The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-30

as Bishop himself was superior 10 the
ordinary citizen. Bishop, so Tar as /
know, had only the receptive side OF
telepathic communications. The man
OF whom 1 speak has also the dynamic
side-that is, the ability OF the per-
cipient well as the recipient.
This man l have mentioned as eX-
ceiling Bishop in the possession or
rare psychic powers is not a profess
siOnal in any sense; in fact. he makes
his living writing editorials for the
newspapers. He rather shrinks from
publicity than invites it,
Knew Of Suicide.
One morning at the beginning of the
season, as we were rehearsing, this
gentleman, who lives on the Hudson,
called me at $50 in the morning by
telephone L got from nay bed TO an
swer il. He said; Is there anything
the matter with the Chicago company
OF The Witching Hour which was
then rehearsing in New York. 1 told
him no. he said he called me as he
was under the impression there was
edge Of his powers, the call was one /
did not elect to disregard / took an
early train into New York. The COM
pany was rehearslng with the exception
of Charles Jackson, who was 10 have
played the comedy part
a search for Jackson resulted in the
discovery of his body hanging in the
Gerard hotel, where he had committed
as matter of courtesy, 1 telephoned
my friend and reported the incident,
WhereupOn he said:
4 had not fOreseen anything of that
gravity; II Is a pity. but the poor fel-
low was suffering from some trouble
at the top OF his head. he was taking
a drug-it was cocaine"
Investigation proved this TO be true;
Jackson was addicted to cocaine. Ny
friend on the Hudson is not of the pro-
fessiOn nor in any way in touch with
IL, as 1 have said before, and / believe
had never heard Of Jackson previously.
The power Of this man is so estab-
lished in my opinion that il ceases to
be a matter Of WOnderment / seldom
make any demand upon il or request
upon him. Certain telepathic pictures
come 10 him, however, when We are to-
gether, and he interrupts our ordinary
conversation TO tell me these impress
siOns. Sometimes they are laughably
trivial. as for example. one time he
said, your mother has mashed the first
finger of her right hand
Communicate with St Louis, where
my mother lives, proved this to be
fact Another time he said, your
father has had some trouble with the
teeth OF his right upper jaw. COmmu-
nicatiOn with st. Louis showed that he
had Just lost one. At the time Of these
] two Incidents, my friend mad never met
the St Louis branch of the family and
was not in communication. directly or
indirectly. with them.
This man makes no use of his powers
for any advantage to himself. He is a
man of rather elevated religious idea is.
/ think il is his belief that any attempt
10 use his ability sOrdidly would result
in its disappearance. / am quite sure
il is his belief that any special OVerin-
diligence physically. as 10 food and
drink, would impair it,
/ am telling. of course. only what /
know. A skeptic il this matter said TO
me the other day,
If all this is so, Thomas, what would
prevent a man who had been arrested
with putting his mind on judge and
jury and literally thinking himself out
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