'DEMON OF CALUMNY.'
ANONYMOUS LETTERS TRIAL. STORY OF HYPNOTISM. LONDON. December a. ! Angele Laval, supposed to be the authoress of anonymous letters, signed, "The Demon of Calumny," and "Tiger's Eye;" presented a sorry figure in the dock at tie! opening of her trial at Tul'e, says the Paris correspondent of "The Times." | A frail looking woman, she shrunk 1 from the hostile demonstrations of the crowd. She described her "experiences in mental hospitals, and stated that she , had been hypnotised and made to wear . the "camisole de force" to correct fits
iof violence. Two doctors gave evidence that- she .had a disease of the brain, but the family i doctor stated that she was not liable to hysteria, and was incapable of writing obscenities. Two handwriting experts .denied the similarity of Angeles handwriting with that of the letters*
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 296, 14 December 1922, Page 5
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