New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-04
.CHAL0NER, A SCIENTIST
Insists He Has Discovered New
Phase of Magnetism.
NOT SUBJECT TO 0ELUSl0NS
Taking of Deposition in Action to
Recover His Property Re-
sumed After Three Years.

Charlottesville. Va, oct. John Arm
strong Chaloner came up from Merry
Mills this afternoon, and the taking OF
depositions IN his suit to recover $l'1Vo'-
600 from Thomas J. sherman. OF inc
committee in charge of his estate in New
York. where Mr. Chaloner is legally In
sane. was resumed before Llewellyn ID.
Booth. United States Commissioners
where it was interrupted in the fall OF
1908. owing TO Chaloner's physical con-
dition.
The commissioners sat in private
room in the Colonial Hotel, and only nan
q dozen people were present during the
deposition and experiment Frederick y.
Ware, of New York, represented ChaI-
oner, while William o. Fife, of Moon d
Fife. and Judge Il. r. w. Duke looked
after the interests of the committee.
Some years ago Chsloner went into
what was described as a Napoleonic
trance, in which it was said he had
remarkable physical resemblance to the
great military genius.
This and other scientific Investigations
we're referred to rs evidence that Chal-
oner was. given 10 decisions. Chaloner
has continued actively the study oi
psychology. and maintains his interests
in all scientific experiments. In this way
he stumbled upon the demonstration
which he made this afternoon to contro-
vert tho idea that the committee sought
90 convey that his Investigations Of sci
cutihc matters and claims to scientific
distinction arc decisions. He insists
that he las developed I'm one Of those
experiments "a new phase, or at least a
new applications Of animal magnetism or
body electricity
Upset Laws of GrsYitation.'
In 1902 Chalouer discovered, while
working at night over "a law brief in his
library that he had the power to draw
th~ heavy window curtains near his ann
chair 50 that the curtain which was
drawn over the other to completely close
the opening between. the two would re-
main on a bias six inches or more out OF
the perpendicular and cause it to re-
main many hours in the same position
i'm which he left it on Withdrawing his
hands. which remained on the curtain
no more than the fraction Of second.
This, said Chaloner, is contrary to New
tons law of gravitation. Using a neck
tie. he Illustrated his ability TO cause
the adherence. This force, Chaloner as
sorts. is health protecting and useful also
as a game.
Some people cannot make use OF H.
because they are cold and phlegmatic
and non-magnetic," he said, and sug-
sested it as an innocent game in society
to find out who are magnetic and who
are not, for" he said. there axe no So
cial games nowadays except chess and
cards
Chaloner continued: MY experiments
extend over ten or fifteen people. |
fancy the force is akin to electricity. /
do not pretend 10 explain it, but DO de-
sire 20 remove any doubt whatsoever as
10 tho practical, n-superstitious, non
spiritualistic nature of il. / have seen 1t
work in my scrvants, white and colored.
n does Lot draw the color line in the
slightest degree. for "a negro can OPP
crate as we'll as "a white man.
The sensational developments in the
taEins Of dispositions are promised later.