The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-26
SHE SAYS He HYPNOTIZED Her
SVENGALI-LIkE BARBER ACCUSED
or ADDICTION.

Ills Alleged Victim. Q Hftecn-year-Old
Giri. SAYS He Had Her Completely
Under Ills Hypnotic swa, she
Couldn't Even Tel Her Parents
why She stayed Out Late at Night.
Bartolo Capuano Of 64 Morris avenus
was arrested yesterday morning by Agent
vinocnt Pisarro OF the Gerry society and
arraigned before Magistrate Meade In tho
West Side court charg"i with abducting
hftcen-yeIr-old Emilia CielI.
II half Of what Emilia says IL true Svengall
wasn't la It with Bartolo as n frst-class
h~ypnotist. BartOlo u a barber. Patrons
OF his shop gay that unless you've been
shampooed by him you don't know VIVA.
s~hampooingis There's something 40 sooth-
ing and 20 restful In his touch. they say
They couldn't understand IL until tho CORY
agent searched Birtolo's room and found
a diploma Of elaborate design from PRO
fcSs OF l. A. HArncdeu's Correspondence
School Of Hypnotizm. jackson. Michigan II
certihes that Bartolo is a -perfec ~hypnotist
that he II fully competent 10 give hypnotic
exhibitions. cure DISEASE and teach the
ar Of hypnotism In illness Of all this,
Prof Harredcn has attached thc7cunto a
fFllTfNl Il'NAllNF hl llN INV fAAllAiA'ft
a. well a. the beautiful golden seal ~ li,
college Bartolo can adj Y n perfect
hypuotist, 90 his nam" Il he Wuuts t.
fartolo iko~ 20 he called Barney That's
b Emilia used To- call hun In her letters
before tho spoil gpt broken. she lives
wtth her father. Joseph 'b.lli. a boot
black. at tJg Wost forty-ninth street Her
sister Annie married karueys brother joe,
and that's the way sAo mot Barney II
was about five Wt-rAs ago, according. 10
the girls story, that tie Svcngali barber
first SGT his hypnotic influence working on
her She saws she never really loved lin,
and She doesn't know why she always did
whatever Barney 'aid But she did On
Thursdays Barney was on on Ilursdiy-l
they ussd To- go "a Gomez lsland together
Once. she says. tE'y went % "a hotel there
and took a room She IN want to,
but Barney fastened u penetrating glss
on hor and she couldn't resist
Her father logan 10 wonder MIA kept
his daughter out So lat" thursday nights.
and lie used "a question her Chout ~
Emilia Is a dutiful girl and each time her
father asked her she would start 20 tell
him But every time she opened her nls
20 speak Barney's piercing nldcN eyes
would seem 20 appear out ~ blanh spa1c
and penetrate q her very soul
Bus "A week Hgp, when Joseph til-li put
the usual question to his daughter about
her whereabouts 81 the might u"!o"'. 70
was different Perhaps a." SyruSaA bar
brr was at that minute putting an extra
amount ~ hts magnetism lu q sh1fupnu,
perhaps his ewes wer" sleepy a. Auv rate,
tie spell wa broken IL.s time Die for
bidding ewes did mot appear from out 'u'
atmosphere IA the tlhuiu home, ard com
frrsion flowed freely from Lfl.Iu. uu~
llpr father immediately notified 'NH police
Gerry Agent lIrlrru arrested Barney
In his room yesterday morning II" Says
that IN Ga" elevated train uu ''I g Nur
down 90 court the hvpu.l 10 barber t|,i
TO eusuarr him with hIs rI.a-
But wa on tho Iu,A-ou'.- r..ar-o
told tho reporter just l- 5000 na | nm
tie strange. wuogy f''' * coming over
mo ! pulled NV mind together vi'u e. mighty
effort and fooled tiu
Magistrate Mead r"0lardnd tapuau'
for examination on saturday