Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1889-10-12
MONEY m HypNoTlsM.


Hawa Yaaag Kagltshman Made the Doe ate
scsence Pay.
A Young man Is now In custody In
an English town detained till tho
authorities can find what TO charge
him with. He Is In the happy position
of having committed an offense which
as yet has no nnme, and 1t IL therefore
difficult 10 see how he can be indicted.
This individual after q study of mes
merlsn. mind reading, hypnotism. and
similar phenomena for his amusement.
being exceedingly hard up. began 70
utilize them. This was his method:
lie dropped into store. bought some
petty article. aud paid for II with q
copper. Then the shopkeeper yielding
tn au uncomfortable impulse. handed
over the change for u five dollar BILL
When The day was at nn end and he
came 10 count up his cash he dis
covered shortage that he WINS unable
t. explain. He had M recollection oi
the mysterious stranger and his deal
ing- with him. Thus the hypnotizer
went 10 the box-otiiee OF theaser.
asked for twenty-five cent ticket.
handed "A scrap torn from n newspaper.
rnd got back In change about twenty
dollars. Later In the day there was
an uproar in the box-ofiice, and an
innocent hoy would have become thu
victim OF natural suspicion II the
police had not by that time gotten
on the trail OF the operator.
The tradesmen OF this particular
. town. being perpiexed by their con-
stsInt shortages, and thinking they
must be the victims OF adroit till-tap-
pers. called In ths help OF the police.
did some watching aud discovered
that when this particular young man
/ made u purchase he always got too
/ much change back. and that the man
whe gave il was oblivious OF the fact
/ that he had acted In such an unbnsi-
! nesslike way. 80 they took In the fell
+ low, looked sp hts record. found that
he was hypnotlzer. and have him now
i On their hands meditating what they
/ shall do with him. II the old laws
against sprcerers aud magicians had
! not been repealed he could easily be
indicted '.for practicing certain dia-
bnlical and wicked arts whereby the
minds Of her Maiesty's subjects are
iistraught and led astray." But tho>e
laws are no more. To try him for get
ting money under false pretenses Will
hardly do. for there were none. He
deceived no one He just took more
change than he should and II asked
for IL would doubtless have refund
ed IL.
Judging from the small amounts col
le.s.ed hs this English hypnotizer he
Is probably y man OF limited powers.
He could moi influence q man TO give
: him more than gro But supposina
the science we're 80 developed that one
!. OF IT. adopts could strike man for
$4,000 or 80. 900. what business could
be more pr.,fitablep heexpert woult
go To bank hand in bit OF dirty pa
per 10 The paying teller. and the lat
ter would give him NIL the cash HI
: hnd. The man would depart sayins
] nothing. The paying teller. having
: no recollection at Hli OF the affair
= would be in a lnost unpleasant prrdir
T ament. The bank officers would sens
for the polio !. and the taller would b.
l removed To the Jail 10 figure as th.
J principal In mysterious c,se Of de
. faIeatlnn or robbery. A still NOR.
! powerful operator could attack III.
president OF the bank. not with pis
. tol but his cultivated will power. ant
0 force him 10 hand over every cent IL
' the bank Then there would be AN
, other bank president with no charac
! ter left.
0 What shall be done 10 protect tn,
financial institutions? Sha'i the teach
ing and learning of hypnotism be for
! biddcn. or cln some way be- discovered
D By which man can be made hypnot
. ism-proof? Can not "A person be vac
cinated for II ~ Tor smallpox? Whel
. that l. done no one need be emplaye,
a as cashier or teller until he has pre-
r scented his certificates. or proved b.
j. examination that he Is himself hyp
! noiiser of the iirst class. and can no
: be thrown into that unconscious stat
p In which he viii give more than tn
Y proper change. In the meantime III
r banks are nj the mercy OF the profess
: ors OF the new art. and /: is hard |
0 see what precautions they can take. :
: Chicago Tribune.