The evening times., 1896-08-26
HYPNOT|zED THE DOCTOR
St. Louis Physician Victim
lied by a Female Sharper.
GAVE HER A ROW OF FLATS
In Return He Got Il Worthless Mine
From Her-Madame Estelle True
nell Was the Beguiling Adventur-
ess, and She Has More Aliases Than
Fingers and Toes.

Kansas City, Aug. 26.-The police OF
this city have been searching for several
DAYS for Nine. Estelle Truenell, ali al
yenturess. who lived here at different
times. and who is wanted In st. Louis
for swindling DIT. Kossuth Morgner, OF
that city, out OF row of flats on Choteau
avenue. worth $4,000.
The police OF Joplin. No, have been re-
quested to arrest the woman on sight II she
should happen to visit her former home
there. Nine. Truenell secured the property
from Dr. Morgner by trading him a zinc
mine at Joplin, which she did not own
Nine Truepeli's swindling methods were
ike those OF Nine. Dis de Bar. the notoH-
GUS New York adventures, DR.. Morgner
claims that Nine. TrueDell hypnotized him.
and while under that influence she induced
him 10 trade his $50 900 flats for worth
less mine. lie says now lie has shaken OF
the hypnotic influence. and will prose-
cute the woman for forgery II she can be
found.
STRANGE AND PECULIAR FEELING.
Dr. Morgper first met her last April when
he answered an advertisement OF hers
offering mining property for sale. She
pretended to be a wealthy widow travel
ing for her health. and she wished to
trade her mining property for improved
real estate bringing In steady income.
Dir. MorGner visited her often. and 1t
was during those visits that she hypno-
tized him. he says.
II felt strange and peculiar feeling
coming over me rs 1 watched and listened
20 the woman" says the doctor, land
gradually got the idea that would make
millions If /. followed her advice. / was
hypnotizcd, and agreed to her proposition
TO trade without even Investigating. l had
implicit faith in the woman"
DR. M0rgner followed the woman to Jop-
lin. and then to Kansas City. Both, it hap
pened. stopped at the Hotel Savoy. on West
Ninth street. While in Joplin the woman
was arrested on an old charge OF using the
mails to defraud, but the doctor did not
lose faith in her until he found a note on
the floor OF her room from one OF her con-
federates. warning her not to give the
doctor any cause to suspect that she was
putting up job on him. Then DR.. Mors
ner left her. returned to st. Louis and laid
the matter before the prosecuting attorney.
SHE HAS A HISTORY.
Nine. Truenell is described as being fifty
years old, but as looking to be not more
than thirty-five. Every line OF her counte
nance denotes force o: character. She is me
dunn height and we'll formed. Her hair is Jet
black her eyes deep and piercing. She wears
gold bowed glasses. In conversation she
is quick and snappy. She wears number
of rings and large gold circlet earrings.
Nine Truenell has a married sister Iiv-
ing in Kansas City Just six years ago
last week Nine. Trucnell was exposed
while living in this city, and she left the
city soon afterward. She was then hv-
ing at 121 West Ninth street as Nine
Truepcu smythe, and her deserted hus-
band. Harry II. Smythe, came here and
denounced her openly.
Smythe met her in 1889, when She kept
fashionable boarding house on Wabash
avenue, Chicago. He was chief clerk in
the auditors office OF the Pullman Palace
Car Company. He was widower, and he
married her and lived with her till she had
spent several thousand dollars he had
saved. When he had no more money she
left him and q, re to this city and opened
dressmakiDga ablishment at IL South
James street. Il rs City. Kans. A few
weeks later her and came here and
she fled.