The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-09-12

SdSgeu MIN ana tOiuSulm 10 leave the
country, burned two lsege barns belong
ing to James L. Kent, yest midnight, to-
gether with their contsnts and over 100
tons of hay. .
There is little doubt that some of the
parties concerned in the, previous outrage
took hand in this, as Ssheunert has been
stopping with Kent sinIa the affair hap
pened. Great indignatisai is felt here over
the matter. and should ajAy of the rascals
be found out iynching zee would be held
in short order. The lossCo Kent is s., 900
or s., 600. n
MICHAEL t. WARDS YPNoTIC EYE.
He Fixed it on Confi.iin6 Mrs. Scott and
Bunkoed Her OuteSf 3s, 900.
TACOMA, Sept. 1L-TSrEcial. Mrs. Ag-
nes Scott, wealthy gr.S-haired woman
residing at 1885 G street, = this city. tells
very sensational stota regarding the
hypnotic influence of Eichael T. Ward.
whose divorced wife andSsix children re-
side at l5l5 street. Mrse Scott not only
shows up Ward In the llgs>t OF q man pos
sessing hypnotic iniuenc . but also in the
more serious light of an ehprincipled fcl-
low, who made dishon1rable use of his
subtle metaphysical poAers to swindle
and arouse the affections4s the fair sex.
Indeed, Mrs. Scott's statement shows
that Ward bunkoed her. 4 it were, out of
1892; also that she secur1l possession of
bundle of love letters fra many women
and girls. showing that r1ey were while
under his influence deslerately in love
with him. Several of the writers are Ia
coma young ladies, one be ag salewoman
Il I, e
"Your little one" Others signed May"
Carrie" "Lucy." and ot,,ers more affec-
tionately. Still another, who signs "Mat-
tie," inquiries about Waits progress in
securing divorce from ils wife, and ad-
vances the hope that he u i'll soon secure
it, IN order that the writer md Ward may
meet honorably.
Part of the money which Ward secured
from Mrs. Scott was squan1ered during a
drunken spree at Seattle Snot long ago,
when he cut up in q scanaaious manner
and lost his purse besidesz The PosT-IN-
TELLIGENCER at the time tad of his con-
duct, and how his purse, Containing $7S5,
was found by the wstchman of the Raj
nier hotel in gutter. AIlshis occurred a
few days after he had Secured of Mrs.
Scott 81 800. with which ~ promised to
put 1880 and buy half inzerest in a coal
mine of great value near Slaughter. Mrs.
Scott has to show for heI 81, 500 a deed
to lots and 8. block 3,~Seaside addi-
ton, Seattle. which she Aelieves to be
worth only $75. Besides they are
mortgaged for $50. She a.no receipt for
her money. which she mors gagged some of
her property to raise.
But then Mrs. Scott is Seputed to be
worth $4,000, and seems iS.ot to feel the
loss of her money so muchAas being the
subject of Wards wiles. IHr story of the
manner in which Ward inaratiated him.
self into her good graces. End the acts
and letters of other womeA over whom
she believes he exercised Ainfluence. is
quite alarming. 4
Her first impression of Ns.ard was not
favorable. She did not lsSe him. But
now she recalls that War worked his
fingers curiously, claspinc aSd unclaspine
his hand, and praiding hi" fingers and
then pulling his hands suddenly apart.
Since becoming convinced t: at Ward got
her under hypnotic control =at the time.
she has secured book deasing with the
subject of hypnotism, amt she is now
more than convinced, as o.s looking up
were all favorable for ths exercise of
Wards supposed powers. Tie doors were
closed, the room warm and Sarpeted. and
there was no one in the t.ouse besides
Ward and her. These conditions, she
finds, are all favorable for tiss exevise of
hyponotic control.
Ward saw her first about: six months
ago, so Mrs. Scott infornsed corre-
spondent Of the Posr-ISrELLIGESCER
last evening. He was chen irving
to get q divorce from his wife, but
he said his wife was CatholE,; she could
not secure divorce, while iss could not
find any grounds on which ~ secure legal
separation from her. He saxd thew had
not lived together harmoniogsly for nine
years. Mrs. Scott had rooms to let and
sometimes took in boarders. cWard made
himself very handy, and, az Mrs. Scott
says. he did about everything abou. the
house that would please = Hsoman. He
split and carried in wood. At kindIino
wood, brought shavings to Aht the fire
and hlled the lamps. Beforcc long Mrs.
Scott thought her new boardeS was not so
bad'loosing; b indeed, she ca M 10 think he
Then he wanted her to take his Seaside
addition lots, which he said were good
business lots and worth 81, 800. He wanted
TO give her the deeds 10 the lots. and
showed great confidence IN 1her. Then
they got to taking lunch az coffee to.
ge,her, and Ward told of his Lain ont in
the woods near Slaughter with a fine fonr.
foot coal vein on II. He said his father
was Pennsylvania coal expert. and that
he could secure half interest in the
coal claim in the woods for s., 500. which
he would put up. provided she would fur
nish 81 800. All this time sha had been
boarding and lodging Ward, and he never
paid her a cent. lie wanted Eer 10 keen
the coal proposition a secres, and when
she went TO her lawyer TO draw IN the
mortgage papers on which she raised the
cash, he asked her what she Was going 70
do with so much money. She said il was
for her son at Seattle. Ward was To ro n
Slaughter and secure a half interest in the
coal mine. but instead he went to Seattle
lndui ged in great spree, and xord came
back here that he had been riding on ton
OF bus and painting the town sermillion.
tie put up at the Rainier hotel. and this
was the time he lost his purse in the put.
ter.
About the time he brought thinp. tn a
climax with Mrs. Scott and secured her
si,oo he received divorce from his wife
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