Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-20
MAGNETIC SUGGESTION.
Am Interesting Resume of One of Jules
 Claretie's Latest Romances.

Am Interesting Resume of One of Jules 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, summarizes writer in the Popular Science Ne,ns Living III the Latin Quarter for years, he has acquired taste for the Tie dc Boheme, which is such an attraction for the students of all nations. He forms the &C., quaintance of young o,tprferc, with whom he becomes deeply enamored; his love for the young girl, strange to say, when we con- sider the impure atmosphere in which he lives, is perfectly pure and his intentions honest. But how marry her in his poverty? 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 experimented on the young girl and found that she responded readily to magnetic sug- gestion Ga suggestion nad0netiQ,te) which she retained until the next day, following out in all it's most minute details the order he had given her, remaining ill that peculiar semi-conscious state until what she must do Zee QtI' Il tdltdu fofrs, as she afterwards ex- pressed it) was accomplished. Jean Mornas artfully avails himself of this knowledge to serve selfish purpose.
 An old paralytlc for whom he was per forming some clerical work lived st 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 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 he might obtain 8 portion of this, to him, great wealth, and with which he could be able to marry his sancse, and be raised from pov- erty to af1uence. 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 a certain train, to such & number on & certain street, with 8 note from him for the master of the house, the old paralytic :; to give the latter the note, and while he was reading 1t to open the bookcase at cer- tain place, take from it an atlas and ab- stract as many bank notes as possible, which she was to put in portfolio, the 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
 
 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 lover's residence, Rue Racrne.
 Every detail of the suggestion was car ried out; but as 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 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 mitted having taken the money, which she said was a restitution, her lover having thus explained to her the theft. The physi cisn of the Prefecture and her old family doctor went with her to the scene o1 the crime, the same room, and, wher hypnotized and questioned whether any one had told her to do what she did she at first refused to answer, ther said there was some one. 4 man or wom an? A man. His name3 No answer Finally, after number of experiments, she gave the name of Jean Mornas, the req culprit The latter during the trial hac left Paris; and when the order of his arres arrived, he was already beyond the clutches of tho law, having shot himself few hours i hnfore