The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-02-02
BROKE THE BANK.
The Simple Countryman with Bright
Eyes Hypnotized the Dealer.

The Simple Countryman with Bright
Eyes Hypnotized the Dealer.
"Hypnotism is Il mysterious thing
that is now claimed to be used by
swindlers and charlatans in their
devllish work as well az by repu-
table men Of science, but I have often
wondered why some shrewd gam
bier has not turned his attention to
hypnOtism and used it az means of
making easy winnings,' said NJ. O.
Burrill Of Chicago, who was discuss
ing ways that are dark and tricks
that arc vain with Il party Of trav-
cling men at the Planters
"The nearest thing to hypnotisin
i'll gambling that ever saw was five
or six years ago at Grand Forks, n
ID. Quite Il cOmmotion was caused
bya stranger, dressed in the garb of
a country merchant, winning at a
single sitting 2,3OO in Charley Mar
tin S gambling rooms. This stranger
III the guisc of country merchant
droI .,ed into Martins place and
gazed around at the gamblers. He
appeared to be greatly surprised at
the extent Of tho gambling that was
going OH. remember him we'll
He was slim, of medium height,
high forehead and bald head. He
was smooth shaven, with eyes deep
ly set and which shone with won
drous brightness Ho tried his luck
at various games. with varying sue
cess. Finally lie stopped at the rou-
lette table and placed 81 on II. The
little ivory ball spun around a few
times and dropped into 3S. He did
not appear to care about gambling
any more and went into the saloon
adjoining. Soon the gamblers began
to go out for lunch, and ho returned
to the wheel. where lie sat down and
began to play light. The room was
soon cleared of all gamblers except
the man at the wheel. The player
glanced into the mans face, and his
eyes fairly glistened as meanwhile
he placed money on different num-
bers. a few men who had either
gamblcd their money away OF were
out Of luck came in and gathered
around the player, seeing that he
was beginning to play high
All noticed that the man at the
wheel seemed to bc under soIno
strange influence and appeared to he
acting contrary to his desire. He
would whirl the little ivory marble,
and, regardless Of the fact that the
player was losing, he would pay the
bet il, tho Same ratio ns if he had
won. Tho on lockers, of course, had
TO sympathy with the gambler, and
they watched in silence. When the
last dollar !iat. been taken from tie
drawer, the player thrust the money
before him into his pocket, never
taking his eyes from the whcclman's g
face, and vanished through the door.
That was tho last seen of the sup.
posedly country merchant.
1.-The instant the stranger was out
of the room the man who manipu-
lated the wheel reached his hands to
his head and shuddered. When he
discovered that the till was empty,
he swOre that he had been knocked
down and robbed, but he was i'll
formed by tho bystanders, among
whom were several we'll known citi-
zens of the town, that such was not
the case. He was told that he had
been puying off bets for go minutes
in a reckless manner and that he
had not been robbed, but cheated.
- don't know how it was done !
was hypnotizcd' exclaimed the
man at the wheel.
HE could not be made to believe
that he was SO careless as to give up
about So, 800 unless he Ind been put
under some magic spell, and many
Of those present were firm in the be-
lief that the man Mt the wheel had
really been hypnotized. Anyhow the
man declared he would thereafter
be chary Of all men with bright
eyes. st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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