New-York tribune., 1909-11-13
HYPNOTIZES JAlLER
BUT DOESN'T ESCAPE.
Professor" EUerton Puts His
Keeper IN Trance Tscice.
IHy telegraph TO The TrIbun. J

Somerville. n. j.. Nov. l2.-"Professor''
Arthur Everton. the hypnotist. waited In
vain in the Somerset County Jail to-day
for his friends 20 come from Newark with
5000 cash bail. They failed TO appear
before court closed this evening and Ever
ton is still q prisoner.
That Everton's respect for the law is the
only thing that stands between him and
liberty he fully demonstrated before. four
members OF the medical stafr of the Somer-
set Hospital to-day when he hypnotized
James r. Major, keeper OF the county jail.
Keeper Major had just led the doctors
into the witness room in which Everton
is imprisoned and was standing near the
door with a bunch of keys in his hand
when Everton stood notionless before him
and looked him square i'm the eye for a
few seconds. Then he calmly remarked:
Major. you are falling forward" Majors
body stidened and leaned gradually for
ward and he would have fallen face down
ward on the hocr had not Everton caught
him.
Evsrton next stood Major I'm an upright
position until he recovered his normal con-
dition. when he got behind him and, max
ing a quick pass down the keepers spine.
said I'm easy tones: Major, you are fall
ing backward"
DIDN'T TAKE THE KEYS
Majors eyes closed and he leaned back
ward until he lost his balance. He was
again caught by Everton. who would have
experienced no difficulty In laying him on
the floor and relieving him of the keys.
After that he could have made an easy
escape trom the jail. Instead of doing
this Everton stood the keeper on his feet
and restored him 20 his normal condi-
tion with a gentle pass of the hand across
the forehead.
When Keeper Major had fully recovered
he remarked that Il was the most pleas
ing sensation he had experienced In the
course OF his life. Major had never been
hypnotized before, and Everton's influence
in this instance was unexpected, but IL
revealed 10 the authorities present the pos
sibilties of a hypnotist in Jail. Keeper Major
is the only person who literally stands
between Everton and liberty tonight. as
the hypnotist has the liberty OF the cor
ridor and the witness room.
There is no doubt In the minds of the
authorities that Everton could hypnotize
Major. and escape IL he was SO disposed. but
the professor has made a favcrable I'M
preston, both with the doctors and the
authorities, and Sheriff Frank Ross states
that he has so much confidence In Everton
that he will not humilitate him by plae-
ing an extra guard over him during the
night.
Sheriff Ross also said: Il have come 10
the conclusion that II he can so easily
cast a spell over one keeper. he can hyp-
notiZe two
MAKES OTHER EXPERIMENTS.
Fverton's demonstration with Keeper
Major was only one of q series of hypnoti-
cal experiments which he performed in jail
to-day in the interest OF science. Everton
says he IS a graduate Of the School OF
Mental Science. of Rochester, y. Y. and
ever since Robert simpson, his hypnotic
subject dropped dead al his feet on the
stage of the Somerville Theatre last Mon
day night he has maintained that no hyp-
notic power which he could exercise over
the body could possibly effect strain or
quicken or retard the flow of blood or in
terfere with the hearts action in manner
that would rupture the aorta.
II was in order 10 give him an opportunity
10 demonstrate this beyond a doubt that
DR. William Fl Long. DR.. A A stillwell.
who performed the autopsy on Simpsons
body. and DR. J. p Hecht and DR.. Charles
Halstead. Of the Somerset Hospital stan.
went 10 the county Jail to-day and request
ed Eyerton 90 prove his assertion. sherin
Ross and Deputy Sheriff Brokaw accom-
panied the physicians 10 the jail and also
witnessed the experiments.
Everton. with the assistance OF DR.. Hal
stead. who possesses hypnotic power. then
went into 2 cstaleptic state, but before be-
coming rigid he instructed the physicians to
rest his head on one chair and his feet on
another after he had reached the extreme
state He said he wanted them 20 place
four men on the unsupported point of his
body. and then test his heart with the
stethoscope.
The physicians placed Evertcn's body be
tween chairs. but they were afraid 20 put
the great weight that he had requested on
the unsupported part of his body. How
ever. they pressed down on his rigid form
pretty hard with their hands and tested
his heart and organs with the stethescope
and found them normal.