The sun., 1891-05-17
HYPNOTISM AND CRIME.
NOW MEN ARB TORTURED THAT
OTHERS MAY BB HOODWINKED.

| SubJects OF Hypnotse Exhibitions Tel
About TheIr suRsrings-They Are Cut
Pricked. Torn. and Friied with All sort'
or Thirgs-A Gii~p-e BEHIND tho Scenes
or some "Docters" and "Professors.
A big oil-cloth banner swung nearly all last
| week IRON the first floor OF Conservatory Hall
! at Bedford and Fulton avenues. Brooklyn. On
| it was printed In rod. white. and blue letters
six inches long. tho announcement that
Prof. George Sterling Wines would deliver a
course OF lectures there on hvpnotism and
kindredisms, beginning on Tuesday. May IL.
On Tuesday afternoon. a few hours before
the startling effects" wero to be attempted In
public, Prof. George Sterling Wines called at the
ofllce OF THE Sun In atate OF mind He said he
had lot OF cut-throat subjects who were calf
ing at various newspaper Offices in the city to
denounce him as q fraud and themsel as
fakirs. "These men," he said. "are true
hypnotic subjects. When they are under my
influence I can do with them as I will, but
when they are away from mo they would rs
soon cut my throat a. look at mo. and they 60
around lying for the purpose OF foolng the
public and making money They arc ubprin-
cipled scoundres. Hero have q note from
the man who gets subjects for me. He saws
that II don't send him money right away l
will not get any subjects tonight. You see
what have to contend with. I might be left
at the exhibition tonight without q single
subject II didn't como down with the cash.
What arc you going to do about 1t anyway
Do you want to prove that hypnotism Is .
great and noble art or that II is fraudT
Proof In either direction would be accept
ablc." said the reporter who talked with him.
Well, now. you come over to my exhibition
tonight" said the Professor. "I'll prove to
hat has fail hv,n
ter what they say when they are out Of my In
luence." He left four tickets for tho start
ling effects" aud went away.
There was not q very large crowd In Conserv-
atory Hall on Tuesday evening. Not moro than
two In the whole crowd suspected that they
were being tricked. One OF these was n Sun
reporter. on whose mind Prot. Wines had left
an impression. The Professor Is tall man and
lean and awkward. He has rather fierce black
Dyes. black hair. and . black moustache. He
has a wild manner OF speaking. There was
a small platform at one end Of the
room. and on It were four chairs and
table. Tho Professor came out and
said he feared his subjects had gone back on
him for they hadn't come yet However" he
said. we will go on with the intellectual part
Of the exhibition" He then told what
hypnotsm Is. 1t was eminently proper to
call it hypnotism instead OF mesmerism. be.
cause the latter was not dignifled word. He
said that nine out Of every ten persons were
subjects. Later he said that probably not one
in ten persons could be hynotized. Again. he
said. the best subjects were persons OF great
intelligence. 1t did not make any difference
he said. whether a person had strong mind
or not. The men who said that they couldn't
be hypnotized we're the very men who made
the best subjects. "A week ago." he said.
was in the Office Of strong, healthy man. who
declared to me he could not be hypnotized.
I'm too strong minded he said 1 said to
him. You don't know what you are talking
about: and I looked him straight In the eye.
In moment he was asleep" A few moments
later. in his lecture. the Professor declared
that the consent Of the person to be hypnotized
was absolutely essential These are few OF
the phenomena OF the intellectual part Of the
exhibition.
On the subject Of hynotism and crime. the
Professor said that every person had two
minds. an unconscious mind and conscious
mind. Hypnotizing, he said. was only bring
ing to light the unconscious mind. A man
might be good citizen In fact but a murderer
or o thief at heart Such person could be
made to commit crime under the hypnotic In
fuence: but II he was honest in both minds
hypnotism could not make him steal. While
tho Professor had been talking his subjects
them the reporter bad seen before. and they
him. When + time for the
oss IN tie f
sponded. Gn ed ri Then ' he said: make no Sc Secret
+ dislike their part Of the exhibition because
1t is in Q way prostituting the noble art, but
s sas Of %
subjects as vsgabonds and said he would
prove to the world that he was hypnotist and
roaily nI T hypnotized. Then he called TO Els sub
jects. Four Of them responded. Their names
son. Ssle and SHiJ John Goidsn Two Of them i've In
ths Bowery and two ia kzabeth street. s The
on h Thsy SAT @ the
mandsd T6ss Ess 'Ios 'cosed ber % eyes Se
hads ON .hs ,orshead nn oi each he drew his
thumbs down over ri their eyee and conn comsmanded!
sna he he his BACK
shs and sl9ssa thsm sfPS Ply
fessor. Sa eli Then If The sIartins Effects" BEGAN.
The subiects screwed up their faces in tho
ppS% iaees were con.orted one one Of them opensd bis
ssad tSe hi.
hands. and tho four subjects opened their eyes
"Tsks hold q this cane; the Professor; com
Nothing the matter with that cane. is there2"
asked The rrGiss;or TThs man SAID q r. was
can to rub his arm hriskly. In a moment the
Subjects face IeeHn TO twitch ard then apPar-
Professor continued to rub his arm. The sub
ject wlnked at the rerol terand began to Jump
in and down and kick. and cried out in appar-
snt anguish: "Oh. Mister nleass LET 60"
in an instant the subject stopped his contor-
ton. lot the cane go. and began to rub his
Whats the matter ?" asked he Professor.
"It's hot" said the subject winEing at the re-
'"Why no It isn't" said the Professor. holding
the cane out to another OF the mon. who took
held Of ]. sHd declared 4 was no! no. fi at all;
then he began rubbing his arm again. The
second subject went through the cont0rtion OF
had tho same e1perience. and winkeed at the 70.
"Whsn clap my hnnds;"' said the Professor.
you Will zee Niagara Falls. Blo1din Will be
walking across 1t on a tight rope. He will have
on his back stack Of tafni,qrs and on tHP S Of
he capped his hands. and tho four subiects