New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
n AMAZING psychic ihonome-
non that tends to disprove the
notion that dead men tell no

non 1hSt tenuS 20 G1SproVe the
4 N notion that dead men tell no
tales is being Investigated by
the American Society for Psychicsi Re-
search. DR.. Walter f. Prince, acting
director of research since the death of
Professor James Hyslop, has just re-
turned from Mexico City with startling
evidence obtained from an experiment
in psychometry.
Psychometry is a so-ealled occult
power by which "sensitivcs," or modi-
ums, sre enabled 20 divine by contact
or proximity, the history or character
of an inanimate object. In some in
stances the mediums profess to have
visions of the past OF the object held
by them.
In the experiment witnessed by DR..
Prince scaled envelope was placed in
the hands Of the psychometer, who
previously had oeen hypnotiaed. The
contents of the envelope supposedly
was unknown TO every one partieipat-
ing in the experiment. The medium
then described the sinking of an ocean
liner, presumably by German sub
marine. She profcssed to see a man
hurriediy scraws message, stuff it
into a bottle which he then hurled into
the sea. At the end OF her vision the
envelope was opened, 1t contained an
explanation OF the disappearance dur
ing the height of unrestricted sub
marine warfare OF Ramon Penoles, a
have planned a voyage from New York
20 Europe. The envelope also con-
tained 8 manuscript found in bottle
picked up in the waters about the
Azores and subsequently, sent tbs
family of the missing man in Havana.
Solution of Feat Must Be
Sepernormel, Says DR.. Prince
All of this evidence is to be subjected
to the most searching examination that
can be devised. Handwriting experts,
psychologists and other scientists are
30 try their hands at disproving the
conclusion of Or. Prince that the case
involves the supernormal.
"The solution must be supernormal,'
said DR.. Prince yesterday. "It re-
aires greater extension of the
powers OF the human mind than has
been recognized by the science of psy-
chology. That there could be any
species of reaction between an mani
mate object and the mind Of the psy-
chic holding it. that would result in
the emergence in her consciousness of
complex vision corresponding with =
pest scene utterly unknown to her, is
a supernormal thing
The Journal OF the American Soci-
ETY. for Psychiesl Research Of last Az
gust contained an account by DR.. Gus
tav Pagenstecher in Mexico City of 4
notable psychonetgsc test. Ho is ac-
ceptcd by the society as scientist of
unquestioned repute-a member of the
geon TO the American Hospital there,
a fellow of the German genealogical
Association and numerous other Sc
entific bodies.
The test had been witnessed by Or.
L. j. Monajaras, as official representa-
tive of the Pedro Escobedo, the Medical
Society of Mexico City. 1t involved an
experiment with Senora Maria Reyes de
Z--, an unprofessional medium, the
wife of a Mexican business man of
means. DR.. Pagenstecher, using Braid g
method with so-called "passes'o hyp-
Noticed Sonora T. When she was in a
profound state of trance, with all her
senses blocked, objects selected in ad-
vance for the experiment were placed in
her hands by DIR. Jose Irueste, acting
president of the Pedro Escobedo. These
articles were bits of pumics stone.
omitting some of the tedious arrange
ments to prevent fraud or even tele-
pathic influence, the account printed in
the Journal stated that when the first
bit of pumice stone was placed in the
hands of the hypnotized Sonora T., she
expressed the sensations perceived as
follows:
Il see at my right amountain and at
my left the huts of Indians see in
front of me turbid water in which abe
fishes of from twelve to sixteen inches
in length. / hear the splash of waves
and, likewise, the tic-tock of clock, and
far-off sound as of church bells"
A piece of lava from a neighboring
extinct volcano was next placed in her
hands and as before she automatically
went into a state of catalepsy which
subsided short time after the object
was withdrawn from her finger tips.
With the lava in her hands the me-
dunn said:
II feel earthquakes and am short Of
breath. I must be very high"
Medium Had Plain Vision
In All of Six Experiments
The articles were selected each time
by DR.. Irueste and even DR.. Pagens-
techer could ret see what was about to
be experimental with. In every one
Of the six experiments made the me-
dunn had plain vision, or, in the Ian
guage of psychic researchers, "clair-
yoyance by contact"
1t was determined by the American
So2;ety for Psychical Research that an
Investigator should be sent to Mexico
City to conduct experiments with