Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-01
A VICTIM OF HYNOTIsM.

She Brings Her Fancied Trouble to Tai
mage, and Gets Good Advice.
A. few months ago lady called at my
house and desired to see me on important
business, said DR.. Talmage in recent lect-
ure. She appeared refined, intelligent and
pleasing. There was nothing in her appear
ance to indicate anything unusual. She
began by saying that she was from Indian
apolis, Ind, that she had come to secure nv
interference in her behalf She said her
uncle had died in Indianapolis. He had
been slain through spell put upon him by
his wife. The uncle had suffered from a
long and distressing disease. His wife had,
through hypnotic influence, compelled him
to decline the taking of food. A physician
had been called in, and the wife had also
hypnotized him SO that he gave the wrong
kind of medicine or no medicine at all. My
informant said that this baleiul influence
was continued until the invalid went
down under it, and finally expired.
The lady talking with me had COM
planned of the treatment of her
uncle, and had pronounced it case of
murder and, as result, the woman who
had slain her husband had, in a revengeful
spirit, cast the same spell upon her, my in
formant. To escage these influences she had
gone clear out into Oregon, but distance had
no relaxing effect and she could endure this
mallgn pursuit no longer and had come to
Brooklyn to request me to employ attorneys
in her behalf and have her wrongs and those
of her deceased uncle ventilated in the
courts of law. Although the recital of the
incident may to you, who did not confront
the case, seem bordering on the facetious, to
me the conversation was a fearful tragedy.
could see no sign in her face of mental
alteration. There was nothing like an en-
largement of the pupil of the eye that gen.
orally indicates intellectual shipwreck.
After she had done speaking, said:
MADAM. am very sorry for you, but
why do you not try to have your wrongs
rlghted in indianapolis, where there are as
skillfHl lawyers and as good Judges of court
as we have in Brooklyn?
"Oh," she replied, "they say in Indian
apolis that am not responsible, that am
insane. and l could get no justice done me
there, and have come all this distance con-
hdent that you would help ME out from this
awful influence which haunts me day and
night"
said: Madam, l am very clear as to
what is the best thing for you to do. Will
you take my advice if frankly give it?''
She said: 'I think will. I"
Then I said: my advice is for you take
the first train for home. Your uncle is dead.
No amount OF fuss in the courts will restore
him to life. There is only one person that
you have to look after and that is Yourself.
I do not say that the people of indianapolis
are right when they declare you insane.
on
family physician who will give you some
medicine to tone up your nervous system
and quiet your brain. There IS no spell
upon you. You are under dreadful hailu-
cination. If you will accept doctor will
get one, but not lawyer. Go right homep'
With the close of that conversation ended
my acquaintance with the case until the
newspapers informed US a few days ago that
that unfortunate lady had been arrested in
Indianapolis, deadly weapons taken from
her and she sent to the insane asylum.