The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-03-02
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me msn nsmsS Ie Row indcrland bishs handbl
and had distributed through the city, headed, ,,,
" Entertainments Moral Intellectual, Crave Iomica,
Musical. Ecstatic &C.. Mysterious and Wonderful II
jus'rations of Huran Nature" ..so,.,
which was Mr. sun5erands ISM demonstrated me utter
falsity of the theories prevalent under the terms OF ne
wi,chcra spectral Illusions second sight and ghosts
and gave and rational explanation Of the eecs al
rbuted to the an, ana the present
Hindoos accounted for the visions OF the French rro
S the mssces OF aO The se
together with other strsnss results which hsd
heretofore been % ana so ae
that Mr. Sunderland would give series OF experimental
lectures at the Mechanics Hall on the nature suscsp
biIities and powers Of the human SOUL including the
extraordinary phenomena known under the terms spells
charms fascination trance somnambulism cataIepsy &c
ple assembled at Mechanics Hail. the 2lst of Decem
her last witness Mr. sunderlands performance and to
hear his and amongst the rest the plaintiff and
defendant But in order the better to understand the
case necessary to state that the defendant rs phy
scian md there with others to test the truth Of Mr.
sunderIands and in the of those
perimens the plaintiff the assault and battery CON-
MI Mutocx stated the plaintiffs case rieAy to the
Jury and then callad witness named CLARK who &c.
posed that he knows the defendant and was
the month of December at the lectures saw the pannn
hsre and the defendant aso about middle Of the lee
ture the plaintiff from the body OF the building
Doctor was standing; when he there was great
outcry and uproar the house and the witness rose IN
common with me rest OF the aS doing H. Il was
putting something 10 her eye or mouth; witness unaer'
stood be- Cayenne pepper; the plaintiff appeared to
be in great distress
Crssserdninsd by GERAeD.
Q-Was this public lecture
A-Yea sir
Q-What ives the price Of admasionl
A-Twenty i've cents Here the handful before re-
ferred to was put in ard read A., -
places does not know what she was doing there; saw
her ersed: does not know whether she belonged
Al hAth CHI a
Q-wsrs there any physicians interested1
Were her eyes open or shut when she walk.
ing from the body Of the house to the platform
o-pid You hear that Sunderland said he could put
them all asleep before he came int the house'
Q-Dd she not appear to be asleep when they defen'
dan applied the Cayenne pepper to wsks her up
and enraged the me and appealed to Professor Sun
derland fNr protection.
Xwsha turned on tho DOCTOR aud there was scus
between them; but don't think she gave him tremen'
o-After she logged the doctor did she not on with
the exhibition usual and the ghosts OF John Yves
She went on with the exhibition, but do MT know
whether she the ghosts that evening or not ou L.
myself have great variety OF ghosts on those &C.
casons. :,
Direct examination resumed -Q-The counsel asked
get terrible beating 7" Well tell US how much he got
Al DO MT know how much he got but he was terri
room as much as would frighten an ordinary
In that lecture, there any directions given not
| to in terfere with the patients'
Ayes sir; Sunderland gave directions that no one
should int rfero with the subjects
| Mr. FELIX LEvEY, examined Remembers the lecture;
there upon that occasion saw the pIalnun tnere'
and Doctor Oatman
CeusssL--state what you saw.
WIrrEss-I saw the plaintiff come down the middle
aisle of the building; when she came in 'front.' and
was the act eff turning the corner to get on the
stage, Doctor Oatman took hold Of her with one
hand by the arm, and put tho other in his pocket
and took out something which he afterwards stated
snd would sesm that he excited tho organ Of
venes as she got considerably excited and pitched into
the doctor he then caught hold Of her Dg the
excitement in the house at tho time Several persons
called to have the doctor put outs and had not been sr
the moderation of Sunderland witness does not know
what the consequences would have been; it was con
siderable time before the audience could be brought to
Q-were any directions given not to interfere with the
patients2
@ Was she very much excited by having the pepper
put into her mouth
Ayes very much indeed. . 80
Cross she, at the time he applied the
pepper to her, in a state OF somnambulism
Ayes, sir her were shut, sha was msgnetized
| and she could not open them.
Q-what effect did magnetzing produce on her'
| Alt produces sleeping effect.
| Q-Are you not mag ne'zer1
| A.-No sir, | only put one two asleep.
Q-When they are in a magnetic Sleep are they not
insensible TO paint
A-No sir, not always When they put into q
become insensble to pain, they require the
strongest operation 70 be performed them that H.
they require be rubbed up and down. but cannot be
looked into it, Sunderland only locked at her ths even
ing there a dozen OF us asleep at the time
Odd you not all wake up when the defendant sp
piled the pepper to Miss Montgomery? .
| A--No sir, only one young man awaked up, and ht
was not much asleep Is the plaintiff.
Odd she beat the doctor with her eyes open or shut
| A-They were shut.
Q-How did she make him outl
Al don' know, except she found him out by instinct
Just as would tell the time Of day from watch lha
IN ght be held up to me il were magnetized
Odd you ever try to make any one see through
their fingers ends1
Al don't remember.
Q--Aher she beat the doctor, what did she do, an'
were her eyes still shutl
A-she went the platform, and she still in tn
magnetic sleep, very violent and 1t took long time Il
pscify her
O. Did she not, after the melee, ghosts that night
Al cannot say whether she saw them that night o
not, but she saw them other occasions; she saw he
mothers ghost one night; cannot say If one was magne
tzed for month, whether application of cay enn
pepper would would not awake him up.
The p ainf here rested.
Mr. GERARD opened the case for the defence. lie pro
duced the handful, and said that Dr. Oatman, who
repecabe and scientific ply sicisn seeing this flaming
handful with others paid twenty five cents piece TO
tickets, intending to test Sunderlands performances
and to expose his quackery. They had eectualy dom
So and the consequence was his disciples dubbed to
gethe and caused the present action be brought
The learned counsel went ON to describe the test applie
by the defendant, which was merely to apply SINAI
pha of Cayenne pepper TO the ladys lips for which h
received from her, in return, o sound drubbing
FRANCIS P. FURNELL called and examined for tn
defence-Was at the exbib ion that evenings went Their
in consequence of Sunderland having promised to pei
fom things which he had performed before
there who appeared to be asleep be
fore Sunderland came in; the plaintiff came down tn
aisle pretty much described by the other witnesse,
when che came up to the doctor, he took out ana
phsl Of Cayenne pepper, and rubbed 1t on her
lips; she then moved off six eight steps, and urne
round and went at the doctor with her hands in wa
the witness before. after which there was
great row. and a cry of turn him out" meaning th
defendant after which she went the stage and ate
time joined in the dance ami in the Song OF si
thou mild and loveiy they appeared be aslas
all the tme Mr. Ball, one OF the actors in the fsrc'
sung or recited stanzas on the breaking up of
MiIerite meeting, composed expressly for the
1t was the witness that suggested the doctor TO make tn
test
: There were several other Witnesses examined III
part Of the defence amongst which Doctors Parko