Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-06-12
PECULIAR STORY OF HYPNOrIss

Young Lady Is Strangely Trans
formed.
From the 81. Paul Dispatch.
About a month ago Miss Helen Beatrice
Helw,g came to Portland. Ore. from San
Francisco on a visit to friends. purposing
to remain the greater part of the summer.
but she has returned to her Golden Gate
home a much sadier young woman than
when she left 1t. In connection with this Is
a story that hardly seems credible. but De-
tective W. II. Welsh vouches for its truth
fulness.
Miss Helwig. curing the first fortnight Of
her visit here. was I'm the most cheerful
frame of mind. making friends of all who
met her. She was an accomplished must
clan and conversationalist, and knew some
thing about almost everything. She had
Travelled in Europe several years. with am
pie means to see and study everything.
hence she talked well. Besides. her per-
sonality was exceedingly attractive. which
added much to her fascinating intellectu-
atty But after Miss lIelwiy Lad been
here two weeks a decided ana unaccount-
able change came over her She seemed 10
nave an aversion to the society OF her own
sex: what was worse, her friends were
greatly shocked in observing the holiness
with which she court ri nearly I'll the male
visitors to the house In oh she was a
thcrity that Miss He,w:s went SO far as to
make proposals Of marriage to six gentle
men in one evening. This was not done i'm
a spirit OF jest, but i'm the deadest kind of
earnest.
About this time several Well-known bust
ness men received warmly iIn;,assnned let
tiers signed "Hel an Beatilcn" in hich the
writer declared her UnlIcnchaJ able love i'm
the most poetic prose for tina addressed
Nest OF the recipients OF these lore-:a len
missives are marri.l :n.n: they laughed at
their unknown admir"r and were prudent
enough not to reply. In- Oh. Of Helen
Reatrices objects Of affecIion--a cIIital-
ist-innocently got himself INFO an exceed
ingly unpleasant domesfie snarI 10y rot
destroying Helens letter at once after
reading it. 1t chaarcd ,nat his wife I'm
some manner got possession Of the impas-
sionatcly couched .nissire. The contents
OF the letter were Of a character 10 lead
the capitalists wife TO believe he yonu any
reasonable doubt. that a lason existed be-
tween the writer and he. husbanl. The
result was that the divorce talk INDUCED
In In that household the succeeding TWEEN
ty-four hours was thick enough TO cut with
a cheese knife
The innocent capitalist was In a pretty
mess from which he was unable 10 extrf-
cate himself for a day or two. At last
though, he remembered that in her note
Helen Beatrice solicited him to reply
through the general delivery at the post
office. Then the idea suggested itself to
him that he take Chief of Police Mimic into
his confidence and thus attempt to estab-
llish the identity Of the person having
brought him all this trouble The chief
put Detective Welsh on the Job, and two
days after he received that assignment he
saw very fine appearing young woman
step up to the general delivery window
asking. Anything for Miss Helen Beatrice.
please?"
The capitalists decoy letter was handed
her. and as she stepped from the federal
building on to Morrison street, she was
Joined by young man named Frank Zoe
Robbins. living on the East Side. TO De-
tective Welsh Miss Helwigs correspond
cree appeared in the light Of blackmail-
ing scheme. and on 9th and Morrison he
politely invited the couple to accompany
him to the office of the chief Of police
Never in my life did I see such a stag
eered pair. said Detective Welsh. las this
one when 1 told them that Chief Mimic
wanted them The young woman was
stricken dumb. and Robbins did all the
talking. He considered it an outrage that
respectable people should in this way be
picked up on the street and carried Off to
the police station. But he and the young
woman went with me. all the same
During the interview of the couple in
Chief Minto's office a disclosure was made
throwing the responsibility of Helen
Beatrices' conduct, who really was Miss
Helwig. upon Robbins. The latter is a
member Of the Portland Hypnotic Club,
wig was visiting. At her request. he one
evening escorted her to a meeting of the
club, where, after experimenting upon the
girl about fifteen minutes. Robbins dis
covered her to be a very pliable subject
As matter Of amusement, and nothing
more-but which was very cruel-Robbins
exercised his influence over Miss Helwtg.
and in twenty-four hours he metamor-
phosed her from a dignified, intelligent
young woman into a promiscuous man
courier Chief Mimic satisfying himself
that this was the true status of this pecu-
liar case. ordered Robbins. under penalty
of severe punishment, to release Miss Hell
Wig from the influence of his hypnotic
power. Robbins agreed to this. but it was
two days thereafter before Miss HeIwig
was restored to her normal frame of mind.
When advised Of what she did under the
hypnotic influence. she grew hysterical
with shame and the following night re-
turned to San Francisco. almost heart
broken. So much for Robbins idiotic fun,
Tor which he can never atone"
In conclusion, Detective Walsh said that
after the temporary detention in the chiefs
office Of Miss Heiwig and Robbins, the
aegrieved capitalist and his suspecting wife
were invited to the subsequent interview
OF the hypnotfst and his poor victim, and
that resulted in a complete honeymoon-li
reconciliation in the family of the capital
list.
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