Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-08-13
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Kennef the Hy,notist.
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| and some one hit me In the face.
.Then a few others came along and
.leept opening my eyes, and l looked
straight at them. | saw their straw
| hats and white bow ties as plainly as
1.fyedo you. Finally one doctor came
along and gave me alraw deal. felt
like getting up and killing him. He
| stuck his finger away into my eye,
SO far that it. is still sore. He was
brutal In the act and my eye still
hurts Then Josey called him down,
ahd II It had not been for that would
have jumped up myself. Some one
In the crowd said "A man would not
do that to alcorpse,i much less living
being heard every word.
~. a KEPT HIS NERVE.
.frhen Thought. would stick out
| a little longer This was about three
O'Clock. 3. ! know the time, for about
| half an hour before some one in the
crowd had pulled out his watch ard
remarked that. it was 2;SO. AS Josey
had said that he would put stop for
the rest OF the day to. all pin and.
neddle sticking I settled back to try it
a little longer. 3to t4...
I'm q short time heard voice say,
Well, doctor, what idoyou think about
this?' He answered that he was hyp-
notist himself and at least was great
believer. He said: How was this man
put to sleep?'
| THEY told him by Professor Ken
ner BY telephone from st. Louis.
Well he said, it's all; right. 1t is
suggestive and can be done. They
told him had been there three hours
and half and wanted him to put tests
to me and Igthink he did open my eyes
a little and look at them. But that
gentleman treated me very kindly in
his test. After that the hours were
like. weeks. L was, feeling nearly
wasted. Il was Wishing that Josey
| would open the two doors to give
me more air, and lots of times l telt
Hike brushing the flies off my face.
!. THE EXPOSE.
Finally, about 415, when Josey
had gone out and left me in charge Of
another man, in came crowd of dec
tors and began, to almost jump or me.
| One held my body very tightly. An
other said, You take careAof his nose
and ianotter said, I'll take care Of his
mouth After a few seconds without
lb8eatlftI,bsgar. t6tfeeli myself goihg.o /
am trained, and, can stand any test or
pain, but was not ready to die. Fin
ally / began to struggle to get them
away, thinking, perhaps, they would
give in on their treatment Finally
threw up both hands and gave in after
going through all the tortures Of
hades In the five hours and half that
Iilay there ! sat in the chair, and
one OF the young ladies gave me a
glass Of water for | was very weak
Another man asked me II ever drank
whiskey; and Il said felt like taking
a good big one, which he sent for.
Just assI was about to drink it doc
tor standing round said, You had bet
ter leave 1t alone SO l had to set it
down one the table. a
| II the doctors had not shut off my
breath and tried to take my life
would have stuck out with all kinds
1'of'torturos until $3.50 that evening, till
! Prof. Kenner arrived to awaken me.
During the day every few minutes
they would turn on the record which
the professor told them to turn on ev-
/ cry two hours; until l was sick of
ln1aring 1t.
| 'i,4 MET THE PROFESSOR.
| j I'VE; Went ont ard Josey left me
apparently very sore on account OF
the way 1t had turned out, but told me
before leaving me to meet Kenner al
4 the depot at 9:O5, which we did. When
Kenner gptsoh the train he rushed tc
| the platform and came to us. We
lasted What he thought about it after
we told him what terrors had gone
| through and how they choked me. He
said ,heswonderd all the way from St
Louis to Cincinnati If he had got me
at all or whether some one else hat
been at the telephone. Finally he
said "They didn't give us a fair show
| ANY. man under any condition would
come to his senses when they shu
| o. his breath Then we came UP towr
Y and he went to the Enquirer office
After he, had been in the Office | me
him In front, and he gave me lot
OF praise for ay,pluck, but he did NO
l.sixe anything. for; my pocket, And
have mot, yet got the $40 he promise,
me for undergoing the ordeal, whiel
A. think WAS a. very cheap price TO
such an extra good performance.
,"Thlf6day- night Kenner wantad mi