The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-10-27

manner excepting as to the suggestion
received If he accepts the 'SuggeS-
ton of no feeling he labors under that
predominant thought with his other
senses normal
And now to come to the question Of
lnSt1Sat1on OF crime. If people look in
to this matter seriously, I am sure that
they can see how foolish is the claim
that hypnotists can instigate crime.
IF l should tell A while in hypnosis,
to kill b, why would he refuse? Be
cause 1 arouse in AS mind the idea of
murder, which carries with it the as
ISOLATED ideas of blood, death, disgrace,
trial, conviction, punishment, and eth
er hanging or confinement in a peniten-
tiary. This picture, naturally, causes
A to refuse. If tell him he should, he
will ask why, and as I can put no
thought in the mind, am able only to
bring to the surface something that is
there, there is no story that l can tell
him that he viii accept; but if, while
in his waking state, 1 can persuade him
to kill b, which means, to be able to
cause him to associate around the
thought of killing B, the associated
ideas of gain to Himself, a. way of COM
hitting the deed without discovery, no
chance for punishment, I then can
hypnotic him and put in place the
spoke which he has fitted to the hub,
but if this has to be done, why need
hypnotic him?
Now as to the violation of women
through hypnosis. If the thought be
suggested to her, all her moral 'asso-
dignation would predominant. Thus it
can be readily seen that no advantage
can be taken of person while in hyp-
nOSiS. For if in a persons mind are
associated ideas in q normal state not
to reveal a thing or do an act, the
hypnOtist has no power to force them
to obey his commands.
Many experiments have hypnotized
subjects, given them the suggestion of
purloining from associate experimenters
some article of small value and the
subject has done so. They have also
placed in a subjects hand a paper dag
ger, instructed him to stab a person
and he has also done this. On this
slight premise they have made the
claim that crime can be induced
through hypnosis.
When 1 suggest to a subject that
the first time he finds DR.. Cooper out
of his office, he will steal his lancet and
bring it to me, bring to the surface in
the mind of the subject the thought of
stealing, and this associated idea DR..
Cooper is a cOnfrere of SantanelH, San
tanelH is making an experiment. San
taneIh can't steal from DR.. Cooper be-
cause he is welcome to any instrument
that the doctor possesses this is farce.
Why should not the subject respond to
the suggestion
with the stabbing experiment. the
subject is perfectly conscious through
his associated ideas that it is an ex-
perimental farce, that the hypnOtist
dare not let him kill some one But if
1 should suggest to the subject that he
go down to the Jewelry store, break in
the show case and steal a handful of
diamonds, the reader can readily see
that an entirely different series of as
ISOLATED ideas would be aroused, and
the subject refuse receiving such
suggestion
I have found that the constant
arouSal of certain vicious thoughts are
beneficial rather than detrimental to
subjects. Thus, the first time I accuse
a hypnOtized subject of killing a person
1 arouse only a brief series of suggest
ed thoughts if he never had actually
committed such an act. The oftener I
repeat the suggestion the more pro-
nOunced become the associated idas' of
fear and 1 have done the subject a IA
Vor''