Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-19
AN HYPNOTIC |! KING
The Rich Tribute Levied by a
Young Mexican With a
Glance Of His Eye.
HIS MYSTERIOUS POWER
EIerted Itself Against His Will on
All Who Met Him, and
THEY GIVE UP THEIR POSSESSIONS.
Bouquet From Lady Almost the Cause
of His Death.
HIS MYSTERIOUS POWER
THEY GIVE UP THEIR POSSESSIONS.
A Bouquet From a Lady Almost the Cause
of His Death.
SAVED FROM DEATH BY A CONFESSION
rsrrcrAb TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPArcH.I


M1ER, MEXICO, April 1S.-This. place
has for the last few days been in a state Of
wild excitement over the doings of a young
Spauish-American, Francisco Perez by
name Mier is : town of about 800 in
habitants, and is on the Rio Grande river,
about $50 miles from its mouth. Abont ten
davs ago Perez arrived in Mier and stopped
at the hotel Nothing unusual was noticed
about him until the dinner hour the day
after his arrival, and then it was not Perez
that attracted attention, but the queer antics
of the waiter who served him.
Without Perez saving a word the waiter,
after placing his dinner on the table, crossed
the dining hall to a table where gentleman
was dining and brought TO the table of Perez
two bottles of wine with the glasses. This
would not have looked strange had not the
wine been a special order by the gentleman
from whom it was taken. The gentleman
demanded to know why the wine was re-
moved. The waiter said Perez had ordered
him to do so. This Perez, with great agita-
ton, denied. The wine was returned.
DespoiIed of His Roast
In a few moments the same waiter re-
moved a roast from in front of the same
gentleman and placed il in front of Perez.
A general laugh was the result, but the gen.
tleman who had been despoiled became
furious declaring that Perez had insulted
him, and that the waiter was drunk. He
kicked the waiter out of the room, he all the
time protesting that he had only obeyed the
order OF Perez.
Perez, with face as white as chalk,
said that he had given no order, had done
. laff . Nba
room A short while afterward the gentle
man who had become angry in the dining
room approached Perez and said that he
was satisfied that the waiter was drunk or
crazy, and apologized for what he had said.
While speaking he had taken out his
watch, a fine one, and after hesitating mo-
ment, as II to surprise the crowd who had
gathered, expecting to see shooting scrape,
he loosened the chain from his vest and
handed the watch to Perez, insisting that he
accept it as present. 1t was accepted.
Drinks Free of Cost,
Perez next visited bar about a block
from the hotel, being accompanied by two
persons who had seen the watch given to
him. Perez ordered wine. When he went
10 paw for it the barkeeper said it had been
paid for. Both Perez's companions insisted
that it had not been paid Tor, but the bar
keeper insisted that it had and refused to
accept cent
While standing at the bar both gentlemen
noticed that the barkeeper had been watch
ing Perez inteDtlv. Turning from them, he
took from a shelf handsome silver-mounted
revolver, and after exhibiting it, handed it
to Perez, begging him TO keep it. But this
was nothing to the wonder excited, when,
later in the evening, packages OF various
sizes began to arrive at the hotel, all OF them
addressed to Perez, with the names of the
donors and their compliments. All might
still have gone we'll with Don Perez. had
not a magnificent bouquet arrived, with
lady's name attached.
Trouble Over the Bouquet
There happened to be standing near,
friend OF the lady, who had sent the flowers.
His hot Southern blood was fired at once.
He called on her, and she said that she was
standing near the window with the flowers
in her hand; that Perez passed, looked up
at her and asked her to send the flowers, and
she had done so; why, she did not know,
and she wound up the story by bursting
into tears. The friend returned to the hotel
and impaired the result of his visit.
The Mexicans, always to a certain extent
superstItiOus, had an excited consultation;
decided that Perez was either a witch or a
devil and that in either case he must be
gotten rid of at once, Someone suggested
that they tie stone to his neck and pitch
him into the river, water would drown
the devil anG the stone would sink witch.
The proposition was Instantly accepted, and
would have been at once carried out had it
not been for the presence of few cool heads
IN the crowd.
Perez Protests His Innocence.
They said that Perez should at least have
q chance TO explain himself, and that if he
could not give satisfactory reasons for his
action they would drown him. A commit
tee of ten was appointed to interview him.
Perez was found sitting in the hoIel parlor
quietly reading. When informed of the
committees call he became so agitated that
he could not speak and seemed about to
faint.
He finally, in hurried, trembling voice,
protested that he had done nothing, and that
every article given him had been volun-
tarily presented, which he proved by two
who had called in and who had made him
presents. AS to the lady, he said he had
never spoken to her and did not know her
name. He had seen her standing at the
window with the flowers; had without
speaking admired them, and she had sent
them to him.
Further on he said: "As can prove, l
was bora q years ago, three leagues from
Durango, on nv fathers ranch. He sent
me to school at Durango until 1 was II
years old, when, as l was intended for a
priest, / was sent, in charge of priest, to
Rome. attended several leading colleges,
and pursued nv studies until about three
weeks ago, when ] was returned TO Mexico.
His Strange Power Revealed.
Il was never made priest. While in
college years ago, four room-mates began the
study Of mesmerism, or hypnotism. Our
aim was to so perfect ourselves in the ;frt
or science that we could by a glance of the
eye or wave of the hand compel any per-
son within range of vision to do any act we
wllled. / soon became so proficient tnat
with glance OF nv eve or a wave OF my
hand l could control almost anyone.
At hrst the sense of power was delight
full, but gradually found that if looked
at an article l wished and admired, the
owner of II would present it to me. tried
every means on earth to control my power.
My classmates-none of them possessed my
power-were as ubmissive to me as spanIels.
] left Rome and came here
This is nv story, and it is true one.
do not need the presents. l have money,
hut have tried to conceal my awful power
hv accepting them. Take them back, for
Gods sake.
TDornz has beeu allowed to oo