The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-23
FLED FROM A HYpNOTIzER.
Mysterious Disappearance of Miss
MoreIand, "a Chorus Girl.

| MOrelnnd. a ChOrus Strl.
From the New York Sun.
New Haven. Sept. 19.-Miss Beatrice
Moreland, a member of the ballet in Pal
mer Cox's Brownie" company, left the
Park City theater in Bridgeport on Mon
| day evening last about 1920 and has not
! since been seen by any member of the
| company. She took the Midnight train
| from Bridgeport to New York. She cam
not be found in that city, and her where
about is a mystery to her friends and en-
| ployers. The members of the Brownie
company think she is in hiding to es-
cape from the influence of a tall, thin man,
who has followed her since December Of
| last year. He has seemed to exert hyp-
| motto power over her. Miss Moreiand IS
| of medium build and has dark eyes. she
was of bright disposition and was pop
/ ular in the Brownie company, in which
she has been for two years.
! She appeared in the ballet and also sang
/ during the play She was modest and re-
/ fined. Who her tOrmentor is none of the
company knows. He first appeared in
kDecember, 1894, when the company was
playing in Pittsburg. He occupied front
/ seat, and his eyes were riVeted on Miss
/ Moreland. During the Pittsburg engage
| ment he attended the theater at each per-
/ Torrance, and when the engagement was
/ ended he followed the company to the
next stand
AT FIRST this man did not exert any no
| ticeable influence on Miss Moreland, but
/ when at the third stop he appeared the
young woman became nervous, and from
that time she became moody and showed
| dread of appearing. However, she
stuck to her part, and finished the sea
! son with the company in May. Before
! the last performance she was questioned
by another member of the company about
| her mash" he was called. Nothing
| had been said about the matter before,
| and when 1t was mentioned Miss More
land burst into tears. She said that she
Nfnc n l.IFL rElr
| man, and that her health was almost
! ruined by. the strain When the man
hrst appeared she dld not pay much at
tention to him. but gradually she became
! aware that some one was watching her
and in a short time she found the man
was the only object she could keep in
mind TRY as She could her ewes would
seek his, and when they met she lost
| consciousness of everything else. The
| mans look seemed to transfx her She
danced and sang without realizing what
| she did, all the time experiencing a SEN
sation as though her mind We're helpless.
The spell took possession of her grad
ually The moment she emerged from
the wings she began to feel the power
of a stronger mind, ana IN Few mo-
ments she became a machine. When, at
the end of the scene, she retired to the
| wings the spell was broken and she be
came physically weak, hardly able to go
to her dressing room. This performance
was repeated evening after evening.
Not a week passed in which the man
with the hypnotic power did not exert his
| power over the cnOFuS girl ne never Hlfpht
| to her so far as can be learned, but his
| continued attention worried Miss More
land until in May when the season ended
| she was nearly wreck She made up her
| mind never to go on the stage again. A
rest of three months, spent in New York
and at various country resorts, recruited
l she began rehearsas for the season of
1886 in Everett hall, New York.
During the summer MISS Moreland had
not seen her tormentor, but before the re-
\ hearsals had been in progress q week ne
| appeared at the entrance to the hall lie
! stood at the door almost daily and began
| to- watch his victim, occasionally tolloW-
! ing her for. half a block or so.
The company opened at Bridgeport on
Monday night, and the first person seen
in the audience was the hypnotizer. Miss
| Moreland was frightened, and only after
/ long urging could she be induced to go on
the stage. The man EXERCISED ine same am.
! land nearly tainted on the stage ana at
I the close of the second act she LETT the
! theater quietly and went to her Motel she
took her trunk. called cab and board,
| ed the train for New YORK. Efforts to ind
her yesterday by Messrs. Klaw and Err
| LANCER. who manage the company, were
fruitiess. The thin man who caused the
trouble has not been seen since the per
|. Torrance on Monday night.
Miss Edyth Hall, Miss Moreiands clos
est friend in the company, received the
| following letter from her Yesterday,
Dear Edith: YOU will perhaps be sur
prised to hear from me, but feel that II
Is my duty to explain to you. OF all the
company. the reason for my sudden dis
appearance last night. IL - hard mat
ter to explain satisfactorily, for unless
YOU were in my place you would not be
able to understand You know nave
spoken to you many times in regard TO
the strange feeling that OVercOmes me
whenever that man whom you jOkingly
called my mash appeared, while ! was
''Towsrd the end of last season it be-
came unbearable and my health was rap
idly suffering from II. Just what the
cause was / cannot tell The man seem
and try my hardest ! could not shake 1t
|. off. ! had come to the conclusion that If
] managed to get through the tour alive
1 would never set foot on the board again
day nightT would be able to Withstand
his influence, but l was not able 10.
had hardly started to dance before l felt
those eyes piercing through and through
me. | tried hard to keep my eyes away
from where he was but 10 no use.
How / ever got through the dance is
a puzzle to me. ! don't know what de-
cided me to leave. Any way, j went to
the hotel, took what few clothes could
pack in hand box, and started for the
depot. 1t was about twenty minutes af-
ter l, and l barely caught the train l
wanted l am here in New York now
among friends. A constant fear OBJ
presses me that the man will find me
where l am. If he does / cannot stand IT,
There can be but one resource, and |
shall not hesitate to take 1t. With love
to you remain your friend.
The letter was postmarked New York
but gives no clue to the hiding place Of It's
author. The case is regarded by Mana
ger Mayer as remarkable exhibition of
hypnotism. He thinks Miss Moreland
future the thin man. II possible, will be
excluded from the house.