The San Francisco call., 1899-09-08
HIS HYPNOTIC
POWER HOLDING
LENA RENNER
Arlington Is a Modern
SVengali.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
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9JS Broadway, sept l.
Behind the gray walls and iron bars OF
the Alameda County Jail there languishes
a hynotist whose powers almost rival
those attributed to the fictitious SvengaH.
He is none other than Arthur Arlington,
the arch bunkoer of unsuspecttnS women,
whose nefarious transactions and his re-
cent conviction on a charge Of robbing q
woman named Mrs. NJ NJ. Smith, who
dared to throw aside all breads of motor
iety and prosecute him, have been Iully
exploited in The Call heretofore.
His unfortunate Trilby, the heart-brok-
en- woman whose friendship for this hyp-
notist through his past seven years
checkered career has never once WaVered
and who is now penniless and all put
to this arch deceiver and gay Lotharlo, IS
Lena Renner.
The story of how she met Arlington at
Los Angeles seven years ago; how ne
suddenly departed with another woman,
going to San Francisco; and how Lena
Renner afterWard also moved to san
Francisco, where Arlington soon hunted
her up, were told by this unfortunate
woman in last Tuesdays Call: In an m
terview at that time Lena Renner salo
had realized her awful misplaced conil-
dence in this eX-cOnVict and she stated
that she intended leaving her home on
Larkin street, San Francisco to return TO
her relatives in New York.
But a letter received by her from Ar
lington has changed all plans and the
fact of the powerful hypnotic influence
exercised over her by this modern Sven
gall was disclosed to-day through
visit paid Arlington by a stranger from
San Francisco, who did not make known
his name, but who announced that ae
wished to hold council with the prisoner
on extremely important business.
Il came over here, Sald TINS Stranger
Arlington to let go ms hold, whatever 1t
be, on this woman, Lena ttenner. she
had made up her mind to return to her
folks in New York, and a first class ticket
had already been purchased for her; but
she has since received a letter from Ar
lington wherein he processes his lnno-
cence and imploring her not TO desert MIN
now: that he would soon be free again.
The power he exercises over her is mar
velous. 1t is hypnotism and and nothing
less.
Il implored Arlington to sit down and
write to Lena Renner letter advising her
to return to her old home and friends in
New York, but he stolidly refused, and
I've given it up as a bad job. l do not
know what to do.
1t was afterward learned that Lena
Renner's true name is Goodman, ana ana ,t6l, her
and prosperous business people, ana thaC
the stranger who called on Arlington to-
day is their Pacltc Coast repreessenIsatlve:
1t appears that for years the Goodmans
had lost all trace of Lena, and only re-
Gently while the Arions were out here on
their iubilationS, was she recognized by
one of their number, when her people
were promptly notified check was for
warded to the Goodmans' agent here and
a ticket purchased for Lena Goodman,
return. Now Arlington is all that holds
her. and she refuses to believe him a cruel
heart breaker. How Arlington has man
aged to get a letter to her is beyond the
fastIy refused to allow the arch bunkoer
to send letters through the regular chan
nels, and Lena has. moreover, been denied
the privilege of visiting the hypnotist in
the County Jail.
''If Mr.. Arlington had told me L should
return to my folks | would gladly go: IS
all the satisfaction the agent can get from
her since she changed her mind. and this
the hypnotist refuses TO advise her.
In a few days Arlington will appear in
he cannot get in view of prior convictions,
and the law allows life sentence to be i'm
pos I'd In his case