Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-09-15
NAY BIZ HYPN0TIZED.
urNwiCo FAMILY ~ MUCH DIS
TREss or MIND.
rIsIS7ER, HIS WIFE, AND son.
THO, sec strange Lights and Hear
vnny VoiccS-AppcnI Ia the county
oaccrS-Physicinn 60 Visit the TN
happy PcopIc--N strange Case.

Ir Uenrco there is family whose hap
-.r.ss Dos been greatly ovcrshadowed, n
r,t wrecked. by the alleged influence OF
, nrrnotist. who S. claimed TO have prac-
roed DIS art upon the inmates OF the once
happy home
inc head OF The family is a minister
of he Gospel. and the other members
,ne-esf consist Of a wife and son. The
first of the flock 20 come under the in
frsuco Of the hypnotist. was the son:
subsequently the mother was affected.
and now the father is troubled because Of
o. mysterious power being exerted over
Dim.
The fact has been communicated TO
the Hcnrico constabulary officers and the
amily have appealed 70 them for aid in
restoring the peace and tranquility which
once existed among them, but which
l.s now been dispoucd. The hypnotism
dates back some weeks Early in August
tro son, a young man about 20 years OF
.co. informed his mother that he nad
been hypnouzed, and he attributed the
power being cXcrted over him 90 q hirea
man ON an adjoining place. lie began
20 imagine that lights were flashing upon
him from all sides. and that voices NcIe
surrounding him NO DEht ana IeNc"""7
20 the world an Of his secrets
THE MOTHER AFFECTED.
Tho ,oother laughed az her sons super
sfitions as She called them. but he in
elste6 tbat he was iu the power Of the
btrc6 ,,.n and So persistent was he In
bis declarations that strange things were
going on about him and throughout the
house that his mother became affected
and soon she was seeing and hearing alb
normal things. She told her neighbors
that sine had been hypnotzed and that
sho was being Influenced by the hired
man on the adjoining farm, though she
had never met him.
The ueighbOrs finally sent for a county
omccr and requested him 10 look into the
natter The officer went TO the minis
tr's home. The preacher was away. but
tra wife and son were at home. and they
talked az great length of the influence
r.t was being eXerted over them which
t.y hadn't the strength TO combat.
THE MINISTER INFORMED.
Size said that lights of ihe most unusual
s-l uncarthly character shone I'm her
rn at night and the son said that he
.r saw the lights, and both agreed that
-- We're continually surrounded by
..H-. INC ollCtl llSleltN laltUllN 10
.. that was told him and then, when
ne husband and father returned home,
h- went 20 him and as nicely as he could
t11 him that be thought his son was la
boring under some hallucination. and
t1.t DE was exerting an undue influence
over his mother.
Tn. minister seemed greatly disturbed
az this Information, but said he thanked
bis luta.mcr, and would endeavor TO REM
tlv The trouble. A few days elapsed and
tra ucar then returned 20 the home
s.al To his surprise he found the min
iter Iauorng under the same halluci-
nations as were entertained 10y his wife
and SOM He. too. saw lights and heard
voices and then II was that the officer
Was appealed % 10 bring experts in hyp-
r.u.m and endeavor to release the family
from the spell.
$50 action IN this direction has yet been
taken. but a physician viii be taken to
.e home to-day and he may 90 some~
thing for the unhappy family. The case
81. attracted much attention among the
.t-ahors Of the minister and his family
and the visit Of the physician to-day is
booked forward 20 with renewed interest.