Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-10
Prof. Fontanna, THE Renowned
Hypuotlst," in a New Light
SUBJECT SUDDENLY WAKES
The Mesmeriss skips From Town
Pursued by His Wife-Narrow Es'
cape OF Miss Duncan.
Especial TO the oNews.")

Heber City, Utah, Sept lo.-What
promised TO be tragedy yesterday al
ternoon before night resolved Itself into
a roaring farce comedy.
Prof. Fontanna, 1.-THE renowned hyp-
notlst." skipped from town last night
and az soon as 1t became known beyond
a peradyenture OF doubt the young
man whom he put to sleep In the drug
store window some 20 hours previous,
miraculously awoke, climbed out Oh the
window and demanded his 20, when ne
claimed the professor had promised
him II he woud lay quiet for "a hours,
This morning the residents OF HeDer
are diylded--some are inclined TO
laugh themselves into commissions over
the fake while others are indignant
Possibly none feel like congratulatins
themselves as does Miss Nellie Duncan,
the young lady who apparently was In
fatuated with the fakir whom dess-
plte the remonstrances OF her friends
and relatives, she seemed determined
to marry.
PROT Fontanna arrived In Heber
City on Friday with young man he
called his brother. They registered at
the Duncan House and proceeded TO
give exhibitions Of their occult pow
ers. Taken all In all some OF the
things done by the professor" were
decidedly clever. On Monday night the
fakir selected young man named
johnson Of Provo. apparently at hazard
from the audience, and then proceeded
to put him to sleep" The inanimate
form was tenderly placed In the local
drug store window and the boy was to
be brought round at the seance which
was to have been held last night.
The program did not materialize,
however, because a woman claiming to
be the wife OF the professor came to
town yesterday with the avowed inten-
ton OF stopping the contemplated mar
riage OF her husband to Miss Duncan.
The woman Is said to have come from
either C0alyille or Kemmerer, where 1t
Is claimed the renowned mesmerist
abandoned his better half. Her arriv-
al In Heber was the occasion Of de-
cided sentiment being aroused among
the citizens. The fakir however, did
not wait to be run out OF town. He
simply grabbed his grip and vanished,
leaving about $50 in unpaid bills and the
boy asleep In the drug store window.
His alleged wife also left about the
same time, ostensbly In pursuit.
The good citizens of Heber were
somewhat disturbed at the turn things
had taken and wondered what they
would do with sleeper on their hands
who required the services Of mesmer-
ist TO awaken him. Quite a little knot
gathered In the drug store and with
knitted brows discussed the conun-
drum, when suddenly the sleeper awak-
ened, jumped into the store and de-
manded TO know whether II were true
that his employer had skipped. When
he found that his worst fears were re-
allied he sent up wall for his SIS that
might have been heard at Provo.
The boy does not see where the fun
came in. He says that 1t was awful
hard work lying there and having lot
OF loafers stare at him and pass derog-
atory remarks, and then to be swn-
died out Of his money we'll words fail
ed him.
In the meantime the friends of Miss
Duncan are congratulating her upon
her narrow escape.