The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-24
WILL TURN PILGRIM
Anderson Gray Will Preach
Against Alleged Wrongs.
DRESSED IN PRISON GARB
His Daughter viii go With
on His Round.

Anderson Gray has determined TO set
himself right with the world; in word to
vindicate himself.
Yesterday al Pond Greek. Oklahoma, he
retired from the manag cement of the hotel
of which he mas been IN charge since his
release from the pnitentiary, and from
this day On will go out and preach against
What ne alleges was terrible injustice,
protesting, in the name of heaven, mis-
Innocence and attacking present meth
eds of legal prosecution
lie viii dress himself in prison garb,
the regular striped suit, and will wander
from place to place. telling the story of
his wrongs and crying out against the
things which were done against him. He
VIII he accompanied on this queer voy>
age by his daughter.
In some respects Anderson Gray is the
most notorious of Kansans and his noto-
r-ety is almost equal 10 the fame Of John
Rrown, abroad.
II is now some years since Gray was
tried in Sumner county. He was a rich
farmer near Conway Springs lie was
mixed up in several neighborhood feuds
he had a man working for sim and this
man had a wife. Gray was accused of
working up the jealous nature of this
hired hand against q neigh5or, and the
neislb5or happening along one day. the
tirod hand rested the barrel of the gun
in the fork Of d tree and let so, killing
the neighbor.
Gray WAS arrested and tried.
The trial was unusual in this: GRAY
NJ Iii. fo-s
"a kill ehe neighbor. tried for murder.
This was not unknown in criminal annals
IF course. but what follows is without
precedent:
At that time the world was greatly IN
terested in hypmotism, and gPat atten-
lion was given anything with a hypnotic
vein IN II.
In summing UP his evidence TO the jury
Charles Elliot Of Wellington, who was
prosecuting, said ITO the jury:
Gentlemen of the jury, the influence
nj this man Gray over his SHRED man was
great. Under his own roof, working at
lis side. 10y him throughout the day, this
man Gray had over the hired man a tire
Gnendous sway, an influence. gentlemen,
which might he called hypnotic"
The world knew of the case in week
utter the use of that word
The jury brought in a verdict of guilty,
and the word went out over the country
that a Kansas jury had held the charge
Of nhypnotism could he admitted as evil
dence. The world was astonished. Hun
dreds of letters poured into wellington
eventually from Paris, Russia and South
America
The excitement IN legal circles the world
over increased when the tired man. who
actually did the shooting, was acquitted.
Gray went to The penitentiary. His
great property dissipated and when Gov
ernor Leedy pardoned him, ne was penni-
less
IT Is said that since then ne has been
worrying over what fle considers an in
Justice, and that he can no longer remain
silent but is impelled to go forth and re-
insist upon mis- innocence before the peo-
PIE.
Singularly enough ne viii denounce hyp-
uodsm. SO ne told a representative Of the
Eagle yesterday morning. He will admit
that llypnotism has an existence and can
be used for evil, but ne will attempt TO
show that ne is not a master of hypnOtism
and that he did not influence the hired
man to shoot the nelghbor.
lie will also distribute tracts giving
complete history Of himself and the trial
and portraits of those connected with II.
including one of Charles Elliott, the Well
ington attorney.