Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — People and Events [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

People and Events

Exhibits a Mystic Potoer. The power to move Inanimate objects by sheer force of will is generally discredited by people who have no; seen the performance with their own eyes. Viggo Leiche is a Dane 23 years old.' He arrived at Alto Paso, 111., recently from Copenhagen to visit his uncle, C. Jessen, a fruit package manufacturer there. Leiche had been there only a short time when his weird mental powers began to "astonish the natives.” He first performed in a drug store downtown, says a telegram from Alto Paso. His uncle heard of it and scouted the idea of Its reality. A few evenings later he repeated his “show” in his uncle’s home and completely routed that worthy man’s skepticism regarding his power. In performing at his uncle’s home he used an iron poker several feet long and quite heavy. Standing it against the wall at an angle of 45 degrees, he seated himself a few feet distant, focused his eyes on the top of the poker and within a few seconds It began trending, then gradually rose to a perpendicular position. After standing still a moment it moved toward him in short jumps. He can affect any wood or metal object such as umbrellas, canes, etc., in the same way. A short time before going to bed is the only time he can be induced

(Youth Who Moves Inanimate Objects by Will Power.) to practice his strange power, as it makes him deathly sick unless he can go to short time afterward.

VIGGO LEICHE,