The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-07
HYPNOTIC WONDERS
Performed by Medium Who Finally
Died Under the Influenza.

From Gable Letter in the New York Sun
The keenest interest continues TO be
manifested throughout Europe in the
strange fate of Eta yon salomon, who
died in hypnotic or clairvoyant trance
near Vienna last week Franz Mem
komm, who conducted the experinnents
which ended so tragically, is a we'll
known engineer of Wersohetzy Hungary
His special calling is boring artesian
wells and he won the gratitude of the pop-
ulatlon OF many districts in which, before
his time, there was not drop of pure
water to be had. He has never failed to
find water
Herr Won Solomon, the father of the
dead girl, is one of the great landed pro-
prietors of Hungary. A few months ago
Herr Won Solomon wrote an account of
some of Neukomm's s. experiments with
his daughter and others. He said In
that article: .-t
Having plunged them into hypnotic
sheep ne caused them to forget their
mother tongue. At his command thew
were unable to count more than three
or raise up teaspoon from the table
He put them back into the fifth year of
their lives, from the fifth to the eighth
year, the twelfth year, and SO on. He
spelled, wrote and read with them as
with children, and they conducted them
ages suggested Neukomrn pressed a
cold nairpin on my daughters left hand
and produced a large burn Ttsts re-
markable that these hypnotic expert
ments were productive Of the best effects
on the health of the ladiesis,4 ss
Later Neukomm passed into another
sphere of hypnosis and offered proofs of,
intellectual and other gifts of the hui
man soul. How, for instance II could he
separated from the body for any length
of time he desired. The whereabouts Of
many lost articles were correctly tndf-
Gated. For instance, the Countess Elsa
Forgach, who was present at one of the
experiments had lost a clasp a short time
before. My daughter passed her hand
over her forehead and then spoke as fol-
lows:
Let Elsa go and look for It. win
send my soul to accompany her. The
clasp became undone in the neighborhood
of the gates Of the castle. 1t fell and
caught in a fold of her dress When she
assembled the steps 1t fell to the ground
and is still lying in corner of the stair
CASE
Countess Forgach looked. according TO
the instructions, and found II in the spot
described.
THE most exciting episode Of all was
the following: My daughter, while in a
hypnotis trance, suddenly uttered a cry
and then began to speak as follows. IL
is now a quarter to s o'clock. A thief
has slipped into our dining room. Ho has
just placed himself before the Ghost IN
which the silver is kept so that he oannot
be seen through the window. He Is mt
ting things in his pocket the sugar howl
with the flower on the lid, the coffee pot
the salt collar. He Is gone into the draw
ing room. Now he is in my room. He
hears a noise. He is creeping under the
table. Now he is under the sofa Then
she described his flight. She told Of tho
pause ne made before leaving the house
in order to examine the stolen objects
How he hid himself In the garden ro
turned and then buried the silver yes
sells in the garden.
The entire company was greatly ex-
cited on hearing this narrative we
were not then In the castle, but a., Man
dok and without delay we Sc. out along
with Neukomm for the castle al Tuszir
The articles enumerated by my daughter
were gone and we found them IN INC
place she described
ION subsequent occasion we were do
sirous Of learning the name OF the thief
but my daughter replied that nothine
must be done TO render the man mieera
Bile. We promised not to lodge an m
formation against him, but TO our ass,ir-
ances she made reply that tho soul trtists
not human promises but docs what a
deems right. We who WITNESSED an
these things are under great obliRations
to Herr NenkOmm. He caused pttre
sources Of water TO spring up where FOR.
mcrly there was none to drink; but more
than that. he has shown us that the an
vine spark exists within us, Of the inn
morality Of which we are ali convinced
to-day"