The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-07-02
Observation-Disclosures,

iSSolSscI at tAc itiO. IlcuGru w nlte,
a hard headed country squire. told Il
story that the officers were inclined to
believe was q pipe dream. Had it been
an ordinary man they would have
smiled in his face. He set out from
London for Liverpool and occupied Il
compartment with one other person.
This person bore the description of the
man with the eyes. The squire busted
himself looking over some letters for
half an hour after boarding the train
and then looked up to find the other
staring ut him. He said that lie felt
al Influence" at once. The feeling
was that he had lost his identity and
was So!ne one else.
"Your nHlne is Sudley," said the man
after Il moment
eyes; it is Sudley."
"You are not feeling we'll today"
NO. I'm not.''
You are going to sleep, and you will
wake UP feeling better, but first give
me your watch and money"
The squire stood up and handed over
everything. He knew what he was
doing, but it seemed to him to I've the
thing to do.
"Now lie on the seat; so to sleep"
The squire stretched out. and tho
next thing he knew guard was try
ing to arouse him. and it was an hour
later. The man with the eyes was no
longer in the compartment. That was
the story, and it puzzled the officers
They had to take it in earnest. coming
from such Il source. and yet they had
to smile at the idea. 1t may lie that
nothing would have been done in the
case but for another story from an-
other person. In London the wife of
a baker acted as cashier. During an
interval, when only two people were
in the store, a stranger entered and
asked for change for Il sovereign. AS
it was handed out the woman met his
eyes. In Il single second she seemed to
lose herself. 1t was as If she was I'M.
der the influence Of an anaesthetic,
ana yet i'll Il way she was conscious of
her surroundings.
'You owe me f2J," she heard the
man say.
Eyes"
"You said you would pay it today"
Eyes; said So"
''Then will take the money!"
She had about $50 in the drawer,
and she counted out the sum named
and passed it over. BY counting up
aftcrward she found that she had Civ
en- him the exact amount. He took the
money and looked into her eyes and
said:
"You are tired. You may sleep for
ten minutes"
At that she lost all consciousness
and did not open her eyes again until
her husband shook her arm fifteen
minutes later. Then she awoke, with
scream. The husband wouldn't be-
lievc her story, although customer
ccrroborated part of it. He Contend
ed, and SO did the police after him.
that the woman had fallen asleep and
sneak thief had robbed the TILL 1t
was pointed out that thief would
have taken all, but this made no diff
ference. An inspector was put on the
case and did some work, but he got no
further clew to the man with the eyes.
A man was instructed to watch the
trains and functions on the road where
the first robbery occurred, and he put
in two months without meeting with
his man or without hearing of another
case Of ''eyes." Then he followed a
man from junction to hotel, and,
being almost positive Of his quarry. he
called on the man in his room. lie
found him unstrapping his valise and
made some inquiry to excuse his intru-
sion.
"Come right in," replied the man,
"and wiz attend to you in moment.
Fine day, isn't it? But thiak we shall
have rain by tomorrow. All, but I've
broken the tongue Of that buckle! Now,
them
And he rose up, turned around and
looked the officer full in the eyes. The
latter tried to reach out and grab his
man and break the influence" but it
was in vain. He tried to turn his head
away, but he could not.
"You need Sleep" said the man with
the eyes.
YES"
"Undress and go to bed. Don't linger
over it."
The officer removed his clothes and
got into bed.
"Now shut your eyes and sleep for
two hours"
The eyes closed, and it was two
hours later when they opened again.
The man with the eyes was gone. He
had taken with him the officers badge
and small sum Of money and had cut
the victims clothes into shreds. That
was his last crime in England. he was
looked for for the next year, but in
vain. The theory at the Yard was that
he was some student Of hypnotism
making experiments and at the same
time raising the necessary capital to
fix himself financially in another coun.
try. NJ. QUAD.