The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-24
DAFT ON nYPNOTlSh
TION AND ASKS TO BE
LOCKED UP
READILY ACCOMMODATED

Furnishes Lieut.. BOerner With a
Has Placed n Number of Men I'm
der the Spell and Is Afraid of
the Consequences - Young En-
EIishman Named Grimes.
1t is an unusual person who makes ap-
plication to an officer of the law to be
taken into custody. but Arthur Grimes
is not as other men are. He fears that
he has hypnotiZed an old man on Day
tons bluff and made application yesterday
to Lieut. Boerner. of the central station,
to be locked in a cell. His strange re-
quest was granted it appeared to the
officers that the man was monomaniac.
Grimes is only twenty years old and is
an Englishman, Chelsea, Eng, being his
birth place. About 10 o'clock yesterday
forenoon he walked into Lieut.. Boerner's
office and requested that he be taken into
custody.
GER.
because L want to- replied the young
man. Il have hypnotized an old spiritual
list on Dayton's bluff and I am afraid he
will die and afterwards get up and say
that l murdered him
He spoke in a low, even tone of voice.
and seemed to be in full possession of
his faculties. The only unusual feature
of his conversation was It's paradoxical
nature, which indicated an unbalanced
mind. He stated that he wished to make
a confession and was furnished with pen
and paper. When finished, it was a
strange document, and explained in some
degree the fantastic workings of the
mans mind. 1t follows:
Il do here confess that God gave me
supernatural power. l was a fraud and
begged L have been in the workhouse
and got out. Then l burned my leg with
carbolic acid in order to beg and get
money. The supernatural power was put
on me first by mindreader and he got
me when was drunk and got control of
| saw him, but he failed and then waited
until got drunk. When 1 was at the
WorkhouSe the doctor tried to cure me,
but failed. He did not know that l had
any power, but | have had since was
born. l never knew it until they tried
to make me believe 1 am insane. 1 am
not insane. 1 want to be locked up be-
cause l have worked the power on several
people The first was an old spiritualist
on Dayton's bluff, near the railroad
tracks. One was a doctor and another
was d MAN l. QOn remember. l. make tn1S
statement In case the men die and then
say l am their murderer and killed them
by some unknown power. Believe me,
this day of our Lord. April %.
Arthur Crimes"
An examination of the station register
showed that the young man was arrest
ed several weeks ago and sent to the
workhouse on the charge of vagrancy.
He is at present confined for the sec
ond time on the same charge, and will DO
examinedin probate court for insanity. He
was seen III his cell and In the course
of an interview said:
Il came here last fall, in October and
have been in st. Paul and Minneapolis
ever since. l am printer by trade, and
have had little work from time to time,
but can't remember where. My home
was in Chelsea, London, Eng, and my
mother is dead. My father lives ins New
York. but I can't remember about him.
was twenty years Old last December,
and have had the power since was a lit
tie child, but did not know it until fifty
six days ago. when 1 hypnotized the old
man. When'I got out of the workhouse
1 took some carbolic acid and burned my
| leg so 1 could work on peoples sympa-
| thy and beg. -ii
THE old spirtualist lives on Dayton's
bluff and I went to him and begged and
he gave me a nickel. 1 hypnotized him
and two other men. I have been under
some influence for fifty-six days and can't
sleep nights. L thought at first was go
ing crazy. but it's the power. My head
don't feel good and 1t whirls and 1 $ see
things.
When questioned further regarding the
old man whom he claims to have put I'M
der. the hypnotic influence, he had for
| gotten and denied ever having mentioned
| him. He seemed to have occasional flash
ed to lose control Of his thoughts and
| wandered off into desultory and imma-
| terial conversation.
The young man has evidently received
| an education and used good English and
| showed considerable knowledge of news
| paper work. especially in connection with
| typesetting and press room work. He
| could not remember names. and the CEN
| trail station officers think that he is crazy
along the line of hypnotism and super
| natural manifestation. In the course of
| his conversation he mentioned several
books on hypnotic and Spiritualistic sub
| jects which he had read and studied.
G. j. st. Clair, manager of the Helping
! Hand mission lodging house. stated that
| Grimes had been stopping at the mission
| since April r. He gave no indications OF
mental unsoundness until Saturday, when,
while walking down the street with a
/ fellow lodger, he passed a gray-haired
| gentleman.
That's the man who has the power
over me-" said Grimes.
| His companion thought nothing of it at
the time, but in the course of the even
| ing other remarks passed by the young
man led to the opinion that he was not
| perfectly rational. When asked regard
ing the young mans actions while at the
mission, the manager said:
HE came here when he had money
| and generally stayed all day after spend
| ing a night with us. He had no work,
and yet seemed to have money most of
| the time. When he did go out, he gen.
| orally returned with change in his pocket,
| but could not keep it, as he invariably
shared 1t with his less fortunate fellow
/ lodgers.'