The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-02
IN FEAR OF HYPNoTIs,r.
A Young Man Warns a Mnrrfare m.
cense Clerk Not to Let Him He Mar

From The st. Louis Republic.

From the st. Louis Republic.
Lowell Putnam is in a predicament. He
is AFRAID he is goirg to be married Ha
DOESN'T want to be married vet he ia fear
ful that he will awaken some morning ana
ma wife among his possessions. He be-
iieVes that certain young woman has set
her cap Tor him and will carry her desire
INTO effect by hypnotizing him.
Putnam called at the marriage ucarsa
ONCE Yesterday and explained matters.
partially. lie did not go into many de-
tails, but he wanted 1t thoroughly under
stood that If he called at the Court House
and asked for a license to wed Il was 10
De refused He said he did not want a n
cense and if he came for one it would he
evidence that he was under the hvnnosic
influence of the young woman who ACCOM-
panied him.
These rather peculiar remarks led a
members of the Republic staff To ask Nj,
Iutham last night for an explana ton. Mr.
Putnam was at his home, 1921 North leon.
ara avenue and he received the reporter
IN room whose walls we're literally CIV
ered with guitars, mandons and vlolins
Ihey were hung in racks which extended
from the ceiling to the floor, and scatfereI
about on tables and chairs were other in
struments Piles OF music lay uuon the
mantle shelf and filed the bookcase M
Putnam explained the array with Tho ,a-
mark that he played a little sometimes In
the directory he Is accredited with beng
a professional musician. He became jIl az
ease when the subject of his visit to Tho
marriage license office was preached ana
said that hypnotsm had caused him
great deal of trouble and notoriety which
ne SAID ne was anxious to avoid in the fu-
ture. After time, however, he con-
scented TO say a little about the case.
Some time ago / met a young woman
who mas since manifested an unusual In
terest In me. did not mind this Al fret
because she is refined ana pretty. But
week or two ago / discovered she was In
love with me and wished to marry me-
Perhaps she did not say so In so many
words, but ] interpreted what she did saw
and her actions correctly, / know
Then / realized for the first time ths
power she had over me. / followed her
merest suggestion without being able 10
tell why-except that IL was hyrrlotism
Sometimes these suggestions were spoken.
sometimes not. AT any rate, obeyed
them"
1t was remarked that perhaps Mr.. Ptlt
nam, because of his previous experience
with hypnotists, was an unusually gool
subject, and the yosng woman was simply
experimenting upon him. Mr. Putnam
shook his head.
mo; she has an object. l am not go
ing to tell you how found out 1t was her
/
that leaves no doubt in my mind as to
her intentions. She has resolved upon It,
and my trip to the license Office to-day
was simply for my own protection. /
have no OBJECTIONS to the young woman
personally, but / do not intend to marry
her If can help IT,
II know from what have done at her
suggestion that 1t would be an easy mat
ter for her to come here some morning
place me in her power and compel me
TO obtain a license and marry her While
in a hypnotic state my actions do not be-
tray the fact TO any one, and, therefore
no preacher would refuse to marry us
! know what Is going on, but am power
less to break away from the influence
which this young lady exerts over me.
81 explained matters at the marriage
! license Office fully. and told the man
saw there not to give me a license under
any condition whatever. / told him that
If I did apply / might plead ever SO hard
for the license and offer him any reward
If he would issue it. but he must not lis
ten to me. as ] would be in a hypnotic
state If l applied for the paper.
"Of course, II the girl learns of this
for do not think she yet understands the
complete control she has over me-she
will probably try and get me under her
control and take me to some other city
! for the purpose of marrying me- For that
reason | have taken other precautions Of
which | do not care to speak"
MIR. Putnam refused TO give the name
| of the pretty young woman who IL trying
to hypnotic him, and his brother Joseph.
who is employed in a Washington avenue
Wholesale house. said he could not inn
! agine who she might be. In fact, he was
| surprised 10 hear of the affair, he said.
| IIe claimed to know of no one whose ac-
tons might lead his brother TO believe
she was trying to marry him.
| Mr.. Putnam Is about 30 years old. He re-
| celved considerable advertising a few years
! ago when a hypnotist and spirituaiist
/ left town rather suddenly after interesting
a number OF young persons in his works
! The occasion Of his departure was a traG-
/ edy In which the son Of one of the best
! known families In town figured.