The evening world., 1893-10-19
WAS THE BRIDE HYPNOT|zEO? ?
Extraordinary Story Of q Young
Bride from Scotland.
says Sho Was in the subtle Power
OF " Hospital Surgeon.

Assistant COMMISSIONS OF Immigra.
ton edward L. insolvency, is investi'
gazing the strange case OF n queerly
matched pair OF immigrants. in which
the husband disappeared in the third
week Of the honeymoon.
Minnie Johnson and Henry Lawrence
were married By special license In Glas-
gov. Scotland. just three weeks ago.
They arrived here on the Britannia last
Friday. On Saturday Henry disap-
peared. No trace OF him can be found
by the detective sent to hunt for him,
Minnie is a buxom. ~rosy-cheeked. blue
eyed lass. She was a private nurse
In n hospital in Glasgow.
Henry is the son of the late DR.. Law
renee, one of the ~best-known physicians
In Glasgow. He was the visiting sur
geon to the hospital where Minnie was
employed. He had n large practice
among the best people of the city. He
was quite wealthy. He has a brother
who is an officer in the Royal Scots
Guards.
Henry was the cause OF much anxiety
to his family. Ten years ago on the adj.
vice Of his father, he came to this
toultTy Hflu nNtu III tlihlelDllld. lItTt
was some secret the family tried to con.
ceal in connection with HIS life.
He made freuent visits to his Scottish
home. A month ago he went over tc
Minnie met for the first time. She says
he exerted some magnetic influence over
her. She now believes that he ~hypnotized
her. She felt that she must obey his
slightest desire without having the faint
est power of resistance.
Within three days she had promised
to marry him.
After the engagement was made his
mother sent for her and strongly adj
vised her not to marry Henry. The
chief surgeon In the hospital also tried
to persuade her to break off the en-
suitable husband for her. She wished
10. act according to this counsel, but she
felt some subtle influence steal over her
to destroy her will.
The marriage took place. and n strange
marriage II was. Henry did not kiss his
bride, and showed no symptoms Of joy.
ne bride stayed that night at his moth
ers h ,hs hrI but her husband I'D did do not 60
Henry's cousin sympathized with Min.
ME. and told her she had made mn evil
marriage and would bitterly regret it.,
for this country. They occupied differ.
ent sleeping apartments, but he always
treated her with courtesy and close at
''''iDi hN StHi lClt Il SVtItl Do"tt
over her, and did not question my OF his
acts.
When they arrived here he took her tc
the Atlantic House. IL Greenwich street
and engaged a room for a week. Friday
night she. felt tired and retired at !
o'clock. He came INTO the room an houl
later. and she suggested that 1t was
time to retire. He said he would later
At midnight he came back again and
threw himself on another bed In the
chamber and went to sleep.
Saturday he said he would get the
baggage ready for a visit to Syracuse,
and went out. She gave him az in
English money to be changed into
American. He did not come back. and
II was found that all his baggage and
hers. too. was zone. She says he had
plenty OF money, and had no occasion
to tax hers.
The whole thing Is a mystery to her,
and she does not know why he married
her. She has a sister, a Mrs. Barr,
living, at Sterling. Conn. and she in.
tends to go to her while waiting for
more money from Glasgow. Detectives
are looking for Henry.