The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
E IN HYPNOTIC SLEEP
UunvoRlrDn FAILS TO AWAKE
 u1s sUDJHCT Xr rHEATRE.
4UE uebeN Simpson to sieep, Per 1ogns Tusts Before Audience.
 y1nAs Mln DeaA--Es +Is IN Arrested.

4pmotvtile. N. J.. Nov 9--While A1fAur Evsrton. ssif-styled professor op4 trsvelins hypnotist. sobbed in hfs o1tl, three calmmedical men witnessed . weird performance in the morgus of tH4 6omerset hospital late this after
 1hsre William 4. Davenport. secre- t11T Co the mayor of Newark. and . 4tA1enf of hypnotism vainly tried to rflng back signs of life in the rigid 1@4y of Robert Simpson. q former e}feet car csnductor of Newark. who oDpArently died last night after hav- inG been put Into . hypnotic trance oy Evertou beforN c large audience at th4 6omerville Theatre.
 Davenport failed. simpson was de- Giesed officially dead and an autopsy was held tonight.
 2eanwhile. oharged with nansiaugh-
 unnsFvei and shaken. Everton re-
 )tme4 In DTison- where he must await ne acttou Of the grand jury as q ee@uei to . stage trick familiar 1nfoukhout the country and abroad
 IT Nas et the piteous insistence Of N<ertou. while in jail after his inef- 4eetuai attempts to revive simpson ehet Davenport. friend of Everton. e4n1e Into the case today. Notwfth- standfng the declarations of physicians 5e&@k .1ttApsop Whs oea3. Gverton plead- VI that Davenport be allowed to at- tempt to revive him. Eccordinriy. the autopsy first arranged for 2 o'clock tnh afternocn was postponed and the 9tudent of hyprotism was summoned. Mmpson's body, covered with a black cloth lay in the morgue at the hos- pftal when Davenport arrived In tho preeence of pr. W. H.. Long, county physician: pr. Charles H. Haistead and DE Francis McConaughy, he immedi- ately began his attempt to revive the unfortunate man. First he felt Of the body to detect any possible heart beats. xNtuuk in this he placed hfs ear on tho F1ctim's chest. Then. invoking the power of suggestion. he spoke in tho desi mans ear.
 Bob" he said. Bob" "Your heart actfon--your heart action---your heart Action ts beginning. It Is beginning. slowly and dramatically Davenport re- psetsd this in the ear and then cfans- ing his voice to an imperious com. mand, he cried sharply. .Bob, Bob. can't you hear nnsf Your heart Is bsefnninr to beat. Your heart fs be- 11pnfng to beat" Again and again he repeated this assurance to the tnanf- mate form while the doctors looked on. Not . muscle of the body stirred and there was absolutely no sign Of 8AfIfAttQHx :. While tnis vas going on, brilliant tncendescent lamp shed it's biindfng xiow on the dead mans face. but the eyelids did not iutter ,and, as the physicians contended. he was beyond aid.
 Disheartened. Davenport turned to the door. but pr. Lang called him back.
 -Hhat is your opinionfs he asked.
 did not come to form an opinion" rsplied Davenport.
 eBut we insfst." said the County
 swsil." rspffed Davenport after a uanas, ssfIe,s dead" Then he went out and the medical men began prepara- lions for the autopsy.
 alfnpeon. the victim. was s5 years oid. and was aecoustomed. it is said. Co drinkine heavily. %
 1t is geenra1iy admitted that he was 1ntezicated during the test last. niKiit Eo rslatives have appeared to claim the body.
 Eserton has employed counsel ana will iiaht the ease. IL hes been sue- EeEte6 that ~he will make the novel plea that the man was stflf alive when the autopsy was performed citing va- rious ca4essof suspended aninaatIon ap proof ox this.
 pr Ionn Duncan GuHckenboss, pro- lessor emerttus of Columbia Univer- sItys and one Of the leading authorities on hypnctism in the country. said this evening that t was not unlikely that Eimpson's was 6 case of suspended an- 1rnafion and that an autopsy should Be rnade with caution, or perhaps de- fsrred until thers was no possibility Of life. VI
 Eight physicians assisted in per- forming the autopsy and they Issued signed statement at it's conclusion. stating that death was due to rupture of the aorts. the trunk line of the ar- ferfal system. This indicated. accord mK to the coroner. that death prifnar-