The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-11-01
4 SINGULAR CASE IN COURT.
The Woes of Pretty LilzIe freleigh-I. 1t a
 Case of Hypnotism.

u Case of Hypnotism.
 There was an odd case in the city court yesterday morning before Judge Cable. Jasper Smith Of New York city and W. II. Reyes of Jersey City were charged with enticing Miss Elizabeth Freleigh of Brooklyn from her home to this city. The men were tried sepa- rately. Ex-Judge Blydenburgh and Attorney wynne were prepared to ar- que demurrers. which they had filed. Tn case of Reyes was dropped, as his connection has been found to be purely accidental. The case against Smith was continued until Saturday. as witnesses will have to be summoned from New York. Brooklyn and Jersey City.
 Reyes is a candidate for the county executive committee on the demo- cratic ticket at the coming election of Brooklyn. Mrs. Treieigh. the mother Of the girl in question. owns much real estate in Brooklyn, and five steamboats. She showed letters at. testing to the standing of the family. Reyes, too, had letters to show from prominent metropolitan municipal officials, exhibiting one from a Brooklyn judge and another from a Brooklyn alderman, testIfying to hls good character. He was Immediately relieved on finding that he was freed from the charge, as he had important political interests at home to look after,>
 The girl and her mother did not make their appearance in the court room. The girl Is a sweet looking maiden, barely sixteen years old, if that. of decidedly sentimental bear ing, with wealth of frizzled blonde locks and lsstrous blue eyes, and an air of complete innocence. Her mother guarded her assiduously in the ante room to the court, but the real facts to the case leaked out.
 She says that for six months past she has been at the beck and call of Smith, whom she met at the opera house in Jersey City. She thought a world of him from the outset of her acquaintance and as she put it yester- day morning, there was nothing that he asked me to do for him that could resist doing." To Mr. Matthewman she conflded that when Smith asked her to take her mothers silverware and pawn 1t she did so Again, when he wanted more money at his sugges- tion she spirited away quantity of valuable property, including her moth- CTS diamonds, and pawned them, giv- ing Jasper" the proceeds. Once, not long ago, she said Jasper wanted her to go into a young mans room in a hotel and take his. gold watch that he might pawn it. She did not do it, she said, as even Jasper's hypnotism could not make herr become a thief. On another occasion Lizzie says that Jas per made out a check for $2O and told her to sign her mothers name to it. After he had done this he tore up the check and did not attempt to use 1t. Many other peculiar things Smith led her to do, so she says, and she did them because she could not refuse him. Coming to the time she came here to meet Smith Lizzie told of receiving the letter from him written from this city.
 In the letter he said there were many pretty girls here and he thought he would marry "a little .black-eyed maiden" Later in the letter when he asked her to come, here and bring $20O, she resolved to do his bidding at all hazards rather than have him marry the black-eyed girl. Before she left home she took a diamond that belonged to her dead father, a keepsake her mother prized highly on account of his associations. This she gave to Jasper when she got here and he pawned 1t. Of her stay here she said little to MT. Matthewman. Tuesday she left Bridgeport and went to Jersey City, where she was found by her mother.
 In relating the story Lizzie hesitated only few times then she would con- slider a moment whether she was im- plicating Smith-but almost invariably in the end she told of his influence over her without reserve.
 The charge against Smith IS likely to be changed to include the strong- est possible case which can be, pre- sented. A friend of the girls, to whom she had confded the story, yesterday morning tsaidi Smith is one of the worst rascals on the face of the earth, and he should suffer the extreme penalty"
 Smith was taken back to jail and Mrs Freleigh and her daughter will remain in the city till after the case is settled. It is thought that the charge against Smith will be changed to seduction as well as enticement.