The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-01-02
THE Won sALoMoN TRAGEDY.

R~cAII:ng Statements Made by the UnFOT-
runate Girls Father Prior TO Her Death.
The keenest interest continues to be
manifested throughout Europe in the
strange fate of Eta Won Solomon, who
died in a hypnotic or clairvoyant TRANCE
near Vienna three weeks ago. Franz
NeukOmm, who conducted the expert
ments which ended so tragically, is q
we'll known engineer Of Werschetz,
Hungary. His special calling is boring
artesiam wells, and he has won the
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, tho father of the
dead girl, is one of the great landed
proprietors of Hungary. A few months
ago Herr Won Salomon wrote an account
of some of Neukomm's 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 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 pressed a cold hairpin on my
daughters left hand and produced a
large burn 1t is remarkable that these
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 into the drawing room. Now
he is in my room. lie hears a noise. He
IS creeping under the table Now no is
under the sofa. Then she described his
flight. She told Of the pause he made
before leaving the house in order to ex-
anime the s,olen 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 i'll the castle, but at Man
dok, and without delay we set out along
with NeukomIn 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 were
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 information against him, but tc
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 arc under great
obligations to Herr Neukomm. He
caused pure sources of water to spring
mp where formerly there was none to
drink; but, more than that, he has
shown us that TIE divine spark exists
within US, of the Immortality Of which
we are all convinced today"
Herr Won SalomOn has made no state
ment since the death of his daughter.
Vienna Letter.