HYPNOTISING THAW.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue 9304, 21 March 1907, Page 3

HYPNOTISING THAW.

STRANGE STORY OF A MYSTERIOUS FRENCHMAN.

A Scandinavian, who says his name is James Mjorley, and that he was for five years from 1900 private seoretary to Barry Thaw, enteied the office of the South Wales Echo at Cardiff one day last month and told a strange story. Morley says that Thaw was for a considerable time under the hypnotic control of a Frenchman, who had a grudge against White, the murdered man. "It was after I had been in Thaw's service about three years," said Mortey. "that one evening he brought in a Frenchman, a person about 38 or 40 years of age, to sapper and cards. This Frenchman, who evidently had no money, continually came after that, and practically" lived on Mr Thaw for the next two years. He and Thaw became very confidential, and the Frenchman used to hypnotise Thaw, doling it first of all, at any rate, fbr fun. I have seen the 1 men sitting vis-a-vis, and then the Frenchman would look into his eyes, and make passes over his forehead. In ».his way he hypnotised Thaw, and I nave seen the latter whoa in thi9 state do things that no man in his senses would dream of doing. I know of two other persons living who have also witoes i »ed it, and who can support my statement. "As time went on, as the result, doubtless, of being hypnotised s)» often," added Morley, "Thaw seemed to get entirely into the Frenchman's hands, and tho latter

could do just as he Hked with him. I used to take cheques to hdm two or three tunes a w**k." "I never sarar White but once," said

Morley, in iwply to anbther question, "as he never cam© to Thaw's house, but they useVl to meet at dubs." "Did the Frenchman know White?" "Y-js; he did. At one time they were friendly, but later they quarrelled over an actress, and I know that after thw the Frenchman had a very bitter feeling against White. I have heard him say things against WMte when he was conversing ,with Thaw. But my wife has in her possession a letter from tihe Frenchman, addressed to White, containing conohisive evidence cf the strong feeling entertained by the former towards tihe murdered

man.'* "And your suggestion is that tho Frenchman, with the object of being revenged on White, influenced Thaw by hypnotism to commit murder'" "Yes, that he used Thaw as his instrument of revenge, and I belSove that if my evidence is placed befbrothc Court it will secure Thaw's ■acquittal."