Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-09
HE WAS HIPNOTIZED.
Frank Steiner's Appearance Mt the Police
Station.

Station.
young man was seen running up
South Spring street yesterday morning
at IL O'Clock as if he was possessed. !"
He was in high state Of nervous ex-
element, and on reaching Second street
made a dash for the central police sta
ton, bounded through the door, clutch
ing knife in his hand and said to
Clerk Moffatt: 81 am Jack the Ripper,
and 1 killed eight women in White
chapel, London" The young man,
Frank Steiner, was trembling from ap-
parent fear and horror. The officers
took his knife from him and DR.. Alter,
president of the Los Angeles Scientific
association, succeeded in quieting the
young man, and took him to where he
was employed. DR.. Alter called upon
the young man Steiner before the hour
OF IL O'Clock for the purpose of making
scientific investigation of the hypnotic
influence which Professor Tyndall, on
the. previous evening, said would take
possession of the young man at that
hour. DR.. Alter examined the young
mans pulse; it was then at 70; he re-
quested the young man, Frank, to bathe
his face and take some exercise in or
der to throw off the influences that Pro-
fessor Tyndall desired to come upon
him at that hour. Frank did SO, and
his brother suggested street car ride,
SO as to get as far as possible from the
scenes of the preceding night and, as he
thought, beyond the Influence of the
SPELL" Frank thought this was good
idea he got into car with his brother,
and, on reoching Eighth street, it being
just II O'Clock, Frank Steiner jumped
off the car without asking the conductor
to stop, and ran up South Spring street
as madman, and thence to the police
station. His brother attempted to over
take him, but arrived only few min
utes after Frank had confessed that he
was Jack the Ripper" and had killed
eight women. DR.. Alter, who was at the
station, again examined Franks pulse
and found that it had increased to 100
a very high state of nervous excitement.
Frank was taken home by his brother,
and in few hours had overcome his
nervous condition. He is young man
aged about IS years. and is we'll known
in Los Angeles. He is employed on
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school. 1t will be recollected that on
Wednesday evening at 9:l5 o'clock,
while under hypnotic state, he rushed
into the hall and upon the stage while
Prof. Tyndall was perfrrming a test.
The condition or influence came upon
him while he was reading from geogra-
ply that the "earth has two motions.
it spins on its axis, and it revolves
around the sum-" He sent his books
spinning from his desk, ran down stairs
and into Turnverein hail. creating as
much ccmmotion in the school room as
he did in the theater.
DR.. Alter closely questioned the young
man yesterday, and thoroughly exam
ined into the matter, and seemed con-
vinced that the subject was completely
hypnotized.
Some of the young mans acquain-
tances seemed to think that the test was
too severe, and were little surpsised
that it was so realistic. Said one of
them to HERALD reporter: Frank
went upon the stage merely to see if it
was 'fake'"
"Was it deception ?" asked the re-
porter.
"No!" said the man, who thus tacitly
admitted that the joke did not come in
where it had been expected.
The young mans brother was more
reasonable, and in order that the hyp-
motto state may wear away or gradually
pass off, prevented his brother Frank
from attending Professor Tyndall'e en-
tertainment last evening.