The sun., 1913-12-07
Police Suggest Some Defective
May Delight In Thus Tor
turing Girls.
AuTOHNPNOTISM NAY AID
Newark Detectives Doubt White
slavery Motive-MegurO
still Held.

IEl 1dti1t slIt't' sNeN ~ NJ tbe Se'c'" ~
30 come forward with n declaration that
she bpli,v,s she was mystcriously 5abbed
by \ poisoned needle in the Lyric Theatre.
that city. was unable yesterday to guide
the police tn n solution.
She told captain Of Detectives Frank
W Tuue at Newark police headquar-
t.rs last night that she WAS satisfied
Armand Mvraro. the Argentinian under
arrest charged with pricking Mrs. Mar
jori, Graf the Brooklyn bride. in the
hand III the same theatre. WAS not the
, man Who injured her
She came to this conclusion. she said.
after a long and careful study of a por-
trait Of Megaro. The face of the man,
Tuite later pointed out, was not face
that one who had ever seen IL would be
likely to forget.
The ease thus far against Mesaro, now
in tho county jail in default of s2O,OVO
bail. resolves itself into n question of
veracjty between Mrs. Graf and the
young man. There is no doubt that the
brid. was jabbed as she said she was.
as many saw the red marks like that
made by a needle in her hand Megaro
declares that he wasn't the jabber.
Failing IN their efforts to run down TO
responsible sources many sensational
stories that women have been pricked in
the arms in motion picture houses. the
atrcs and department stores and that they
Immediately felt faintnass come over
them. leading TO the popular notion that
white slav,rs had adopted new plan 70
get victims. the Newark police are puz-
zled as they have never been puzzled be-
fore.
As Gar as the case OF Mrs. Gran is
concerned both Chief of Police Long and
Capt Tuite are convinced that If an at
tempt was made to drug her the motive
was robbery pure and simple.
May lie jack the Jabb~r.
In seeking a satisfactory explanation
for the many current reports 20 poisoned
needle alta Ks on young women a theory
has been advanced by the police that may
account for these stories II is ad-
mitted that there exist certain abnormal
persons whose chief delight in life is to
cut of girls hair. slash women's dresses
and DO other malicious acts. They are
never more pleased than when they ac-
cOmpi shed the strange performances Jack
the Ripper was believed to be n type Of
this abnormal mentality.
u has heeu suggested that possibly
there is row abroad in the land man
or men who get much satisfaction by
sticking pins or needles into young women
There remains little doubt that the
story of tn. poisoned needle has its place
lu real liiD well in fiction. Many
who have tr.ti to fathom these stories
aui th,S all bear "A striking similarity
have suggested that perhaps the victims
Of needle pr!cks in public places. having
in mint the tales OF the poisoned needles
instantly hypnotize themselves into the
belief that they have virulent polsons in
j"cicl INTO their systems with the resul;
that they get numb. feel dizzy or even
FAINT away.
There may he nothing in this theory
NJ auto- suggestion. il is admitted but
nevertheless those who have tried to &c,
dt the bottom of the dreadful tales of the
white slavors' operations have considered
il worth investigating.
Finds No Poison on Needle.
Thc darning needle found by an usher
In the box in which the Brooklyn brid.
had her adventure was subjected to 4
superficial examination yesterday by Dr
Harrison :. MARYLAND. pathoogist of III.
city Hospital III Newark. After placing
II under n strong glass Dr. MARYLAND said
very positively there was no sign Of any
foreign substance on the needle. The
doctor sad that 1t would require careful
analysis 10 determine whether any poison
still clung TO the steel Whether such
an analysis will be made. said Chief
Long. will not hs decided until tomorrow
The needle has passed through severa
hands since II was found and may now bs
just AS clean as IT ever WAS
capt. Tuite declared yesterday after.
noon that he do, sn't believe this particu.
lar darning needle played any part what.
ever in the attack on Mrs. Graf. Il
could not have been "doctored' with enough
poison. he said to have reduced the young
woman to "A semi-conscious condition.
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