TWO PLACED
Have you ever had an interest in bilocation?
It may not rank very high in the world's list of most talked about subjects, but you and I have both wished, at one time or another, to be in two places at the same time.
That's what bilocation is all about. It has also been called “bi-polarization” but some dedicated bi-doers insist that term be reserved to mean one possible method of getting oneself into such a state of physical duplicity.
Sir Robert Peel and a friend were walking in the streets of London one aftenoon when they chanced to meet the poet Lord:Byron. They chatted and agreed to meet that evening. Lord Byron, at that time, however, was at that time far away in Patras, Greece and lying abed, seriously ill.
In 1896 in the city of New York, a man by the name of William MacDonald was being tried for burglary. When he was hiding his loot at a house on Second Avenue, he was apprehend by six witnesses. He put up a fight and, in the confusion of six men trying at get at him, he escaped capture. He disappeared into the darkness of the night.
The six witnesses testified in court that he was the man they had seen.. Each of them swore they had a good look at the man and they named William McDonald as the burglar.
The defense lawyers met the six witnesses with some of their own. Defense argued that the man before them had, at th established time of the crime and under a porphyritic spell cast by Professor Wein on stage at a Brooklyn theater, five miles from the site of the alleged crime. People who has seen him on stage at theater as well as those on stage with him at the time. They attested to the fact that said William McDonald was with them throughout the time designated.
Professor Wien was called to the stand. He testified that he had, indeed, hypnotized MacDonald as a part of his vaudeville act. He also voiced his opinion that it might be possible for a man to be in two places at the same time..
The jury did not accept the added comment by the Professor and acquitted McDonald of all charges.. They seemed to feel that all witness in the case had been speaking the truth a. When it was all over and MacDonald was free, someone asked him where he had been. He said he had not the slightest idea of where he might have been.
Now, there's a twist our modern courts have missed. Bilocation - a handy little factor to keep in mind. Don't knock it. You may need it some day.
A. L.M. March 21, 2004 [c469wds]
