PRIESTLY HYPNOTIST.
AVENGING A VICTIM. >HE STABBING OF RASPUTIN. ST. PETEUSRI H(i. July 14. Thr wound inlli.-lc.l upon Ihe monk Baspulin ut I'nkr..v.-knv". Tobolsk, is not j considered mortal. ||. was walking iv tho village with his -~: i Dmitry. Noticing a woman approaching. Ilaspiitin felt in l\is pocket for alms, when she slabbed him in the abdomen wan » dagger. The woman, whose name i- Cuscvn. iried to stab him again, bul Dmitry prevented her. and handed her to Ihe police. Gu&cva stated 11,,,! „„,. nj.sl.e.l to avenge one of Kasputins girl victims, now in a convent. Cuscva subscnucntlv ittcmptrd to commit suicide by cutting a ruin in her wrist wiih glass.' Basputin's hypnotic gifts enabled liim to play upon the feelings nf bvsterical 'omen. Several of unblemished reputation fell under his -pell. While movin" h the highest society. Uasputin participated in Boccaccian scenes with village girls, who we,-,, always provide.! with nhcfed religious reasons.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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152PRIESTLY HYPNOTIST. Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 167, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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