The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-05-06
WEIRD DANCE
IN HINDOO Den
"OOT" Kept Girls Prisoners by
Hypnotic Influence,
is HELD IN $4,000 BAIL
With the Healer Standing on Glass
Ball and Chanting, Pupils Danced
In Mems Bathing Suits.

Ball and Chanting, Pupils Danced
In Mems Bathing Suits.
New York, May 4.-"Oom, the ON
nipotent one" who says he is native
nj india. but looks more like dapper
American. was held in $4,000 bail IN
the West Side court for a further
hearing on the charge OF Turing away
Young girls and holding them prison
ers in his Mystic Temple which is
a fashionable residence at 25S West
Seyenty-fourth street, few doors
from the home of Frank II. Plat.
Dom" in private life is Pierre A.
BERNARD. aged thirty-three, an instruc-
/ tor in physical culture and teacner
in languages. His 'hypnotic" influence.
or so il is called is said to have lurea
one girl all the way from Tacoma
Wash, to New York
Several pretty girls Of well-dressed
appearance and presumably OF gooa
breeding appeared in court to tell OF
their Imprisonment in "Oom's' estao-
lishment and what went on there.
leila Hopp. a milliner, nineteen years
old. Gertrude Lee recently OF Tacoma
Wash. and another girl, whose name
was not disclosed, testified against
BERNARD. Miss Hopp gave evidence
which led to the raid on the House
NJ Mystery" and the arrest Of Bernard
and his pupils" Miss Hopp said that
pernard got women TO undergo the
treatment. after he bad diagnosed
, thoir cases as heart trouble. Tie GOT
sho testified. preliminary fee OF 500
and then they paid him $40 for Dam
ing suit and gymnastic outfit MISS
lIonn said she knew so much about
Pernard and his cures because she
herself had been a prisoner ~ ms
"temple" and only escaped after oe.
- Ing held there as prisoner for seVera'
weeks,
Miss Hopp wrote 10 her sister. MrS'
: Hanford. about what was going On ln
Bernard's establishment The lat'er
hurried TO New York and made com
plant 10 the police.
These women accompanied Deleo'
tive Callahan and Captain Thompson
ON the raid and worked tho secret Sig
nal with the doorbeil g.,
The lower floor was deserted Du'
weird chanting was heard from up
stairs CAPTAIN Thompson and MS
men hustled mp the steps, ana in
room ON the second floor they Ioun'
FIVE girls. attired in mems bathln'
srits and eight elderly men The mel
were ON their launches around Iul
in the middle of the floor upon whicl
the girls we're dancing under the a.
roction of Bernard. who was attired Il
long robe and was standing on
glass bail on the rug.
.What means this intrusion %
manded Bernard as the policemen 81
tered the room. o.
lust then Mrs Hansord and zen
Hopp appeared. One Of TIE girls Wh
wore a scanty pink bathing suit ra
IN Mrs. Hanford and fell into ne
arms. weeping. It was Gertrude Leo
-- so this is your revenge" said BE
rard TO leila Hopp You're sore b
cause YOU jealous vi NN'''
acknowledgements" chan''
one of the girls in the bathing suits
she is putting a curse on me
cried Gertrude Leo. That Is Dom
curse"
Detective Callahan going into ~
. Their particulars regarding The scene
- the Mystic Temple. said ine big n
in the center Of the room was mark
off I'm squares. each large enough I
one person to squat on. The 81
IL dents" he declared. were twisting 81
i' wriggling about. each as ne pleas
himself and without any semOiah
of unison.
md The police believe that Oom's Gle
tele embraced fashionable society," 7
o'' only because Of the appearance
lil- some of his patients but because
80 the location Of his institute.