, 1881-04-10
S0MNAMDULISTIC CRIME
How Murder May Be Committed
by Hypnotic Subject.
Or. namuond's Extraordinary Revelations Before
the Mediea-lesal Sotiety.

Dr. uamm0nd'S Extraordinary Revelations Hq{nre
fha Msa;,o. 1acr1 go.;atr
| A' 1AS">" 1'o0' o'~'~t''
| Nv 4"'n 20 '"o' aap".
sootat,. a.so''t',o -. ~ ~ .ne Is;
1,1...,: '.@s1 sea!s ~ ~. ~ "ese
ro,.,os,ra.Se ~ ''s.an ~ oue VI .no ino9t
| 49,. - 49, oc1'to
tna1 or ans otnor sclent1ue Doug IN this city. ac~
| companied us it was. by practical Illustration
| Of lypnotism aud rncsmeyism of the most OK
truorluarv character Prof. Wt,l5uu A-II,,n-
rnon1 snot,. ~, 80 s,h;ao+ - .;rha Taa1aa .aI.a
| .no'u spoAe ou tne suojeet III lee Aed1co-
Legal ke:nuons OF Sygziznoscism ,thypnotls'n).'
] and he made Il youn;, man named Gray, de-
30 ,hr,s, s'n' ea.tes 1ssee e io a.teee
| - eeieS ~ performances sae1' IN
only either IN artificial somnanbusism or very
! clever deception indeed would explain. This
| young man. Us will he sem by tho .,cscrintfon
! ,,f,..n ,oin, ,,.,,,+ ,hr.,,ss .s .s.ssa .'A,
"u1o"' "e". .nrouan eae cntre pt''eess
OF committing aii imaginative burglary, Of lnslr-
| der, and OF forgery. and Dr.. Hammond dwe!t
upon tho importance OF some law being cuactcd
| ~ p".su tot'a ""o' tufou3n t"e4. ehl'l III
] hyphot2ins othcrs' might induce the latter
| while in this condition OF artificial so1nnumbu-
lIsrn to pcrpctratc crime. :.
TIL: SUBJECTS FOR 111PSor1sM.
Prof. Hammond introduced tho subject by
| saying that it wus one that had received yrcat
| ntttrt;op both tcro and ,hroud and trano3 t,,a
"sst "uo sl.u !nae.u Ane
| htst '"teiieeht coolprehchsion Oh IT was duc 10
| American thought There was reason to us
| slime TINT the ancents were also well acquainted
| with IT. at,f,ut 1n, x-ears aco howovor Moem.r
.,.s tt.,a,aH 49, .,.s;.'., .s..,..e Es....s
~ .no psutou"o ts.a m..eaon e u nato
roneous basis-namcly; that there. was, was m M In
| hercut dua,ty or novcr in rho pcrsou oncrattnt-
..,,,nt accounted fo- ,h ,tta.,. ,,.,,,,,at, trh
"nasu aecounteu 1of '''o enccls plouucea' ihs
was very erroneous notion. Nlt Is onc, snid
tho speaker. wnlch 't'n AExlouS sou SHOULD All
niseard Wnat I'm Knlli& tn 10 i5 NOT lnherent
| upon: any VI you could 10 IT.. or nc himself
! could lta'olut!nfl} pass INTO ms toiiattlon OF
| nyphotlsm. ihou3n We ptonaoiy saali III. nsrce
t d ve lo no , ah"r M
| is vet better that We should hnvc some errone-
| GUS notions than none at all 1t is the people
who have ao notions whatever who die and ,lrc
nrtv cvotve fro un rhor p errnnco1s o
| notions approxi1natin. the truth.
