The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-13

! Wednesday. Woll then, liston carefully;
| The FIRST Wednesday in October you will 60 to
Dr. Lihbault who sent me this .caScl and
you will there seo the President Of the repuo.
Il will GO lie an swored. / lid not speak to
him Of It again Inon waking he rememOrred
tSTYa and gave lin otSeT os lie 's but
never recalled the first 10 hi. memory. on
| Oct, 3 lsiXty-three days alter the suggestion,
| baut: Tho somnambulist, s., came here
! to day at ten minutes Of ono lie greeted VI.
and t EEaH w mSt E tH%ara s fS S side
OF my library without paytng alten-
ton to any one and | saw him bow respect
| !ence," AS he spoke quite low. went near him
immedately J4st then he Isld Hut ms T' Eit
| ] ask ed him to whom he was spcaking MhN
| 10 the President Of the republic lie sad.
| noticed there was no one ncai him: finally
| he turned away. bowed and came toward NJ
| r. few moments alter his departure me
witnesses Of this strange scene nature ~ asN1I
| reply was that lie was no fool but was as rca-
.s1nable az they or |. Another was acting
add that when l saw S. again. soy;
eral days later he assured me that the idea 81
| did not know on the preceding days that he
had to go. and that lie hal no Idea Of the meet
ing which had taken place.
| However singular however tneNplicahle.
may De these suggestive phenomena which
| are realized after II long interval at Il momcnt
assigned in advance. aud which are elaborated
| or thought out by tho mind unknown TO tho
| them. | should have he-itaiod in the nrc. enco
| Of one isolated fact, but ! have reproduced
| them so many times in different somnambu-
| lists that have not the least doubt oi their
| really The Interpretation OF them belongs to
the domain OF psychology" ,.
The gravest branch OF tho subject from So
| ca point oil view IS tho rotation OF hypnoiiSm
and crime which was partially considered by
eay TGS TO- IT, InSl tn o
over good -uhJect when once the hypnotic
condition is invoked nobody wi i'll any knowl-
edge of tho subject can deny. But There arc
strange manifestations of the phenomena
which were not touched upon in the previous
| article. Not only are the pro .ont and to a de-
gree the future acts of II subject who can be
hypnotizel TO- tho pnint of sonInambul!sm
fully controlled by tho operator, but false clI-
denco oil real or Imaginary events may be
readily created. In a word. II hvpnOti2ol per
son may BY suggestion be made to believe that
or II real memory may he suppressed or
supplautcd 10y fictitious. There arc on record
several cases OF absorbing interest in crimiual
lurlsrrudehco winch are eXpia!nabIe IN no
other way
One Of tho most famous cases in all the his
tory OF crime. tho Tisza-E5lar affair few
years ago, introduces this element. \ young
girl, Il years old. who belCnEed to the re-
families lived in this hungarian village. The
rGmor soon spread hat the Jews had killed tho
girl Tor her blood. Il was the eve OF tho Pass
over least; they had mixed her Christian blood
with their unleaveuel bread. corpse was
later found in the Thesis, and was recognized
mother remained incrodulous. and other wit
nesses. chosen by her, refused to recognize the
body. Tho auti-Semitic passion was reused.
Public opinion was reused and thirteen Jews
were arrested. The Judge Il great enemy OF the
STreT reG %sh S Haired had
The sacristan of the synagogue had sou l3
years Old; lio was summoned before the judge.
The child knew nothing OF the murder: but the,
Judge, Wishing BY all means to establish what
he believed or wanted to be- the truth. gave him
into the hands OF the Commissioner OF Pubic
6\lprt confess
sions. The latter took the 10 to his house.
Several Sc hours later the child , had conie -sed.
and had then sc I her to the synagogue The
boy ho'itz heard cry; went out. looked
saw Esther STRETCHED "A tie ground: three
men held hcr. The bu'cher cut her throat and
caught the blood III three basins.
The child was isolated for three months IN
der The care Of guardian who never left him.
