Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-03-01
SLEPT SEVEN YEARS IN tIYPNoT.
&c STATE TO WAKE UP IN HA-
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hypnotic state. In fact lived, walked
and had my being In trance.
II camc to Honolulu early In Feb
ruary and stopped at the California
House. One day met DR.. Hahns
Brooks. the magnetic healer. He told
ne was asleep and after working on
me for three or four days succeeded
Ia rousing mo from my lethargy. My
memory has been completely restored
to me and feel new man and called
on you to ascertain II. In your opin-
ION, the cure will be permanent"
After hearing the mans story and
being somewhat impressed with 1t. Or,
Hoffman, told Charters that II he
would call In the afternoon and bring
friend with him he would make an
examination. The sleeper failed to put
In an appearance at the stipulated
time however and today DR.. Hoffman,
Is puzzling over the strangest case OF
the biggest faker he has met with in
his professional career.
A Bulletin man visited the Califor.
MIA House with the object Of finding
out more about the mysteriously-af
dicted Charters.
Eyes, ] know the guy" vouchsafed
boarder at the place, "a little rusty
party with an old cheesecutter hat,
snored when he ate and was as nutty
a. they make EN-. Said he'd been
asleep for seven years and had just
| woke up and wanted us to pinch him
SC as he could be sure of the fact. He
was asked to pay his rent in advance
lest he might 60 to sleep again. Said
hc was going back to Frisco to keep
date with doctor there whom he
had done some work for seven years
ago Say, he was the limit for batsI
What's he wanted for?"
| Further enquiries ELECTED the In.
formation that David Charters had in.
deed left for the Coast. 1t appears
that on coming here he took an Office
At 1901 Alakea street In the name OF
the Elect Art Manufacturing and Spe.
cialty Co. He professed ability Ia
make pictures OF the quick and the
dead and offered to burn photos on
leather postal cards for the modest re.
Enumeration OF so cents. In addition
he enlarged portraits at $500 per and
with each completed job gave away q
ticket emitting the holder to a chance
In grand drawing to take place al
the Coast, the prizes including ar
sight-acre lot In Portland and numer'
Gus alleged works of art. AS far al
can be ascertained the enterprisinl
Mr.. Charters didn't do dollars worth
OF business during his stay In town
1t was rumored around town yes
terday that the red-girdled Mr.. Hair
Brooks had left Honolulu with his pa
tient but this proved to be incorrec
. as the man with the easel, and de
bonnair dressing-gown was doing bust
ness at his old Fort street stand las
night.
VIII Honolulu again hear of Mr.
David Charters? Was the self-con
fessed modern Rip Van Wrinkle, a &c
nuine sleeper. or only pipe-dreamer
These are questions which time alon
can answer. Sure It is however tina
II the mans story be true his is on
OF the most remarkable cases in tn
] history Of the practise of medicine an
the occult arts. And while the pos
sibility OF putting person into
hypnotic trance is unquestioned, VIII
should the possibility OF neglect to re
. store again to normal condition b
scoffed at as ridiculously remote?