The San Francisco call., 1906-05-28
HE|RESS
VICTIM Of
HYP N0T|ST
Rich Oregon Girl Is in
Power Of Woman
Physician.

PORTLAND. May 27.-Hypnotic infiu-
Speckart by DR.. Marie Equi. well
known woman physician Of Portland and
who was one of the Oregon physicians
who went to San Francisco during the
disaster there. has caused turmoil in
Portland in which is implicated more
than one well known woman. Such is the
power of DIR. Equ over Miss Speckart
who is an heiress to more than s109, 600
that she has succeeded in breaking the
girls home ties and disrupting the
Speckart household. Dr. EquI has threat
ened to commit suicide because of the ex-
posure of her peculiar relations with the
heiress.
So strange was the influence exerted
over Miss Speckart by the woman physi-
clan that the girls mother compelled hei
daughter to leave Portland for while
thinking that the association between ths
two would be broken UP. During theil
separation, which both are said to have
felt keenly, daily letters passed secret,
between the two. The letters written b,
DR.. sEqui could not be delivered fasi
enough, and kilograms were received
from her by the young woman.
Through the letters the relations ex
QlScOfeIeO
Miss Speckart's brother obtained the let
ters from his sister by force.
e DR.. Equi and the Speckart family ha<
apartments in one of Portland's mos
fashionable boarding houses and it wa.
here that fight between Hrs. Speckart
Ter son and DIR. Equi took place whic.
esulted in the expulsion of the physical
rom the house and led. to the discover
hat the woman had obtained an inf1u
,nce over the girl which could not b
broken.
Miss Speckart had saved the letters r.
ceived from DR. Equ and put her time II
poring over their contents. Her brotbe,
discovered her actions and endeavored /,
procure possession of the epistles. Mis-:
Speckart was leaving her apartment.
with the letters when her brother ac.
costed her in the hall and took then, fro,.
her by force.
Miss Speckart notified Dr. Equi, and tl.s
latter. with rage in her heart. went h
the fashionable hotel to regain possession
If the discriminating papers. she caugh
Young Speckart in one of the rooms ant
threatened him with death. The youn.
man made his escape by means of I
fire escape. The mother, hearing of tn,
predicament of her son. rushed to his res
cue and was grabbed by DR.. Equi, thrown
into chair and threatened with deatl
unless she gave up the letters. Mrs
Speckart was, rescued by dodgers in tn.
house. The letters were secured by tht
District Attorney and are in his posses
sion. DR.. Equi. on promise from ths
District Attorney that her prosecution
would not follow. signed an agreemen
that she would not again visit the youn,
woman or correspond with her. The prom
ise was broken by DR.. Equi. who con
cealed letters in library books at the cit,
library, where Miss Speckart would go t.
get them.
The mother gave up hope of rescuinf
her daughter. and fearing that the cir
would obtain possession of the Speckar
fortune, left for Olympia, where sht
made application to be made administra
tor of the big Speckart estate. The es
tate consists of California mines and in
terests in Olympia breweries. The Speck
art home has been broken up and ths
mother is on the verge of physical col
lapse because of her troubles