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Hypnotist Defies Sheriff

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
April
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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"111 ' I "'■( Simcoe, Ont., April 20. - Professor Ferris, hypnotist, placed a subject in a trance here Monda y afternoon and buried him six feet under ground, there to remain three days. Sheriff Jackson and a posse of offlcers appeared on the scène as the grave was filled in and ordered Penis to take the man out or suffer arrest. The professor refused, stating that he was violating no law. After consultation with the county atorney, the sheriff found he could take o action. The subject is supplied with ir through a box. líis face can be een. It resembles that of a corpse, but as not the extreme pal'.or. There is a reat dra. of exeitement over the case.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News