Miscellany: Trance

Near Lymington, England, Dr. William Teasdale Wilson, 79-year-old spiritist, sat dead in his chair for a week. His wife thought he was in a trance.

Smoker

At Jamaica, L. I., Frank La Carta, laborer, boarded a bus filled with theatre-goers, began to amuse himself by blowing smoke rings into their faces. Driver John Reiss asked La Carta to throw away his cigaret. La Carta refused. John Reiss stopped the bus, prepared to take La Carta to the street. La Carta knocked John Reiss against a window-glass, which crashed. La Carta then ripped off...

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