New Britain herald., 1916-07-22

possibly read them himself. I did so, and I am satisfied that he an- swered them and read the names cor rectly without the possibility of his having seen them. How he was able to do this I can form no idea, nor give any explanation.
 Yours sincerely,
 w. HANNA THOMSON.
 Edison's Account of Dr. Thomson's
 Test of Reese's Powers.
 The interesting details of pr. Thom- sons test have been published at length and cannot be given here. Edi- son, who had been informed of the occurrence gives a most succinct ac- count of it. He says:
 "Dr. Thomson denied the possi0ii ity of Reese's powers, and said he was a fa1er, etc. This made Reese angry. After some persuasiOns on
 the part of Thomson's friend, who had
 known Reese a long time, he was at
 last induced to go to Thomson's house.
 l was not present at this meeting,
 but have been informed what tran spired.
 Reese met the gentleman in the ! parlor of Thomson's house and told , him to go into the library. write his
 questions on slips of paper and hide
 them. During the interval Reese en- | gagged in conversation with the gen.
 t1emen in the parlor until Thomson
 came back and announced he was
 ready. Then Reese stood in the H. brary door and said:
 Tn the bottom left-hand drawer of 1 your desk is a slip with the word 1 'Opsonic.' Under a book on your
 desk Is a slip containing another ] word, 'Ambiceptor.' Another slip
 shows the word, 'Antigen.
 He told the location and the word
 without any hesitation. Thomson vas
 astonished and stated that it was in
 applicable"
 There were other interesting and l umbfounding tests.
 Later in an interview, pr. Thomson
 said: T do not wish to say what I l think may be the answer to the rid 1 dle of Reese's extraordinary perform 1 anCe. l have a theory as to l this really wonderful power possessed
 by Reese, and I will say that it opens
 a wide field for scientific investigation. There was no trickery about 1 what MT. Reese did for me. The man does what he says he does. He | does not know how; I do not know
 how There are a great many things that scientists cannot explain and this is one of them.
 Reese Amazes a Distinguished Gath 1 Crng.
 1 Not long after these interviews, a
 test meeting was arranged by Edison l and Edward Marshall, the well-knOvn 1 interviewer, at the home of the own l CT of one of New York's newspa pers 1 Besides Reese, Edison and Marsallh | who acted as historian and later pub 1 lished full account of it. there were
 present Justice Golf of the New York 1 State Supreme Court, and "some half 1 dozen men whose standing in the 1 business and professional world l amounts to national reputation" 1 Questions were prepared by the wis 1 itOrs. These were numbered, folded 1 and concealed about their persons. l Reese sat with each separately in the 1 hallway, not, however, cut from the view of the rest
 1 He not only stated and answered | the questions thus prepared and dis posed but added other information l bout the family and business life of l those present. Marshall. in his inter ! l tation and without discovers ble trick 1 cry, he did extraordinary things" He 1 stated the number of children the man had; the number of years months and
 days he had been in business; his 1 telephone number: and if requested
 the telephone number of other parties etc.
 Tn the case Of Judge Golf he scored
 his first failure, answering but three 1 questions out of six. The three un- ] answered were: Flow many arches
 are there in the bridge across the Fuxine?" What temple do the Pill lars of Hercules support?" and l "Where was Auburn, 1oveliest village 1 of the plain ?"
 These questions were left tightly
 folded in the pockeS of the jurist and i were not pressed against Reese s forehead by the investigator, as other 1 difficult questions were. Though
 Reese read the questions all right, he seemed unable to answer them. Marshall writes of this: "The judge sat down by me after | he had come in from his interview with the extraordinary man. He seemed to breathe little hurriedly.
 "'I will admit said he that he | amazes me. Amazes me. l really am greatly puzzled, although he failed to answer three of my six questions. The Only one of these which he did
 not attempt at all to answer was that asking of the arches in the bridge across the EuXine river. His unre-
 responsiveness to that was as significant
 as his most successful answers. for
 there never was a bridge across the Fsuxine river.'
 Predicting the End of the War With
 Spain.
 Prof. Reese's verified prediction of 1 the end of the Spanish-American war is nf 1anc11lia1c iratel,est in aoct i1ar,