The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-01-19
9 Nonderful Aoax,
WORSE THAN A GHOST STORY.
Strange Developments in Spiritualism-
The Dead Rising from the Grave.
From the Crown Point Indiana) Register.
GRAND TRfvERsE, MIcH.,


From the Crown Point (Indiann) Register.
ID GRAND TRfvERsE, MICH,
9m May "a, 1858. !
EDS REGISTER I send you an account of
q most extraordinary event or transaction
or what you wil-because, in my opinion
it ought not to be suppressed; bnt, on the
contrary, thoroughly Investigated. In the
midst OF the exs!e5ttss.Wglelpt Aarsl such thing
gether out of the questions; nor would it be
safe to attempt it, inasmuch as The determi
nation of the people ssTongly to >' hush
up" AS I myself am 0ne of the chief char
acters concerned in the affair, dare not at
tempt, if possessed the ability to deter.
mine the character OF what am about to
relate,
| left Cleveland to establish myself here,
as you viii remember sometime last july
a young aud inexperienced physician. AL.
most the first patient was called to see,
was Mrs. Hayden--a woman th:rty.fye
years Of age, n strong constitution and a
we'll balanced mind (apparently), and (ap-
parently) with little or no Imagination. She
was, however, a ttSpirtualist,' with the
reputation Of being superior medium"
Her usual physician, DR.. S. N.Williams,
was absent-hence her application to me,
/ | found her laboring under severe attack
of typhus fever, which threatened to provo
fatal Having prescribed for her, ! lett,
promising to send DR.. w. as soon as he re-
] turned. tHa
This was on Saturday morning. At night
/ DR.. .W.took the patient of my hands, and
did not see her again until Friday evening
of the ensuing week. then found her dy-
ing, and remained with her until her de-
cease, which took place precisely at mid
night. She was, or appeared to be, rational
during the whole of my visit though was
informed she had been delirious the greater
part of the week. There was nothing re-
markahle about her symptoms. | should
cay the disease had taken its natural
course,
At the time of her decease, there were in
tho house, besides myself, her husband,
Mrs. Green (her sister ,'and Mrs, Miles ia
neighbor. Ter husband, whom paricu'
larly noticed, was very thin and weak, then
suffering from quick consumption. already
| beyond recovery. He bore the character OF
cear-minded, very firm, illiterate, but
! courteous man, and most strenuous unbe-
lever in Spritualism.
There had been some subdued conversa-
tion, such as is natural in such scenes, the
patient taking no part in it except TO sgnl'
fy. in faint and gradually diminishing
voice, her wants, until about an hour be-
fore her death, when a sudden and inde
scribable change came over her features,
voice and appearance--a change which her
husband noticed by saying, with, as
thought, wholly mwarranted bitterness
"There goes those cursed spirits again
The patient hererpon unclosed her eyes
aud fixed look of unutterable emotion
upon her husband--a look so direct, scarch
ing and unwavering, that | was not litul
startled by il. Mr., Hayden met it viii
something like all unhappy defiance, anc
| finally asked OF his wife what she wanted.
She Immediately replied, in voice OF per
feet health, :" You Know h ifr
| was literally astoushed at the words
and the voice in Which they were uttered
| had oflen7 read and heard of return o.
i volume and power of voice just preceding
dissolution but vuice ofgthe patient had
none of the natural information OF sich-il
was, as ! have said, perfectly healthy. II
a few moments she continued in the same
voice, aud with her eyes still fixed upon
her husband
William, in your secret soul do you be
llieve ?"
Wife was the imploring reply, that
is the devil which has stood between us
and Heaven fer 30 many months. We arr
both atthe very verge of the grave, and il
Gods name, let him be buried hrst.' 0
i Apparently without hearing or needing
him, She repeated her words;
HYou dare not disbelieye."
HEdo, he replied, excited by her man
ner, "while you are dying--nay, il yo'
were dead, and should speak 10 me, dar'
not believe"
Then she said, viii speak to yol
when am dead / viii como to you a
your latest hour, aud with voice from tn