St. Paul daily globe., 1895-01-29
HYPNOTIC FACTS.
QUEER ANTICS OFF PERSONS
TTNDEES TIE INFLUENCE.
One Subject Dies in Vienna While
Under Hypnotic EX~
pertinent.


The tests of hyDHotism which band
of metaphysIciaus recently made in
London have given fresh impetus TO this
cult. says the New York Advertiser. 1t
has been said that i'll the approaching
trial of Mrs. Meyer her lawyers Will ad-
vance The plea that Dr.. Meyer, con-
vcted OF poisoning Brandt, swaYed his
wife by hypnotic influence. 1t was
only the other day that a Mrs. Beatrice
Landeman. of minneapolis, in eXcuSlng
herself for rObbIng a man in hotel.
testified that her husband, hypnotic,
had influenced her to commit the crime.
ONLY a fortnight ago Europe was
startled by the news that young
woman of a prominent family III
Vienna had died in trance produced
by Herr Ncuoknm, hypnotic. He put
her iuto trance in the presence OF
large audience. III about tw elve min
utes she became greatly excited. She
described the nature of an ailment she
had. diagnosing itand using terms which
might have been expected only from an
experienced scientist. Suddenly she
fell back. uttering a piercing shrek.
She became sen3eIeSS and died eight
minutes later.
IN Amsterdam. Holland, the city CfTi-
ciais who were trying 10 unrayel the
mystery surrounding the disappearance
OF Mrs. De JUnE decided to have De
JOng. the w0man's husband, placed IN
der hypnotic influence III the hope OF
obtaining information from him While
IN that state that would clear up the
mystery. The newspapers pointed out
that even should De JOug confess that
he killed his wife. rs was strongly sus-
pected. he could not be convicted upon
a confession obtained in this manner
Nevertheless he was hypnOtiZed by Dr.
Rpntprghem. of Amsterdam, and DR..
De .JOng, of Tie Hague. The latter was
not q KinSman of he prisoner. While
in trance he described the way he had
killed two wives. His narrative was
cucumstanIial. The body Of one was
found where he said lie buried it, out
the other corpse was never discovered.
Sill il was ROJ until the same facts
were revealed from another source that
the authorities were able to convict him
OF murder.
Crazed by EEypnotism.
Crazed by hypnotism. Michael Curtis
took his life in NeW York city some
weeks ago.
Curtis lived with his family at 442
West t'ifty-ffth street, and hanged
himself in the WOOdshed in the rear. In
ms pockets were found several papers.
one of these. headed "HYpnOtlsm and
Mesmerism," " said: II being 4 sufferer
from hypn0tsm, fortune takes this
method OF getting rid OF it Another
document. dated in July, said:
III / am found insane Eve been hyp-
Noticed by a man named Thompson. l
was hvpGotized at Fourteenth street
and Fourth avenue or Fifty-thiTd
street and Tenth avenue"
Some extraordinary exhibitions OF
hypnotic power were given at the
Charlie hospital in Paris by Dr.. LuY5
recently. Two women and three men
we're the subjects" After briefly Out-
lining his plans and the theories he pro-
posed to explain. The professor seated
one OF the women III an easy chair. lie
held before her gingerbread figure of
q woman. and. With few mystic SlgHS
and phrases. transferred. as he said,
the living SensiDnity OF the woman IN
the chair TO The gingerbread. Then
with great dei6tratiOn he diSmembered
the cake. breaking of one hand after
the other. and abbrevatIng the arms,
mutllating the legs and finally taking q
bite out OF the head.
At every fresh assault upon the gin
gerbread the subject Shrieked and
clutched at her own limbs. As the gin
geTbreaQ woman became smaller and
smaller the sAriekIng became weaker
2ud weaker, until her final burst of
agony was little more than an iHclplent
shudder
OF course the professor was not in
sDired by biUOdthirsly instincts. and he
spared the female - exert the same III.
tIuence upon her later for the mYstilica-
tiou OF other inQuirers into scientific
wonders. He restored her strength
with a few words of gibberish. and as
she arose from her scar, dazed ana eyI-
IDENTIFY suffering from tDe indislinct re-
mem5rance OF some indefinite torture,
the professor invited one Of the Inen 10
take the chair.
yshlttIlc Camera Tells.
A camera WAS wheeled from 4 corner
and pointed at man, who, meanwhile,
had been suitably pOsedby an assistant,
who now stood near by ready to strike
a fiaSh-iigit when he was directed to DO
so. The professor showed himself
capable photographer as well as skill
1ul scientist. and after triiing with the
focus and otherwise pruiUnging The
entertainment he gave the word that
produced the Hasl light. and the Bega-
tive was made. It rgQuiled but few
moments to develop the likeness. and
then was seen 4 fairly good reproduce
tiOn Of the sltteT'S features. The sitter
recognized the picture and conceded
that il locked like lim.
TIE professor mace few passes with
his hands above lhe head aud. on Tie
forehead OF The man III The chair. \
thing rs suulitss as corporation sat in
the chair. and another. as full Of soul as
a bride. was or the NEGATIVE. Standing
with his back to the subject the pro
fessOv. with great dcliOeration, drew a
piuDO!nt across tic face OF the negative.
lining beth cheeks. At the same in
siaut the man uttered an exclamation
OF pain raised his naCd and passed it
across his face. Bat, most wonderful
Of all. red mark appeared for a mo-
mpnt on the checks OF the man, follow
ing exactly the course taken by the
ujn. IL turn thU sharp instrument
was p3SseL over the skin OF the fore
head, the lips, lhe ears, and III each in
stance the accompanying. shrinking and
pain OF lie subject were noticeable, as
was likewise The red mark. Pricking
the negative with Tie pinpOnt, even
gently, WAS felt by the VIclim, and in
dca;cd nY his nervous actiOu. The
professor tTN.ained shat. of course. no