The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-25
ODD WAY TO SPOT A THIEF.
NE1M11IEIN0 A NAN AND LETTING HIll
DO DEFECTIVE WORK.


MEsMxzIE1xo MAwAxD LETTING HEN
DO DEFECTIVE WORK.
osos Expsvssssss With . Mysssrssss science
--Cuvsng Grave Wessases aaa WsfsSglas
Msa's Mlsas With Masassie Fssss.
The narrative here preseoted Ia familiar TO
many In this city who have heard II from the
lips Of the gentleman who asserts that no
played tho most conspicuous part In II. lis In
. man more than 30 years OF nge. active In
business. and Of unblemished reputation whsr.
ever no 10 known.
1T was In lsl7 that my attention Was first
attracted to the subject Of animal magnetism.
By tho appearance In the Western town In
which then lived OF q man named Keely. who
advertised to give public exhibitions. His
method WIS to selsot ten or fifteen persons.
males and females. from the audience, scat
them In MALI circle on tho stage. and. placing
Q piece OF colin or metal In tho palm OF the hand
Of eaSh. request them to look steadily at II.
While their attention was thus concentrated
he made Q few passes uvsr zach one. seeming
70 obtain control ovor moro or less Of the group.
causing them to aid him in what 10 now
the familiar performance OF . mesmerlst
Four Of 10 young fellows waited on Prof. Ksely
and requested him 70 teach us his tricks for
our own amusement flo replied that he knew
very little Of this strange power; he only know
that some persons possess larger amount OF
uersonal magnetism than Others. and. where
one had \ superabu a dance and another very
little. the on~ with the larger supply after
gaining the attention. often could entirely con-
troll the mind and will OF the other. He showed
ms how he msgnetlZsd his subjects. soliciting
those OF negative passive temperament. and
explained that. after having magnetizsd them
sntire control by simply looking at them.
~ ~ rH.S A. Tho ch,., bo,.I in orr town y,
Aws.uoo - .he cul0' no.o, IN oul Town Vi
:soS. 5000 os Having Large room, "
ness hours. the rendezvous Of three or four
We s ar.t ssi.ctsd two Of Prof. KseIy's old sub.
40. 80 go s~n.,,,.,,ina ~ ,h.n. -,,h
ssS. ana s..e. 49, n, On .sem an
I'D by our .ovnsp.opls. In our ssp,rIm.nts
lsrr,r amount Of this mv.terious magnetic
power than any oithe others. 1. continually pre-.
1 nav dsrs,onmsn,s. Wa Ssye circus nerform.
ancss. In which after magne'izins fifteen or
given 70 each subject. Wswould appoint also a
animals naturally ansnsonis.ie ' to each other
too. on all the natural brute attributes and
clown. who might be the dullest ind most
roars OF laughter by his wittisisms. and
set the part to perfection. We were
situns On toe long piazza o, the hotel
ono afternoon. whom peddler's wagon
down and coming mn n our Sronn with n bo1
~ a,s,.r. o,.-ad ,han, o.. s,,a - ~
s.nee 4 hs q s ape Tor
!Ion Tor moment dIrecss sI him e divide up
ing the price. which was Ave dollars. I placed a
dollar gold piece He Locked frtis"y at !. 70.
SsSSoOm. Offering BIS wares for sale. a iittis
"a smussS smile &C on lis face and s Msh
e, saa 5S1 Of You
:pi:sSS:!' q re PAIN q s.: assd; icSssd
ds!|s, soa s,sss Hs :sssrr ' i ss:sl, sSsie
sn6 b bs 70 n Sd%SS
we penny: again departed on his rounds.
e.e.usnSd that no had received I'll payment
saS raid iSs he eissS.. '''"'u A'a '"'1
Hitherto We had looked upon 1t simply a.
source q amusement some ono suggested
that perhaps y might DO utilized for deadening
the sensibi!ltiee ana removing or relieving
pain. NY nrst experiment ~ that line was
xena In the place. had for years been init
girl OF IS. ever since she vas born. Two largo
tushes bad groWn out on her upper JAW, disfig-
uring her lace. IL WAS decided 70 have them re-
moved These ware the DAYS before hnHsthetics
we're "a common use. and the operation had
bsen deferred a , 700 long a,renhy ~ dread q
psin ana accident. ! ncc9mpn,nled the sirl.
ti:s, - 9ia:isssiSnsd eonserva.ise: Who SHOOK
his head IS;S 9, n assert
Seating her In the operating chair. he produced
ms instruments. ana disApproyingly watched
my mode OF procedure. l stroked her
lace lightly. looked into her eyos.
which were trustingly raised to mine,
told her nhe would feel no pain, and
motlOned the doctor TO proceed. He cut
around tue gums. extracting the two teeth
without = muscle Of her fhoo moving or the
nitghtsst INDICATION Of suffering being apparent.
She said she did not fell the operation. though
perfectly conscious all the time. few days
niterward was requested tn examine into
the case q one OF tue richest mon In the town.
whose dtsease was 80, so peculiar that II
nSd panied the skiI q every physician
Or three ne . o. Us . were: q. usual a togsth-
aardly knew why; that at shout o'clock each
Att0rnoon n WAS seized with a terrible pain In
ne 0t06 Of his head, which forced him to leave