Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-09-03
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STARTLING NARRATIVE.

| We md the following strange story
in the Urbana (Ill) Union, credited to
the Crown Point Register, Lake county
Ind The latter paper says:
We have received the following letter
from DIR. John Morton. gentleman OF
veracity and high professional stand
ing, formerly from Cleveland, Ohio and
an old schoolmate Of ours. We think
its perusal will convince our readers Of
the entire truth OF all that is said about
modern Spiritualism
GRAND TRAVERSE. MicH.,
May, 81, 1858.
EDIToRs REGisTEn:-I send YOU the
following account Of most extraordi-
nary event or transaction--or what YOU
will--because, in my opinion, il ought
not to b suppressed, tuo 81 the con-
trary, thoroughly investigated. In the
MIDST of the excitement here, such a
thing rs calm and unbiased cxamina-
ton is altogether out Of the question;
nor would it be safe To atttcmpt it, inas-
much rs the determination Of the peo-
pie is strongly to ''hush up" As | my
self am one of the chief characters con
cerned in the affair ] dare not attempt.
il possessed the ability, TO determine
the character of what am about to re-
late: . .,.
4 l LEFT Cleveland to establish myself
here, as You will remember, sometime
last July--a young and Inexperienced
physician. Almost the first patient ]
was called to see was Mrs. Hayden
a woman thrty.fyc years OF age. n
strong consultation, and we'll balan.
ced mind (apparcntlyJ, and apparent
: ly) with little or no imagination. She
was. however. n "Spiritualist," with the
reputation Of being superior medium.
! llor usual physicisla. DIR, J. N. Williams
was abscnt-hence her application to
me. found her laboring under n sc.
verc attack of typhus fever which
: threatened to prove fatal Having pro
! scribed for her, eft. promising to send
DIR. w. MS soon ~ hc returned. This
was on. Saturday morning At night
Dr.. w. took the patient Off my hands
and did not sec her again until Friday
evening Of the ensuing week. | then
found her dying, and remained with
| her until her deceasc, which took place
precisely ut midnight. She was, or ap
pcared to be, rational during the whole
} of my visit, though / We informed
that shc had been delirious the greater
part of the week. There was nothngre
markablc about her symptoms; ] should
: say the disease had taken its natura
course.
Az the time of her decease ther,
. were in the room besides myself hei
= husband, Mrs. Green cher sister, anC
Mrs Miles Ia neighbor). Her husban,
whom / particularly noticed, was very
: thin and week, then suffering from
: quick consumption, already beyond re
covery. He bore the character Of
clear. minded, very firm, illiterate, bu
courteous man, and most strenuou
] uubelievcr in Spiritualisrn.
There had been somc subdued con
yersation, such as is natural in sue
. scenes, tho patient taking no part in
Except to signify, in faint and gradu
ally diminishing voice, her wants, unit
labout an hour before her death, whe
a snbdued and indescribablc chang
which her husband noticed By sayin.
.. o with, as l thought, wholly unwarran
"a ed bitterness,
a "There goes those cursed spiri
&c again y
= The patient thereupon uncloscd b
: eyes, and fixing look of unutterab
emotion on her husband-a look so d
rect, searching and unwaveripg that
. was not a little startled by it. N
I" Hayden met it with something like
unhappy defiance, and finally asked
:. his wife what she wanted. She INN
~ diately replied, in voice OF perf'
. health, "You know"
Twas literally astonished at the wor
and the voice in which they were
N tered. have often read and heard
a return of volume and power Of vo
just preceding dissolution but the 70 70
Y Of the patient bad mono OF tho natu