Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-12-29

lEere really suCn lnllg aS HesheEISb :
Can one person control the will of another
entirely" To this Captain Johnson re-
piled, beginning: Yes, my poor, lost
wife, there is such thing as mesmerism.
1t is the evil eye; il is the very power by
which the seducer always at;ains his pur.
pose" Then the letter goes on 10 urge
her that inasmuCh IS her letters had been
full OF LGli con teSsion and still Sic had
utver yet denied tie fact oi adultery
EDe Letter Urges Her TO confess,
telling her he Is prosecuting an uaspar'ng
investigation into her conduct, and that
she knows him well enough {" ALOw that
he will never rest Till he Is Sal.ued. He
syUrs that LG viii never tc.! MY one, bat
declares il j. lis Gegre: 10 know. aad that II
she will tell linn he will never abandon
her, but stand 10y her. Her answer TO this
letter is given in full. u those who have
read Of "ThrreSt, hy Alexander Dunn g
li!s. and wondered at the magnetic or mes
meric power shown there, this real tragedy
is stranger still. 1t may be promised that
MIS-. johnson and Mr. Henry were with
esch other from \ ri TO September; tina
he is siXty-tbree years old, and 10 appear.
snce iiliavorcd; that she is thirty.e' ght,
cOmcly, unusually intelligent, OF many So
Cial eruCes and prominent social position
the mother Of two children, one dead and
the other boy Just in his teens with he
and her husband ail this time.
Following IN the Letter:
INDIANAPOLIS, November ~, l8S3.--M
: Dear IEysLGpd: Your letter Of the 10th came
this morning, just in time to save the last
act in the scene of life with me. ] have
irht
have taken the sleep that knows no waking
with NE. would have been willing 10
endure an eternity OF woe could | have
saved you and Griffith their SON. The
most unacCountable part OF the power pos.
sessed over me by Mr.. Henry was that as
long as | was in Greenville ! could not see
ana feel this rs | knew | should. ] re-
rroaChed and wondered TO myself, but
every effort and determination | made
seemed OF no avail. | was powerlegs.
will tell you the truth, as ! know | feel II
To be such. There was never, III any way,
ny word or deed, any improper advance
made to me until you and Griffith had
gone to North Carolina. HIS manner Mr..
llCnry's an conversation were kind and
such as 10 gam my confidence, such as |
would feel ipwaIi one so much older than
Ia! sell and l.. II FO.iiIIi, a. ] thought TO
MIKE Any Iupruprieties Impossible.
Ater you LIT ne constituted himself my
guardian, coming to take me 10 meals and
various other attentions, wh'"G did not
receive without some protest lie sa'd you
had lslt ME IN his care, anu ! answered |
did not believe it, because you knew /
could take care Uf myself. sun he perse-
veTed and ! was too confident. One day,
AFTER you bad been. gone some days, he
came into my room. | sat on the sofa,
and ne was OF a CHAIR near the bureau. !
va, occupied in some way, no, Looking up
.ja,Ie bad been nothing - alarm mel
wien telt an influence, ana looking up,
met his Csle fixed upon me and his lips
movirg. When looked up be moved on
n" SOFA ard took my hand and stroked II.
| .id: nUu {, MAJOR; you can't mesmertHe
n.r: ;hat hn, been Irird before lie mere
lv snid. NO. aud kept my hand and put
the ulEcr on nv head, and drew it toward
him. felt my will going away and begged
him 10 desist, but he kept me, and though
the door was wide open and knew any
moment | might be exposed, could not
help it. But
There Was No Act of Pollution.
ThisEsentence was under!iaed.j Soon
afterward he lett me. aud determined |
would not allow such an opportunity
sgain, and thought that what should tell
him when ] saw him, and that should he
the end of our intercourse, but wncn he
came again found he had a power never
thought possible, and what he wIllei ]
should do. ! WAS powerless TO oppose.
Though d id not love him, yet he had
strange fascination, and ! was quoted and
nv fears were satisfied when IN his Elm.
brace; never more than that This sen
tence underlined, AfteTward ! never
thought of anyone else or OF its being
wrong. My love for you and Griiiiths was
injurlng you, and he seemed satisfied to
have he even near him. He said his love
for me was platonic; that be was satisfied
10 be near me; Just 10 take my hand and
press it to bis face, or smooth my hair, sat
isfed him. lie was seldom passionate.
Now, will you what is, perhaps,
Not Ny own secret,
and must never come from me, but il may
have much to do with the case. Though
no doubt be had every desire, yet do not
believe he was capable OF really committing
q lasting injury. Now, what his power
over me was ] can not tell. II IS as in
comprehensive 10 me as 10 any one else,
but SO long a., Vas lear him, and saw
him. be cou.i FA,r: Il at will. often
exerted my Wi power 10 oppose IT, bat IN
vain. When he said Come | could not
resist. Someumcs lie would say, Tnen ne
would eo TO the JarlCr and | would 90
there. not knowing he was there, II sent
YOU message to come. and though ! saw
him there and IN my room, it's false saw
him in any OF the oihCr rooms, and nuch
that has been told you IS false. No tongue
can tell what ! have endured or how
loueed 10 unbUrden my soul. As soon as
vss removed from bis influence J b~san
to have q realization Of the truth. ! never
intended you any wrong. You know how
1 have always resisted advances OF that
kind. have not been without tempta-
ticp, but relied too much on my own
strength. can net even now realize tAst
am rot true.
IL seems ;o be Dream
and that | shall awake and be myself sg gain.
have struggled and prayed against il, how
earnestly. and 90 believe that God vii!
do something tor NE. When he came
there l feared might see him. feared
the influence might Esturn, but i DO not
now think il would will never see him
erain voluntarily. II you bad sent me
lone last summer nearly all might have
been avoided, Because at that time tne IN
fuence bad not bsen used as IL Afterwards
vss. But after you came back he
Exercised his inauence more, for fear, i
| suppose, that it might be lost. He also
| used every argument to hold me, exciting
| NV fe,rs Of condemnation. His desire to
be nsar ne influenced me beyond al!
o. ugds. l could see it, and yet could no;
prerntit. His power over me was great
yot bis ,elf control wss little. have
thought since be intended TO comprornis'
nle 50 completely that would be in hi
yovtr, end bis note, written from the note
q. here seemed to prove it. He never dare
do anything like it before. On
myTcor husband, how my heart bleeas 70
rcui Oh. poor E.e. am not bad; At va
cot sn evil heart
mid Not Intend to Do Wrong.