Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-09-26
MAGNETIC SUGGESTION.
An Interesting Resume or One Of julie
CIaretie's Latest Romances.

An Interesting Resume or One Of Jules
Claretie's Latest ROmances.
Jean Mornas, a graduate in medicine, but
not practicing, gains his livelihood by per-
forming, at odd times, some clerical work
Just enough TO keep soul and body together,
summarizes writer IN the Popular Science
Nelcs. Living In the Latin Quarter for
years, he has acquired taste for the Vie de
BOhcmc, which IS such an attraction for the
students of all nations. He forms the ac-
quantance of young OuurieTe, with whom he
becomes deeply enamored; his love for the
young girl, strange TO say, when we con-
slider the impure atmosphere in which he
lives, is perfectly pure and his intentions
honest. But how marry her in his povertyi
Having decided TO break with her, he in
forms her of the fact, when, TO his surprise,
she falls into a cataleptic state, whish, from
his hospital experience, he recognizes as the
hypnotic condition. At different times he
experimental on the young girl and found
that she responded readily TO magnetic sug-
gestion ia suggestion mdgnetiQlte), which she
retained until the next day, following out
in all its most minute details the order he
had given her, remaining in that peculiar
semicOnsciOus state until what she must do
Gee qf u fdlldu fGir,, as she afterwards ex-
pressed it) was accomplished Jean Mornas
artfully avails himself of this knowledge to
serve selfish purpose.
An old paralyuc for whom he was per-
forming some clerical work lived at YER
sailles In a retired street with his servants.
One day after his work the old man asked
Jean Mornas TO take from his bookcase an
atlas. This atlas was filed with bank-notes;
from those he paid Jean Mornas his months
salary. The sight of so much money ex-
cited the cupidity Of Jean Mornas. After
leaving his patron, all his thoughts were
upon the old mans money, and how he
might obtain portion Of this, to him, great
wealth, and with which he could be able to
marry his .fdIlece, and be raised from pow
erty to a1luence. He decides 10 employ the
young girl as the safer plan, she being more
likely TO escape detection than himself.
He accordingly hypnotized her, giving
very minute directions TO go to Versailles
on certain train, TO such q number on a
certain street, with a note from him for
the master Of the house, the old paralytic;
10 give the latter the note, and while he was
reading IL to open the bookcase at a GER
tain place, take from II an atlas and alb
stract as many bank notes as possible,
which she was 10 put i'm a portfolio, the
latter having been placed in her hand; then
10 leave the house without attracting the
attention Of the servants, who were at some
distance from the room and could only DO
made 20 hear by means OF a speaking-tube
placed near the individual, which tube she
was 10 take the precaution to place out Of
reach on entering the room. She was to
carry the portfolio TO her lovers residence,
Rue Racine.
Every detail Of the suggestion was car
ried out; but az she was taking the bank
notes from the atlas, the invalid, by a
strong effort, got out OF his bed and seized
the girl. To extricate herself she pushed
him away. He fell heavily TO the floor,
and, as the sequel proved the fall killed
him. BY means Of an envelope which she
dropped at the depot az Versailles on her
return her address was discovered The
next day she was arrested, and when ques-
toned at the Prefecture of Police she adj
mitted having taken the money, which she
said was a restitution, her lover having
thus explained to her the theft Tho phvsi-
clan of the Prefecture and her old family
doctor went with her to the scene of
the crime, the same room, and, when
| hypnotized and questioned whether any
one had told her to do what she did,
/ she at first refused to answer, then
said there was some one. man or wom-
any A man. His namei No answer.
I Finally, after a number of experiments, she
/ gave the name of Jean Mornas, the real
culprit The latter during the trial had
l left Paris; and when the order Of his arrest
/ arrived, he was already beyond the clutches
( of the law, having shot himself a few hours
I before