Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-02
VICTIMS THINK
HER A HYPNOTIST,

Davenport, Jan. Pit is charitable
to the victims of Mime. Pierce to believe
her hypnotist of the rarest ability.
Since her somewhat abrupt departure
With the wealth of others that she had
taken to bless, tales of her extensive
operations have gradually come to-
Hight until it is believed that not less
than $1,000, cash or goods to the value
thereof, went With her.
| One day during Nine Rierce's short
sojourn in Davenport the neignbors
saw swell equipage from one Of the
leading home $ of the city draw up in
| front of her boarding place al 525'
Brady street. A colored coacflrnan sat
upon the box and held the reins over
as fine u pair of blacks as there are in
| Dayenport young lady, tall, dark
and beautiful, was the sole occ upant of
! the carriage. She alighted and hur-
Tried into the house, evidently to CON
l.sult the palmist on some affair that was
1 close to her heart What passed be-
iStween the young lady and Mime. Pierce
is not known, but the story runs that.
I the palmist became moro Interested in
/ a magnificent diamond riEg or the
1 young laiay's hand than in the lines by
which she was TO read the girls fate
/ Looking straight in the girls eyes she
4 asked her to leave the ring "a few days.
The owner refused and turned TO go.
Again the palnst asked for the ring.
Again the girl refused
es. you must leave IT, :" the palm
list declared again, her eyes not cav
ing the girls face for an instant.
4 The young lady turned and left the
house. going directly To her carriage.
But she paused in the act of entering.
For an instant she seemed to medi-
iltaie: then she suddenly went back to
the palmist. Without a word she drew
the brilliant ring from her finger and
passed it over to the bright G sged wo-
man. Mime. Pierce took ii as tho the
giving were an every day occurrence.
If j am not here when YOU call for
4 it, she said, you viii find the ring in
this left hand corner Of this drawer.
4 The young lady left. When she re-
81 turned for her ring she was Informed
4 that Nine Pierce had left. Mortified
shesrusheei into the room where she had
q lasst talked with the paimist and Jcs'lssd
Iopen the drawer in which madame said
she would leave the ring. OF course
the ring WIS not there. The ring y, as 4
present 10 the young lady rom hsl
a fathes. and was valued at Sls5. 'rhs
q BEAUTIFUL Young lady IS nssS i: Iies
in explaining e her frienas wny shs
s. docs not Wear the ring as sie llse5 to
8 She says that Mime. Pierce hs-pnss tizAs
her 50 that she could not 68par from
s the house wI,holl leaving the ring
Another young lady. whose loss i
prpbably propprtioiately as great, aiss
lsirelares thar Nine. Pierce i $ a hySpnot
s. list. She called upon the salrsist 10 con
suit her upon a matter secret ,iatiir,
8 and the palmist, ascertaining that tn
visitor had a. s. bill iii her poclse sbc9k
asked her to leave il in order that /
might be blessed and mad more pro
3 ductiye The girl refused and FINAL.
vent out and told the lamdlady wha
4 the paints wanted her TO do. The land
lady a dvis ID her not to leave the none.
and the girl went back TO the paints
with her mind made up to follow tn
landiady advice. Yet the paints pre-
vailed. The girl says she was hypno
fStiZpd