The evening times., 1900-01-23
news BY Weird METHODS
A Remarkable Statement by Pro
feSSOr John QuackenbOS.
"A Hypnotized Girl Tells of Things
TINT happen Hundreds of Miles
Away-A Proof of the Immortality
OF the SouI-The Strange Words
spoken by MuaSon to IA Father.

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-"I know a physi-
clan in this city who has a patient, young
woman whom he hypnotizes. and whose in
telligence-the subliminal self-he then
sends TO her home. hundreds OF miles away,
thus learning what happens there, who
has called what was sad. She tells him
these things. Their accuracy is positively
verified subsequently by the persons in that
home
This is one of several remarkable asser-
lions made last evening by Dr. John
Quackenbos, emeritus professor Of Colum-
bia University. who has studied and prac-
tised hypnotism for years and who is a
recognized authority on the subject
1t is not at all wonderful that a clair
voyant should tell you what is in your
mind. he said. any decent clairvoyant
can do that But Il is wonderful. but true.
that an intelligence can be sent tar away,
/ am now preparing woman to be a clair
voyant in order that she may assist a ply
sician in Tennessee.
such things as this fact OF a young wo-
man in a hypnotic state telling what trans
pires in her home. hundreds of miles away
seeing and hearing-tends l think. 10
prove the Immortality Of the soul. since
il is seeing without eyes. hearing without
ears, for the eyes and ears are here let US
say. yet actions. appearances. and cOnver-
satious are seen and heard elsewhere"
Dr. QuackenbOs believes from his own
experience that many forms OF disease,
many tendencies toward evil, such as drink
and cigarette smoking and even degener-
H. T.v- hvrr,s Ffgrsa
His remarks last evening were in con-
nection with his proposal 20 de-hyaotize
Emily and Lucy Lamb. fourteen and ai.een
years old. respectively who are now de-
tanned as witnesses at IIillsdale. y. j.. in
the case of the State against the so-called
Lords Farm" near that place. and who
since they came under the influence OF
MnasOn. the leader OF the angel dancers, -
have refused to recognize their father,
Henry Lamb.
Lamb, who lives near Bristol Conn, ap-
piled TO DT. QUaCkenbOs some days ago
asking his assistance In reclaiming his
daughters, who, he said, had been hypno-
tlzed- Dr- QuackenboS. learning that the
New Jersey authorities held the children,
advised their father 10 secure a reQUisitiOn
from the Governor Of Connecticut for their
removal TO that State.
IF the father brings the girls TO me-"
said the doctor last evening, Il have no
doubt that / can de-hypuOtZe them and re-
store them to their normal condition. Mr.
Lamb saws this man Mnason said TO him.
You may take away their bodies. but ]
control their minds Now If that be true,
and the girls are not warned 10 resist suE-
gestiOn, / can de-hypnOtize them.
The first process would be destructive
to destroy MuasOn's influence. the next
would be cOnstruCtve-tO suggest TO and
fFavr rafv to, h.lF-
parents and give them normal ideas Of life
and morality.
After two or three interviews with
them ! have no doubt that the desired re-
suit would De attained"
These girls went to the Lords Farm"
about year ago. when their father was
III. They wrote to him for a time They
later adopted the names Ruth and Esther
refused TO recognize their parents. and de-
clined to have anything TO do with them.
They were held as witnesses when an al
tempt VAS made recently TO imprisOn Nina
son fCE maintaining a disorderly house.
and when he. John the Baptist" and 9TH
ers at the farm we're arrested.
DIT. QuackenbOs' desire OF making the ex-
pertinent Of de-hypnotizing the girls
Ceused reporters to visit Hilsdale yester-
day, but they were turned away by Mrs
John R. Riley, whose husband has the
children In charge. Mrs. Riley says The
girls, while in her care. cannot be seen
without an order from Judge Zebriski. who
turned them over 10 Mr.. Riley. She sIys
they are neat i'm their personal habits,
tractable. and obedient in every way. eX-
cept that they insist they shall be called
Esther and Ruth, instead OF by their real
names OF Emily and Lucy They admit
that Annie Lamb was their mother. but
say they VIII never recognize her as such
again.