Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1894-08-17

A HYPNOTIC CRIME.


1t happened in this way. We OF the
Capital Comedy company, having one
summer months vacation, decided to
fill it in with q 'stock season" worked
on the joint stock system at Beaching-
ton. We extended the commonwealth
principle from the stage to the home
and took q furnished house, wherein We
oil resided with more comfort and at
less expense than is possible in seaside
lodgings. We fellows had smoking
billiard room for our amusement, the
girls had boudoir for their gossip, and
the married ladies kindly looked after
the consumable properties and the pro-
prictics, And very good company we
voted ourselves.
My sister We're and her husband, I'D.
mund Hatherlelgh, were in tho crowd,
and their special favorlte was young
Spanish girl, who had taken to the
boards-the Senorita Alclda Velasquez.
She was my especial tavorlte, too, but |
mustn't anticipate.
Being seriously IN love with the TAR
Spaniard-who was DARK oy the by
my jealous eyes noted oil things ahect-
ing her IN any way ana 1t seemed TO
me that my brother,ln'law admired her
Just little too much. tic was most po-
lite and attentive TO hls vito, but every
now and again caught him looking at
Alolda with more admiration 10 ms I'm
Presslve eyes tnan was eood ior MIN or
TOR the object OF II either.
one evening alter inc performance o.
the theater' the LADIES having retired Tor
the nignt' we gentlemen adJourned 70
the smoking room ior weeds ana whisky;
There the deSultory talk somahow veered
round to hypnotism and such phenom-
ena,. whereon most OF u.s. peing ignorant
OF the subject, expatiated with force ana
volubllity.
Hatherlelgh' however, VINO had been
a medico before he became a hummer
spoke about It as one having autnority,
and we we're all astonished. though
was oy no means convinced Dy the ar
guments he advanced and the evidence
no adduced 10 support OF the theory OF
hypnotic suggestion, especially in its re-
lation to crime.
But do you mean TO say, SAID IN
credulously, "that II you suggest a crime
to hypnotized subject he will commit
ltT
"Certalnly, Hathorle'gh replied. -
when in practice, hypnotlzed several
natianta and nv auO0ogtiOn relieved malV
OF them OF diseases which had hitherto
been considered incurable.
$50 you have frequently SAID. l re-
turned. "but for my part doubt II
there IS any such thing as hypnotlsm at
all. You may possibly obtain influence
over weakminded persons and by work
ing on their credulous lmaglnatlons effect
cures OF nervous disorders, but--well, l
should like to see the man who could
hypnotize me !!
would you = Hatherlelgh inquired
with smile that was hall sheer -
"What do you say to allowing ms to
make an experiment .
"Oh, I'm game, 1t you are willing !"
| retorted rather warmly.
Very well" said my relative coolly.
when shall We begin I"
Now" | answered boldly.
Thanks" said Hatherleigh, with
another sarcastic smile. Nov, gen.
tlemen"-turning to the others--"may
| ask you to leave us alone for few
minutes r
For answer the fellows went solemnly
out of tho room, adjuring me to bear
up and promising me really handsome
funeral should the experiment prove
fatal, AS for me, | now felt pretty