Inc college professors conduct
ff1B the eEaminati0n Bess Conner last
.riglt wenr through all The demOnstra-
&2ons that have astOunded the city
during the last three days, and Went
even farther Again she played the
card games. calling OF 1rumps, follow
ms suir unerringly, telling which
= as-er had taken the respective tricks.
and finally counting up the points for
folded securely Again she told the
!. time by merely laying her fingers on a
swatch. and called or The dates and
.. denomination Of coins She told the
. sult AID value OF playing cards. one
amer me o1her- and called il out as
quickly as usual when Professor Les
; sard- 10 ind whether or not she Sc
.. cured the Numerals on the card from
p the minds o. her examiners by mind
reading. pulled a card OUT OF the deck
at random, which no one was allowed
To see
: Names Hidden Card
Nor even Professor l-essard saw
. THIS card which he held face down
: as be passed Il before the girl.
:. 1T is The seven Of diamonds" said
. Hiss Conner
The professor was astounded when
he turned the card over and found that
the girl had told its value and suit
correctly
With Brother Fabrician's hands on
p. the wand The girl uses in pointing out
d. figures and numerals on her chart Bess
g.. replied 10 queries made by the scientist
She assured the brother, in one in
. stance. that his health was good, but
advised him TO take a rest. She stated
that be was working too hard.
The addresses OF some Of those pres
the girl, and many questions answered
truly. Throughout the evening the
= test was very successful and COM
: plete demonstration was made Of the
fact shat all claims OF the girls power
have been underestimate and not eX-
i. aEgerated
Much more time must be devoted to
this remarkable subject" said Profess
- sor Lessard, and il this country We're
France. where I have studied this mat
ter 81 psychic phenomena so many
years The Call would be praised very
highly for bringing this intensely in
terestng phase Of clairvoyaBce to the
attention Of science so that our knowl-
edge of the mysterious and battling
subject may be increased"
Fabrician and Professor Lessard ar
ranged with Conner TO have private
tests in the near future at which other
scientists VIII be present.
:. Psychologists Excited
BERK ELEY. Jan. 30.-Members Of
the department OF philosophy of the
university are deeply interested in the
wonderful psychic powers Of l3 year
% old Bess Conner, whose ability to reao
=. with accuracy, although completely
. bindfolded. has been told IN The Call
Prof George NJ StrattOn, head Of the
department Of psychology. read botf
.the greatest interest and expressed z
wish 10 continue the experiments witt
the san Francisco girl in his laboratory
on the university campus. Professor
3. George E{OwisOn, head OF the depart
ment Of philosophy, said that although
= he knew nothing Of the facts of the
case. be thought the demonstrations, il
trne. were wonderful.
Professor Stratton has made a life
study Of experiments in the realm Of
psychic phenomena, but would offer M
solution 10 the secret of the power o.
Bess Conner 10 read and play cards witt
her eyes carefully covered. He saiC
that be had heard Of but one case II
his experiments. and that turned out L
be "a fraud.
The average student OF matters o.
this kind" said Professor Stratton to
night views these experiments witt
suspicion. ] can not talk much abou
the tests with Miss Conner, for I wa.
not present to see under what condi
tions the experiments We're made.
There have been a good many cases
OF fraud, and a careful investigator ha'
70 exclude ali trickery from his re
searches. have taken the greatest in
teret IN the articles which have ap
.peared in The Cali and have read al
the accounts carefully.
j should like 10 conduct a series O.
Investigations with her in my labora
tory in Berkeley. 4 should want th'
experiments TO be under ideal condi
lions 10 obtain the best results"
Professor Howison said that while Ia
had not made speciality Of psychic in
vestigation he considered the case O
Miss Conner . wonderful demonstration
Of occult power Continuing, he said
eWhile ] have not the facts al hand
81 the accounts of the case are true. j
is certainly a remarkable power for
Young girl 10 possess.
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