The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-16

kind Of murder This is the killing Of the
victim by will power. lit Is nice easy
safe and refined way Of doing away with
an enemy. and It is certain TO appeal at a
glance to any murderously inclined person
or culture Nest people are inclined TO
regard the statement that murders are
committed IN this way as absurd. OF
course 1t does seem preposterOus that by
the mere exercise OF a strong viii power
one person can accomplish the destruc-
ton Of another. even if the latter be sew
eral hundred miles away But preposter-
GUS OF not. the psychic sharps who have
delved into the subject claim to have un-
earthed numerous cases where death was
brought about by willing SkeptiCs dis
pose Of these cases as being merely coin
cidences- This may be, but they are GER
tainly very strange. One popularity OF
these cases is that the killers glory in their
work, and point to it with pride II would
add an Interesting chapter to these invest-
cations II the law should get after one Of
these self-confessed thought murderers
and try to convict MIN Of crimes 1t
would open up many vast fields In criminal
law. ana would demand q reconstruction
OF the criminal statutes Of every nation on
the globe
Some Of the Psychic experts believe that
st is possible to kin by willing. and attrib-
1te the power 10 a species OF hypnotism.
Long ago EypnOtism became an established
fact. but its operations are limited to peo-
pie who are peculiarly susceptible to it's
power. Men and women of strong and
masterful intellectually are unaffected by
the doings OF the hypnotist- But the vic
TINS OF the alleged killers by willing have
been men foremost tn the ranks Of science.
THE FIRST KILLER.
The late Anna KingsfOrd was one Of the
first 10 come out and acknowledge herself
as q killer by willing. and Edward Matt
land. who recently brought out a book
about her, describes these killings with
vlluminous detail Mrs kingsford was a
strange woman in many ways She was an
IfzHg 0f u
English clergyman They agreed to part,
and for her To live in intellectual compan-
ionship" with Mr.. Maitland
While pursuing her medical studies in
Paris she started a war against the vivi-
seCtionists- She Willed the death Of Prof.
Claude Bernard, and he died. Then she
wilied the death Of Paul Bert, another
noted scientist and he died Her next Sc
lected victim was Louis Pasteur. who be-
came III but recovered, and this so worked
upon Mrs. Kingsford that she died herself
"a year later Professor Pasteur died
The newest case developed by the in
vesusators is given in the words Of the
Willer. They seem rather eXtravagant, but
as they have merited the attention Of sci
entists they may be worth the reading.
The willer is a woman. and her statement
is as follows:
HER FIRST CASE.
1.-THE first case Of using fwil-power' my
self which can remember was when I was
quite a child. 4 had a collecting card for
nay own Sunday school Christmas offer-
ing also collecting card for the Society
Tor the Prevention Of Cruelty TO Animals
I vent about the city into all the public
Offices. warehouses factories shops, etc.
collecting donations or subscriptions for
those and other charitable objects. was
highly successful and met with universal
and characteristic Irish good humor kiId-
ness ard poiiteness- One day called upon
one of the owners OF a great saw mill Ga
Dublin Es turned on. nae 10 savage man