The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-08-25
MAGNETIC SUGGESTION.
An Interesting Resume of One of Jules
Claretie's Latest Romances.

An Interesting Resume OF one OF Cules
Claretie's Latest Romances.
Jean Mornas, 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,
summaries writer in the Popular Science
News. Living IN the Latin Quarter tor
years, he has acquired a taste for the we oe
Bohenae, which is such an attraction Tor tne
students of all nations. He forms the az
Quaintance of youn g ouriere, with Whom ne
becomes deeply enamored; his love for the
young girl, strange to say, when we con
slider the impure atmosphere IN Whlcn No
lives, is perfectly pure and his intentions
honest. But how marry her in his povertys
Having decided to break with her, he IN
forms her OF the fact, when, to his SURPRISE
she falls into cataleptic state, Whlsh, 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 sugg ,stion nsa0netiQue), which she
retained until the next day, following out
In all it's most minute details the order he
had given her, remaining in that peculiar
semi-conscious state until what she must do
Zee ql' IL fallnit fare, as she afterwards ex-
pressed it, was accomplished. Jean Mornas
artfullv avails himself Of this Knowledge TO
serve selfish purpose.
An old paralytlc for whom ne was per-
! forming some clerical work lived at Yer
sailles in q retired street with his servants.
One day after his work the old man asked
Jean Mornas to take from his bookcase all
atlas This atlas was filled 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 ne
might obtain portion of this, to him, great
wealth, and with which he could be able to
marry his .1aarcse, and be raised from pow
erty to afduence He decides to 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 number on
certain street, with a note from him tor
the master Of the house, the old paralytlc;
to give the latter the note. and While ne was
reading it to open the bookcase at a GER
tain place, take from it an atlas and ao-
stract as many bank notes as poss1ole',
which she was to put in port1o1o, Inc
latter having been placed in her hand; then
to leave the house without attracting the
attention Of the servants, who were at some
distance from the room and could only be
made to hear by means Of speaking-tube
placed near the individual, which tube she
| was to 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 tbs suggestion was car
ried out; but as she was taking the bank
notes from the atlas, the invalid, by a
strong effort, got ont of his bed and seized
the girl. To extricate herself she pushed
MIN 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 at Versailles on her
return her address was discovered. The
next day she was arrested and when ques-
toned at the Prefecture of Police she ad-
ulitted having taken the money, which she
said was q restitution, her lover having
thus explained to her the theft. The physi-
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. a man or wom-
an? A man. His name? No answer.
Finally, after a number of experiments, she
gave the name of Jean Mornas, the real
culprit. The latter during the trial bad
left Paris; and when the order of his arrest
arrived, he was already beyond the clutches
Of the Law, having shot himself few hours