Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-11-16
HYPNOTISM
Exposed by Some of Its Vic
tins.
HELPED TO DUPE THE PUBLIC,
McEwen's Enemies Have Got After
His Scalp.
HELPED TO DUPE THE PUBLIC.

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| THE JOURNALS X-Rays, some star
| ling revelations Of the practices c
| "the Great McEwen," " who hypnotlse
! a large share OF this community las
week are coming to light.
! Some OF the brightest and mos
intelligent young men, who contri-
buted their services az. subjects 10th
Great McEwen" while he was in thi
city, are not satisfied with his meth
DDS and have decided to make an ex
position of that gentleman whic'
brand him as an impOstor.
On Saturday evening at his last
performance 10 this city McEwer
very severely rebuked young Law
,ludent of this city, member of his
class, whom he alleged had denounc
d his performances rs an imposition
on the public. Monday afternoon in
company with young attorney OF
this city, this gentleman interviewed
Alfred Feller, the young man who
was placed in supposed hypn otic
sleep in the show window Of State
-treet clothing house last Thursday,
and from him obtained an atiidavit.
FELLER'S AFFIDAVIT.
State OF Oregon, County of Marion.
l, Alfred Feller being first duly
sworn, do depose and say as follows:
That | am the person who the SO
called Professor McEwen used as a
subject in George W. Johnson's cloth.
ing store on the 10Th day of NOYem-
Der, 1897, and that before was placed
upon the couch in the window of the
said store the said McEwen. gave me
some kind of drug which at first
made ME feel dizzy and after l was
placed upon the couch in said win
dow the said McEwen placed towel
over the upper part of my face and /
then smelle1 some kind of drug and
that my last recollection at that time
was Of hearing the said McEwen say
"Sleep deep, Deeper and the peculiar
smell Of the towel over my face, say
further that l afterwards came to my
senses and found that l was on the
stage in the opera house. The said
McEwan was present and when he
saw that / was not under the influ-
ence of the drug he rubbed his hands |
over my face and said, "Sleep deep,
deeper" but | did not go to sleep
again and was not asleep when he pre-
sented me to the audience.
say further that the said McEwen
eDdeayored before and after the said
10th day of November to produce
sleep upon me and to otherwise eXer-
else an hypnotic inhue ice over me,
but urOn every occasion he failed to
have any influence over me whatso-
ever.
further say that, upon the 1lth
lay Of November 1897 l was upon the
stage of Reeds opera house with the
iaid McEwan when he endeavored to
exercise his so called hypnotic influ-
,nce over me, and | allowed him to
1lrect me to play cOrnet solo upon a
broom stick, that / knew during the
whole time that had in my hands
broom stick and that at all times l
had complete and entire control over
myself and had ! desired could have
1esisted from making an ass Of my
self before the audience there assem-
bled. and that during the execution Of |
said cornet solo became SO conscious
Of the righteousness OF the affair that |
| was provoked TO laughter and the
said McEwen observing my mirth |
came TO me and said, among other
things, "Gr Deep, Deeper" which |
served to sober me, and | afterward |
proceeded with my solo, much to the
delight ofthe professor aud the biked |
audience.
The foregoing facts are true as l
verify believe.
ALFRED FELLER.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
this 18th day Of November 1897.
JOHN MCCoURT