The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-02-24
He Has Been Suffering for Twent,
Months With IL.
And n Controlled by MesmerIsfs ia
Utah-A Case Tor DIR. Beard.

81
and neatly dressed, called at the LEAD
ER Office and asked for the editor. The
editor was in. The gentleman then
sat down and said, in substance: 81
saw an article in the LEADER a short
time since on the subj ect of mesmerism.
Now / have been mesmerized for 20
months, and they are abusing me fear
fully. / want it stopped, and / want to
put a noticein the paper"
The gentleman spoke slowly and dis
tinetly and with an e~arnestness that
could not have been feigned.
What kind of a notice do you
want?" asked the writer.
swell. / have a written one here,u
and he handed us the following, which
was written on a U. r. notehead. 1t
is as follows:
Any doctor or person that can stop
mesmerism of twenty months stand
ing with the worst kind of abuse the
whole time. will be literally paid by me
Parties have followed me from Utah
to this place, and still continue their
control of my person. Answer by mail.
Direct, T. J. MASTERS.
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
As this was a most remarkable case.
we inquired further Of the gentleman.
He is at present engaged in the bag
gage room at the depot, with Commo-
dore Trufant, and has been so m
ployed for about three months. He
had two newspaper clippings with him,
both relating to mesmeric experiments
by DIR. Beard and other scientists.
"There," said our visitor, ''that is
how they do it. But the men who
mesmerized me beat DIR. Beard, because
they have me under their control while
they are in Utah and l am here.n
evil you be kind enough to give a
history of your case?'' asked the news
paper man.
Certainly. 1t was in 1879 I've give
almost his exact IanguageI when / was
in Salt Lake. A friend of mine died,
and they did not know what was the
matter with him. l saw him die. The
doctor that attended him asked me to
take a drink. l did so, and l felt funny
pains in my head, and heard buzzing
sounds in my ears. Then l knew l
was mesmerized. My eyes twitched
just as my friends did before he died.
1 took SO bad that 1 could not go to the
funeral. Finally, they told me that if
I would give them 800 they would
take it away from me. l gave them
the money and they relieved me for a
time, but they wanted more money and
the mesmerism came back.
81 could hear these men talk where
ever they were. And they could al
ways tell what 1 was thinking about,
for my mind passed into theirs. They
knew everything 1 thought, and said,
and did. They were always telling me
what to do, and when 1 wouldn't do
it they would punish me with pains in
the head. At last Imade arrangements
with the doctor to take the mesmerism
out of me. I went out to Lake Point
to meet him, and, although he was a
member of my lodge, he got into a
buggy and drove away sothat / couldn't
see him and be cured. This was on
the oath of July, last year.
After this they would come to my
house and get under the raised side
the house was built on a hillside-and
they would work me horribly. They
would talk to me and make me sec WIS.,
ions on the walls. Iput out the lights,
but I could only see them palmer. l
feared l was getting crazy and didn't
know what to do. They wanted more
money and l didn't have any. l lost
my business because 1 wasn't able to
attend to it. Finally l told my wife
she had better go and visit her people in
Chicago. She did, and 1 went to Lead
vile.
"They followed me, however, and
nearly thumped my head off. 1 could
hear them talk just as plainly as / hear
myself now. Finding that they could
control me in one place as well as in
another, l came to Cheyenne and went
TO work.
do they still trouble you?"'asked the
Faber wielder.
"Oh, yes; just rs bad as ever. They
abuse me horribly"
"who abuse you?n
"Weii, / won't tell their names just
now. If l don't get an answer o 1
will tell you their names and expose
the whole outfit. Some of my friends
tell me that these mesmerlsts who ION
troll me don't know what 1 am doing.
But l know better, and 1 expect they
will punish M for all this"
Are you troubled by them this mo-
ment?o
mo; they haven't bothered INT since
1 came in here, but outside there they
were talking pretty loud to me-"
"How often do they trouble you dur
ing the dayp"
"Oh, very often. Why, they make
me lose my head sometimes. III be
taking a load along the platform and
put something into the wrong car.
Then sometimes they'll take my
strength away entirely, just as I've got
a heavy load. It's very aggravating
and its running me. Sometimes they
| get hold Of my legs. and ill them full