Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-10-11
CHAPTERS XXlv.

&A---.--.zQ able as possible In the
Doctors own bed Miss Stetson and
took turns In watching by his side.
Bot dawn broke in the east before
he showed any signs of recovery.
Then as the sun flooded the landscape
with its first rays he moved uneasily
The doctor said that high fever was
raging in him and that he would be In
critical condition for weeks. All
that day and the next he tossed rest
lessly upon his bed, talking excitedly
In his dreams. but recognizing no one
Meanwhile DR.. Squires was lodged
in prison, and thither went to see
him. He was totally subdued now and
resigned to his position Luck had
turned against him, and he was not
ayerse to confesSing everything. In
fact, he prided himself upon the smart
game he had played.
He made his confession first to me,
which he afterward submitted in
writing and signed In the presence OF
three Witnesses In his own spoken
words. however, it sounded more In
teresting than when he wrote it out,
and as such will repeat the essential
pdEts of it.
You were smart to catch me-" he
said. land admire you for It I
thought / was alert enough TO throw
everybody or the track. In fact, you
were the only one who ever suspected
me- Now, be fair and tell me how you
got your first clew."
II visited your house some time ago
anu discovered the collection Of stolen
goods" l replied, "and neither you nor
your servant WIS wise enough to fnd
it out"
~He was always a fool" he ejacu-
lated But when did you flrst realize
that was hypnotizing Charles and
using him ans a tool for my purpose"
L flushed a little, but answered
truthfully:
Il never suspected until that night
in the office when you hypnotized him
night before u.s.
"Ha, hal Then had one point ahead
Of your he laughed.
Yes, never suspected It"
We'll, It's all over now, and I've had
lots OF excitement out OF IT 1 wish
Charles no evil and hope he will soon
recover. / VIII explain everything so
that he will be exonerated from blame.
He is perfectly innocent OF any crime
- three years ago when first
-. Paris. II was at the time
ptisun was a fashionable
body was talking about II
tentirg with = E-wanted
TO be fashionable, too. ana soon found
that / possessed wonderful powers in
that direction I had been studying
medicine and occult sciences with pas
sionate interest foe years, and it was
natural that I should take I'D with
hypnotism.
While / was at the height OF my
studies l met Charles, and we struck
up an intimate friendship. He talked
TO me freely then about the fear he had
OF inheriting phthisis from his father
and said that it had been the means OF
his not marrying the girl he loved. !
gradually got thewholestory out of him
Now. | wanted somebody for my hyp-
motto experiments, and I found that ]
could easily influence Charles. Conse-
Quently concocted a story about being
able TO eradicate the germs OF phthisis
from any human system through the
aid of hypnotic therapeutics. He read
lily entered into my little scheme and
willingly submitted TO my experiments
Thereafter / regularly hypnotized
him at his own Yoiition and tried al
manner OF experiments with him.
would get him to- do the strangesi
things and enjoy them hugely. I had
no thought of crime then. But would
send him forth at night to do absurd
things for me and then tell him to for
get them all when he passed into bis
natural condition again. I found that
gould control him In everything when
hYpnotized and completely change bis
nature, but he would remember moth
ing when he awakened.
when he returned home, / accom-
panied him as a medical adviser he
had complete faith in me and promised
to pay me literally If 1 would CON
tlnue my treatments. He imagined by
this time that 1 was really helping him.
Well when I arrived here and saw
Miss Stetson and realized what q
pTtncely fortune she possessed my ma
ture changed. I envied Charles his
prospects. / was poor and friendless;
he was rich and had the love OF beau
uful woman. Why could not possess
some OF these good things OF, life?
1T was while In this mood that I
planned the scheme which you have
succeeded In baking. While In his
hypnotic state 1 made Charles rob
house after house In the neighborhood.
He brought all the silver plate, Jewels
and money to me. He was so shrewd
when hypnotized that had little fear
OF bis ever being caught. His faculties
were almost supernatural in their SEN
sitiveness. When he woke up again
the next morning, he never remember.
ed anything of the preceding nights
work.
When I had collected small Tor
tune in stolen goods, determined to
ship them Off to some foreign country