"The cundit,on or hypnotis.n," said Or. Ham
mond, "or, rs prefer to call it. syexIxuuscistu
| tmenning the agreeing OF one mind with
| another mind}, ia, in reality, IL condition Of
uutotnatistn, In which acts arc performed with
| out the conscious willing OF the subject. We
are all, more loss. aItumata, for great many
of our ucts are performed not only without. hut
against our will. Fur instance, when Il person
thinking i1tently upon some serious subject and
| Tt tue same time entlcayorng to reaa il book,
turns over leaf after leaf, his eye having care;
suddenly comes himself, US it were, and 1intls
that lie has no knowledge of what be hns rcAt>
| his uc.s In readln. and turning over the leaves
ure a,,to1uatic. Again we have all walked tha
srrrc13 o,, 1,Ir wur honc thinking INCREASINGLY
upon some subject and have fo1ntl ourselves ut
our 6treel-door without heirg conscious of hny-
| ing tuken Il single step or having seen single
| thing on our way there Such acts are
| Without u voluntary effort so fur rs We know
Cases of whit VIC ordinarily call absence Of mind
| are enses Of automatisnl, and the phenomena OF
| everyone are scarcely to bc distinguished in
| some Of their aspects trum those which s,nlt
| exhibit to you this evening" and NATURAL SOM
namhuItsn, IL sttll more akin 10 tho condition ii,
/ i'm nil ,,1S 1i.f rts1f
! experiments state the phenomena of which
are very similar to those which l shall present
tn yn,, rhfs cyentnr
80. ,-sro,,,.a>- r,-ra,-
An A. loAA!o> f1"f'oS'
Hy removing the brain oi pigeon We 40 not
by my means destroy the animal % or even nbol-
lsn ~. ~ en , aacut.es. sueh . '!1 ue.sia
sees leels Will swall.w tood that IS put i!!to us
nm,ee II Eli st.nd st IN thc uft.il,tr,. If,
ph;i :. - .na<I ~, - .t;.s - ~ st,r.'.;,.n h,.
- ,n,o ~. ,'nxcd hcrnr,. r. II foilMvs II win
r. itu a.as ~ ~ thrnrn ;ntn rna air II tItcs IF
loud noises be nude near by it It is startled. ii
r. is ~ III iptnn1s and nurntsc. M ;,,,tou,atnn
snine ,if. Brian. The distinguished French phli-
osn,,her rl,ntes thnt unon one oucasion u, r.lcu
ennp h;ct h1 nni 10 hc,'l ,1r nr mnst.,i
sn4"r,r;nn~ 1n fts hnts IL, 1nc xa,, ,s vci rs II
il Still hud lis bruins. i have. myself seen tho
W. nc,,',.nr n1rr; iIuou one oct.nsiou = !,,r-
risier had cut of tho heai OF !. r:,1tlcs.ukc With
nia; ua 49, u'o oxnn,;rn - nsex ,sn;n nstunttrthn
| snuKe coilcI itself and strtlck hin, full in the
fort,n,.n with its h..adle - trunk. The sbncS IT,
M 49,, ,rns sn ,rre.r thot hn futci il tl,o
h.ad ~ fro., ha ,,t str md. If conrst with this
nneTnrion the brain is entirely removed, the ami
,i Is ,rt Nv un,. mans ,fc1,riycr nf ffs tncnff
Fa,i..o 9' I'D !; or"rtcs mnrtmcnts which nr..
amnnrnfiv inst NJ fmTnosiyc ~ if nerforued by
tta ,ofact ,nn,"i Thr s,.n" is ,r,1e If :,iIr1
es 80 oItar nr,,,,rl.s iinti RECENTLY it ms
hnnn |;1 d;cuit ~ trot INV such manifestations
9eem 9te as,r;, lh,otnd snas ns int ra.:trIy rf
i;ms. ~ Strass,rrr has by means OF IN ius,ru-
,nnnr wh;rh snvrS tha he1d from the BODY Uf
r,nt .in s,,,. y n,unner "a 70 prevent loo
rnn9 1,ss M ~ nn.,i, srr.e,ed in urnninr tho
,nnst ,isTn'+ md nncsf!vo:oi evidence of tho
n,. ~ .no o.,inni Xiii r. nerfnrr 1cfcrtni
ot ae,. sTh,,s fnr ius:nnre unot1 several Or
a.;o,s tno tfar'ntaf,ai r,1l.;t r..snt,n1}cI cuer
,iof r.. ~ jnress;ons 1,,Gn 1tnnf hs st.n., IF
tt, .tt{ T.. - np ron t,,n r1u,,,, II, 1ts ctyorys
- asnxnc ~ A"''A"' -0''e ~
~ p.:,-r,.r,,,t,.--. ,,.,r,r vroo
EAil-"'a1 11-> - o. :" =. - - 'o".
MY own experiments IN thlS ditccuon nave
been mainly coutncd to tho irug. Gpon ono
OCCASION removed the br7t'll, anu after "nit-
ing for tho animal to recover IRON inc ln
mediate effects OF the OPERATION paced 1t III II
tub OF water. 1t lMsncl1atcly pcs.ln 10 SWIM.