Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-12-25

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From the Crrva roint Qndiana1 Register
* - 4 GRAND TRAVERSE, Michigan.
May "a, 1853.
ErIToRs REGIsTER: send you the fol
lowing account of most extraordinarl
event or tran3action--or what you will
because, in my opinion, it ought not t.
be suppressed; but, on the contrary
thoroughly Investigated. In the midst
of the excitement here, such thing "a
calm and unbiased examination is alto
4 gether out of the question:; nor would il
be safe 70 attempt it, in as much as the
determination Of the people is strongly
to hush up" As L myself am one, Of
the chief characters conc arned in the
affair, dare not attempt, If / possessed
the ability, TO- determine the character
of what am about TO relate. xa
left Cleveland to establish myself
here, as you will remember, some time
last June--a young and inexperienced
physician. Almost the FIRST patient
was called to see was Mrs. Hayden--a
woman thirty-fve years of age, strong
constitution and we'll balanced mind,
(spparently,) and (apparent.y,) with
litsle or no imagination. She was, how.
ever "spiritualist," with the reputa-
ton Of being a superior medium" Her
usual physician, DIR. j. N. Williams, was
absent--hence her application to me. i.
found her lab0ring under revere attack
Of typhus fever, which threatened to
prove fatal. Having Prescribed for her
Hen, promising 70 send DR.. w as soon
ns he returned. ~ a& kizd
This was on Saturday morning. AT
night DR.. w. took the patient off my
hands, and did not see her again until
Friday evening of the ensuing week. Il
then found her dying, and remained with
her till her decease, which took place
percisely at midnight. She was, or ap,
pesred to be, rational during the whole
OF my visit, though 4 was informed that
she had bee lelerious the greater part of
the wee6. There vas nothing remarka-
Bile about her symptoms, | SHOULD say |
the disease had taken It's natural course. /
AT the time of her decease there were
in the house, besides myself, her hus-
band, Mrs. Green, (her sister, add Mrs.
Miles, Cher neighbour Her husband, |
whom L particularly noticed, was very
thin and weak, then suffering from q
quick consumption, already beyond re-
covery. He bore the character of q clear
minded, very firm, ilEterate, but cour-
teoHs man, and most strenuous unbe-
lever in spiritualism. es't1
{ There had been some snbdued CONVEX, /
sations, such as is natural in such scenes.
the patient taking no part in it except to |
signify in a faint and gradually dimin.
ishing voive, her wants, until about an
hour before her death, when sudden and /
indiscribable change came over her fea-
lures, voice and appearances change /
which her husband noticed by saying,
with, as Thought, wholly unwaranted
bitterness: aNaU4
"There goes those cursed spirits
again. I" aamasss ss
i The patient hereupon Enclosed her
eyes, and kxed look of unuttersble
emotion upon her husbaud-a look so
direct, searching and unwavering that
/ was not little startled at it. Mr.. \
Hayden met it with something like an
defiance, and finally asked of
bis wife what she wanted. She immedi:
ately replied, in voice Of perfect health
''you know" s'iasl
i was literally astonished at the words
and the voice in which they were ut.
tered.
have often read and heard of q returnIi
Of volume and power OF voice just pre-
ceding dissolution; but the voice of the /
patient had none of the natural intona-
ton of such--it was, as have said, per-
fectly healthy. In a few moments she
continued in the same voice, and with
her eyes still fixed upon her husband:
William, in your secret soul do you
believer" -----~
"Wife," was q the imploring reply,
|" that is the devil which has stood be-
tween us and Heaven for 80 many
Weiare both at the very verge
of the grave, and in Gods name lot him
be buried FIRST F99oa
Apparently without hearing or needing
him, she repeated her words:
You dare not dishelieve. -. 80 ~ .-a 4
II dc" he replied, excited by her man
ner, while you are dying-nay, if you
we're dead, and should speak to me,
dare not believe" .-s-
4lCnf bud b1Aug Will bHohk 10 you
when l am dead l will come to you all
FOUR latest hour, and with a voice from
the grave, / win warn you of your time
TO follow mel" ,ilf'i lo----....-
"But shall not believe spirit
81 will come in the body and speak to
you; remember"
She then closed her eyes and straight
way sank into her former state.
In few moments-as soon as we had
somewhat recovered from the shock of
this most extraordinary scene-her two
children were brough. into the room to
receive her dying blessing. She partial
" reused herself, and placing hand on
the head Of each, she put faint prayer
TO the throne of grace, faint in voice, in
deed, but prayer in which all the
strength of her great unpublished soul, I
heart and mind was exerted to its ut
most dying limit-such prayer as a
seraph might attempt, but none but
dying wife and mother could accomplish.
From that moment her breath grew
rapidly weaker and more difficult; and
at IL o'clock she. expired apparently
without struggle. ,.
closed her eyes, Strengthened and
composed her limbs, and was about to
leave the house, when Mrs. Green re-
ques ted me to send over two young
ladies' from my boarding house to watch
With the dead. All this occupied some
ten minutes. 80 se
Suddenly Mrs. Miles screamed, and
Mr.. Hayden started up from the bedside
where he had been sitting.
The supposed corpse was sitting erect
in the bed, and struggling to speak. Her
eyes were still closed, and save her open
mouth and quivering tongue, there were
all the looks of death in her face. With
a great heave of the chest, ~ last the
single word came forth:
''Rememberl"
Her jaw fell back in its place, and she |
again lay down as before. | now ex-
amined her minutelys That she was /
dead, there could be no further possible |
shadow of a doubt; and so left the
house. ae
On the following day DR.. Williams |
made careful minute post mortem
examination of the body. was pre-
vented by business from attending, but
was informed By the doctor that be |
found the brain but slightly affected-an
unusual fact in persons dying of typhus
fever-hut her lungs were torn and rent
extensively, as if by sudden, single |
and powerful effort, and sufFused parti-
atty with populated blood. These
were all the noticeable features OF the
case. She was buried on the afternoon
of the same day.