Portland, Me., August 12, 1896. Sylvester Harley of Ashburnham, Mass., came here to-day and placed in the hands of a Portland attorney a civil action against Rev. Dr. A. B. Simpson of New York, the famous Christian Alliance leader, who, at Old Orchard last Sunday, raised over $100,000 for foreign missions.
The suit will be brought in the United States court to recover a gold watch contributed by Mr. Harley's mother to the Christian Alliance cause. The watch was an heirloom, and when the donor repented of her act and sought to recover the watch her pleading was in vain. Mr. Harley claims his mother was hypnotized by Dr. Simpson.—Boston Herald.