When he came before the assembly he persist
ed IN his confessions. ! he sight OF his father
and twelve cO-religiunlsts threatened toy tho
Eallows. the most earnest suppIcqtions to tel
the truth, tears, and curses nothing moved
him. Without hesitnlng lie repeated the silme
things in the same terms he had seen. JUS
tice triumphed in the end and the accused mon
proved innocent. hut how account Tor he
strange testimony OF the child illness: Bern
helm nus con lders it:
Two hypOtheseS are possible. Terror. vio-
lence. threats. nave been able TO force the "
ing disposition. and eyoryono knows how in
children. and even IN adults. prrs-teuce IN Il lie
becomes obstinate op, MON. through the solo
fact of having we'd for weeks with the habit
or TINS lle ADA 10 TINS tue lIaitcry that t0IOWS.
and the promise OF Il rose-colored existence a
reward for perseverance in n forced lie.
This is possible. Yet cannot willingly con
ceiyeo of moral perrersion 50 monstrods. so
rapidly deVeloped. III child, who. up TO that
time, had shown no eTLience o; bad instincts.
That terror should tOrco false testimony
from persons OF weak mnd IL in the nature of
things. tut that n Md in the presence OF a
suffering and imporinS IA ner deaf to all sup
pcations can MAINTAIN MS evidence, knowing
that II Will bring capital punl -hmcnt. that, not
/ IA 81 IL Ia I'm h,a n tai Il
rare example Of mora monstrosity. -.
The following is tne "tner hyp"4esiS. Tho
child Is led before the Judge. Humble, lebhSed
in tho eyes OF the poor among whom he has
Leon brought up, lie tremUle- boIore the per-
sunage representing lUr"o and justice. Alone.
face to lace with The Commi 81 nrr Of Public
Sa ETY. INTO whose hands he has been ueliV-
cred. tie is terrified. The Commissioner per-
siales him cOnvmrlnGly that the Jews are
cured race, who consider IL n piOuS duty 10
sniil Christian no at. that it is tho!r custom to
sprinkle the unlcnycned bread OF tie Passover
with this blood, and thar it l. the first trial
OF the kind. In colureI In gGage full Of Gs~ur-
anrc. he relates III, cir,Umstantial an realistic
details OF anhlo gOus scenes. The Imagination
OF IN" poor nervous child, fascinated ny terror,
is deeply impress ed, He. is All eyes, all ear,
and his reasoning fa"ul ties arc paray2ot by
emotion. The nara or's word makes nu i'm
preston upon his weak mind. and. little ny
becomes an image. rdcr lie lnnuence OF this
vigorous suggestion the hypnotl2ed brain con-
there. Tho child sccs the victim stretched
out held by three people. the SacIiscor
plunging his knife into the throat, tho blood
flowing the chlHi has soen; rctrOa' tive haIlu-
cination has been created, IusL rs II is expert
pIon' ally created in deep sleep, AMI the mem
DRY OF tho fictitious vision Is so vivid that the
child cannot e~rapo it. Sucn dramatic scene,
vigorously sk"tchad BY romancOr, forces IL
self upon the imngi alton with as much vivid
ness rs reality it-eli.
81 do not kn " whether tn $ hypotheSis ia
the true ono Tho simple fact OF The chiIds
rapid conversion due t. the skiul working Of
HIS instructors seems y denote n mind sus-
cpptlble 10 suggestion. Tho psych NJ study OF
this witness by n commission Of PHYSICIANS
thoroughly conv"r-nnt with these facts. would
without dpnrt have enabled them to measure
tho sugg.s'biIity or his brain to prove
whether ho was hypnot liable, AMI perhaps
btlng the truth 10 light
HvpTOnsm Directly Used for IA Criminal
Purpo-e in "a Rrmnr~nTic Case.
One Of the most remarkable cases OF the
direct nse Of hypnotism for criminal PURPOSES
is this from the records OF the French Assizes
Of July 30, lSij:
"On the 3lst OF March. 1865. hc sgar came
to the village Of Guios. lIo was % years old
and lame in both legs. lie askcl Tor hospi-
tally at tho house OF a man named II ----, who