The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1854-04-05
From the New Orlea ans Delta.
STRANGE PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTS In
RELATION To THE DISAPPEAR
IA n !, Az


NJ. Lawrence, as our readers have already
been informed, disappeared on Saturday las,
and his friends, having heard nothing of him
since, all join in the belief that he was mos,
fouly murdered. The facts we are abou, T..
relate are in relation to his disa ,pearanee, and
they are indeed truly marvelous
lady of high responsibility, who resides in
the Fourth District, and had for years been in
iimately acquainted with Mr. lawrence, " wen,,
on Sa urday morning to visit her sister who
lives but a iew squares from her on---street.
She had, on the previous night, been troubled
with neuralgia, and entering her sister $
house, she requested her brother.In law,-a
strong believer in mesmerism--to make few
passes her head in order to ease It's pain
The brother-in-aw complied with her request
and she soon passed into the mesmeric sleep
As she sometimes speaks while in that state, he
asked her wha, she saw. She answered with a
start, that she saw two men numbering another
on the Levee. " ben he asked her fshe knew
the man who was being killed, abe said it was
dark she could not tell A few additional
passes were made to deepen the mesmeric influ-
ence, when she said, ooh, | see now he's a
dark compile xinned man. "Why she eAcIaiIa-
ed again, 'it's Mr.. Lawrence! Why doesn't
he shoot them! Why does not somebody go
to help him z" and she called aloud as If invok-
in aid.
She then went on in broken starts to say. All
they have killed him-now they are taking pa
per money from him-now they are taking his
gold-there, one of Them has taken his watch.
Oh they both carry him to the K liver, and now
they throw him in. Poor Lawrence-now he 4
gone
Being further in'erroga'ed, she described the
two murderers. One Of them was a large ugly
man. with heavy beard, and the other a
small dark man, subsequently she traced them
to o large steamship thai had mas and calls
and had great number of people on board -
The ship she said just leaving the wharf
and the two murdrrers were talking together
Oue had Mr. Lawrences watch in his pock-
This it will b-.remenbered was on Sunday
morning solae thi ty. hourse before any alarm
was fell bv Mr. Lawrences lends concerning
him, veral persons, who were in every res
p ah SUSPICION, were present when the
py.ch log cal d, .,cosures which we have just
rented re- made The lady herself, when
awaks ned. knew nothing about what she had
appar nty seen or described, and the whole
mater was throughout the day, made the sub
ject Of many a hearty laugh. Events which
have since transp!red seem, however, to lnd-
cate that the psychological vision of Sunday
was alas, too real Mr.. Lawrence has not since
been heard of, and his hat, the only vestage OF
him, la. been found on the blopd-stained levee
where th- lady mesmericaly described the mur.
der to hive been committed
1t will also be remembered that two steam
ships left this port for California on Sunday
morning, alb ,ut the time tho lady described the
departure Of the ,wo murderers on the steam
ship
Is this one Of he strange truths not dreamed
of in philosophy, or the chance f'ncy of a
dream.