The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-29
Amazing Story of HypnotiSm
Is Told by an English Girl
drove away. leaving Kate Gray
sPEECHLESs WITH AMAZE
MENT

SPEECHt.ESS WITH AMAZE
MENT.
Kate ran Into the house and told
her father what had happened. To
sether they went 10 Whites house
and asked for Alice. A big. power
fully built man came 20 the door
and told them Alice Was out drlYs
ing With White. This man aud Gray
eventually came 20 blovs, and Gray
went for the police A police in
spcctor searched the house, aud
| found Alice Gray. Pale and trrm=
bling she Vas taken home and
| there told her father aud sister that
she was In the house the first time
they called. locked In n cloasl She
had been threatened With awful
things II she cried out she said.
A few DAYS later Alice went out
70 answer al advertisement for =
goverueaa. She disappeared. and
from that day. April 5. until octo=
bar Is. she was utterly lost to hef
/ family.
: on April s. Alice says. White met
/ her ia tho street. evidently havinE
been posted Ia advance By some
mysterious means. ON her GRAND.
I lie took her BY the arm aud march
81 her OF to lodgings In Hammer
smith A feW DAYS later they NOV
ed 10 Brighton. Meantime Gray had
obtained a warrent for Whites ar
rest. and the latter va nabbed
while on a visit 70 his original place
Of business In Kingston. lie prom
Issd that II the police would set
him free he would tell them where
the girl wAa Gray agreed. and
I White gave tho Brighton address
Gray and the police whent there.
after setting White free. bur
FOUND AN EMPTY HOUSE.
the Eirl having been spirited away
again. TO another part Of London.
/ From that time on. according to
the Eirl. she led a life Of horror.
/ White. she says. treated her brutal
/ ly and Hhamefuily. Letters written
/ To her and forwarded from the
/ Kingston address were received b.
[ White and destroyed. White never
left the girl alone long and never
vent out without taking her along
Z Once. she says. when he had locked
/ her IN a room. she broke the lock
/ with a screw driver and hammer
she had secrsted White. she says.
/ appeared Just a. she was escaping
from the room and took vengeance
on her by beating her. tearing of
all her clothes and slashiug her
hand with a razor
After that she never tried 20 90
cape from him. even though he took
her driving In the pony trap. and
/ left her alone In Il while he went
/ into houses to sell articles Often.
she says. she would see him pserinK
around the corner Of n house.
stealthily watching her when he
| thought she did not see him Ills
wlfo disappeared about this time.
Miss Gray says She does not know
what became Of her a singular
feature OF the case Is that two let
ters were received by Miss Gray'h
father. both declaring that she was
we'll and comfortable. She declares
that she wrote them under Whites
hypnotic influence
Her ordeal ended In a long I'm
prisonment In room in house In
/ Isoubet street. footing Here, she
says. White locked up all her
clothes so that she could not get Of
them. and on some days would give
her no food except a cup Of tea. lie
often threatened 20 KIN her. she
says. and
ALWAYS CARRIED A RAZOR
In his pocket. At this place he did
most Of his business b.. mail. sell
dom leaving the house.
After six months of indefafigable
search. Gray and hts daughter Kate
finally traced White 10 the house IN
footing. lie had fled when the res
cue party arrived. and Alice Gray
was dragged out Of window Tho
police are now trying 20 find white.
whose real name Is said to be Stern
berg Miss Gray Is with friends In
a little village In Surrey. She and
her friends declare that White has
spies In this little place who are
watching her movements and have
mado oyertures for her 10 return 20