Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-10-10

hId1lL uclll6Q llldb lAC WOoih use daA1
hypnotic influence in an effort to force
his former friends to his aid
His story, as given to an Evening
STAR reporter was as follows.
II love Mary Sofia. 1t is true that
she is not my wife. In spite of that
and in spite of the fact that she has
brought these charges against me,
still love her.
Il am sorry she has turned against
me | blame it all to morphine. She
has allowed that horrible drug to OBJ
tain terrible influence over her.
1T was greater than my hypnotic
power. 1t led her to run away with
William Socio. Morphine and the
strong man took her away from me.
She left under the influence of
Socio, with the idea that she was going
on the stage. She was very fond of
being admired, and consequently the
glitter of stage life lured her, away.
Socio is not fitted in station, nor are
there any prospects of his being fitted
to care for her as l have done.
She would never have been willing
to go with Socio II she had been in her
right mind If she loved Socio better
than she did me I would not stand in
her way of happiness.
when she left me last week l hired
detectives. l knew the effects of the
drug and the danger she was running.
The detectives did not give me much
aid, and eventually took up the search
myself.
II found her and talked to her, but
she would not listen.
Sunday afternoon 1 found her in
company with this man. | took pity
on her. | merely wanted her held by
the police until they could commune
cate with her parents so that she could
be put in some proper institution
IT was a benefactor to Socio because
helped him when he came to me in a
most unfit condition, suffering from the
results of debauchery. Later he boasted
that his power was greater than mine
over the girl.
"She is very impressionable and of
emotionable temperament and while
under the influence of an opiate is hard
for me to manage Opiates make
person irresponsible in every way. The
heavy doses of this opiate which she
took broke down her once strong sys-
tenn and she was an easy subject to
Socio.
'I knew that she would be bitter
toward me, for she told me so. Yet !
was willing to stand any consequences
When / followed her to the station
house I only went there so as to tell the
police the telephone number of her par
ents.
"Once there she began TO accuse me.
left and returned, knowing full well
the dangerous position ! was placing
myself in. I was not given any chance
at all by the police to tell my story,
but on her statements and the declara-
tions of this self-appointed protector
with whom she is only temporarily in
fatuated, I was thrown into a cell.
have no unldnd feeling toward this
woman, but have the same love, be-
cause she will seriously repent Of her
cruel and untrue accusation against
me.
MY work is strictly educational and
work of an intellectual nature.
Called Him "sweet Dad"
"She told me on many occasions
when we were together that if any
thing were to happen to either of us,
she wished to die first. She always
called me her sweet dad and her
mother called me her angel
II love her And when l say that
love her l mean that 1 would do any
thing in all this world to restore her
again to her normal senses. She is the
only woman with whom l have ever
been infatuated with, and without her
life would be nothing. Our constant
companionship has woven a tight web
about us that | am sure no one in all
the world will be able to break
Sometimes, when l was away from
home, she would stand at the open
window and loudly call for me. This
can be verified by calling on the po-
lice, who happened to be in the vicinity
of our Broad street home.
Fears He VIII Go Mad.
"This confinement will drive me mad,
but l will bear it stoically because |
think the girl will soon come to her
senses and realize what a predicament
she has placed us both in.
MY former students will aid me
without any hypnotism on my part OF
that am certain,
"ssOcio has been the cause of all this