The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-04
1HE Won sAloMoN TRAGEDY.

Reo%n.ng Statements Made by the UnfoE-
tunats Girrs Father Prior 10 Her Death.
The keenest interest continues to be
manifested throughout Europe in the
strange fate of Eta Won Solomon, who
died in q hypnotic or clairvOyant trance
near Vienna three weeks ago. Franz
Neukomm, who conducted the expert
ments which ended so tragically, is =
well known engineer Of Werschetz,
Hungary. His special calling is boring
artesian wells, and he has won the
gratitude of the population Of many
districts in which, before his time,
there was not drop of pure water to be
had He has never failed TO fiud water.
Herr Won Salomon, the father Of the
dead girl, is one of the great landed
proprietors of Hungary A few months
ago Herr Won Solomon wrote an account
of some of Neukomm' experiments
with his daughter and others. He said
in that article:
Having plunged them into hyp-
motto sleep, he caused them to forget
their mother tongue At his command
they were unable to count more than
three or raise up a 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 con-
Quoted themselves after the manner Of
children Of the ages suggested Neu-
komm dressed a cold hairpin ON my
daughters left hand and produced q
Te - ~ f,,k
hypnotic experiments were productive
Of the best effects on the health Of the
ladies.
"The most exciting episode Of all
was the following: My daughter, while
in a hypnotic trance, suddenly uttered
a cry and then began TO speak as fol-
lows: 1t is now a quarter to O'Clock.
A thief has slipped into our dining
room. He lAlS Just placed himself before
the chest in which the silver is kept so
that he cannot be seen through the win
dow. He is putting things in his pocket
the sugar bowl, with the flower on
the lid; the coffeepot, the saltcellar
he is gone einto the drawing 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 the pause he made
before leaving tie house in order to ex-
anime the stolen objects. How he hid
himself in the garden, returned and
then buried the silver vessels In the
/ garden.
The entire company was greatly ex
cited ON hearing this narrative. We
were not then in the castle, but at Man
,lOk, and without delay we set out along
with Neukomm for the castle at Tuszir
The articles enumerated by my daugh
! ter were gone, and we found them in
| The place she described.
| ION a subsequent occasion we vert
desirous of learning the name Of the
thief, but my daughter replied that
! nothing must be done to render the man
miserable. We promised not to lodge
any intormatione against him, but &C
/ our assurances she made reply that the
soul trusts not human promises, but
| does what it deems right We who wit
/ messed all these things are under great
| obligations to Herr Neukomm. He
caused pure sources Of water 10 spring
up where formerly there was none tc
| drink; but, more than that, he has
shown us that the divine spark exists
4 within US, of the Immortality Of which
I we are all convinced today"
Herr Won Solomon has made no state
ment since the death Of his daughter. -
Vienna Letter.