The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1935-04-06
6-YEAR-OLD BOY
is MIND READER!
AMAZES SKEPTICS
Child Puts Teacher ON Spot;
He 10 Ambitious to Be .
Parachute Jumper.

New York.--To look at he's
just the usual happy-go-lucky boy.
A mop OF curly hair, a pink. chubby
face. An overwhelming desire to
jump over things, stand on his
head and take alarm clocks apart.
But Jackie Merkle. aged six. is
more than the average boy. lie Is
one of the most amazing mind read
ers. mental marvels." or whatever
word you choose. who has ever WIS.,
tied skeptical New York.
Jackie reads minds-no one who
has witnessed his work can doubt
that. He slips up now and then. OF
course. when reading directly the
mind of his subject" But he rare
~ slips up when the subjects"
thought L. first given to Jackie's
papa, Jacques Merkle. former CIR
Gus acrobat.
Too Much Truth.
"Code. or course there's q CODE"
said the skeptics when Jackie and
papa visited q newspaper office
But the skeptics were convinced,
often to their embarrassment. for
Jackie has q way OF hurting out
the simple truth when subject
would much prefer little white lie.
The reporter who brought Jackie
TO the ONCE doesn't believe In any
thing. He was going to catch
Jackie. all right. all right. +,
"Did / ever have an accidentf"
"You were wounded in the World
war ct st. Pol" Jackie said
promptly.
That took the feet right from un-
der the reporter. but he made an
other attempt.
"Shall I marry soon?"
NO" said Jackie. "you're mar
Red and you've got a child" /
Whereupon the reporter. who II
md has, admjtts1 defeat. :,
From reporter Jackie skipped to ;,
Damaging editor. and wasn't bit
verawed. He told the editor his
anne. told him he had visited Ger =
any last summer. even named the 81
WINS. what is more, pronounced -
en- correctly, although he prob X
,ly never heard OF them before. 70
He "read" without seeing il nm
70 banquet III
hold HAT ne has the an
Of college graduate
I his 10 Is That " boy of wo
aise He's always staggering his u
or Miss l;eula Anderson lie
dies second rade lessons. and
= are a snap H.
Teacher on Spot. ~
was sua- >teI that, II Jacky -
lazy, he might read The an
ps In his teachers mind. y
I'm afraid of that said Miss
ierson, In bairled way.
low and then Jackie dabbles In
> future. but they keep him away
ON that. unless ~ re~u,ts IN rend-
" q persons thoughts ms 10 fu-
re. One Incident, as related by
Ipa Merkle, makes good reading.
yway.
Seems that Jackie was talking =
tn Melvin Purvis, Department Of
stice ace. who asked what Dill
ger was doing that day
Hes robbing bank in Indiana" 8;
id Jackie. an
swell. what banSf" or
"Oh. that's too personal. ] don't
ant to get bumped off,"
-And the papers carried story m
Iat night" concluded Papa Merkle, A,
hat DIllinger had robbed South 81
end bank" "A
Jackie likes movies and girls !,
retty ones. He hates To- read. He :,
ikes to eat. as his chubby form In =
licates. He likes mechanical toys !,
,est, and wouldn't bother with an :,
Interview until he had had set-to
with his toy alrplane. |,
II have q psychological impulse"
he said. Honestly, that's what he
said. "It's easy, the answers are
flashed to me. can always see
clearly what Is In other peoples
minds"
His future? IT." announced /
Jackie, Fam going to be n para
chute Jumper"