Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-27

/ the brothers is assassinated, ana the
whole scene is brought before the sur
/ vivOr. The scenery was well gotten
up and always produced considerable
effect on the audience.
/ I invited Abbott, who had never
seen the play, to accompany me to the
! theater, When this scene was eXhi-
/ bited. he turned suddenly pale, laid
/ his head on my shoulder and re-
! NAMED silent g few miputes. he
/ then complained Of feeling sick and
! expressed 2 wish to go TO his room.
! I ACCOMPANIED him TO his lodging,
! each of US remaining silent until we
! reached the room. After a few min
/ utes rest on a Lounge he broke the 81
/ Iance by aDolOgizing TO me for his
| strange conduct, and in explanation
| told me
THE STORY WHICH FOLLOWS
/ II give it in his own words as nearly
! as can from memory:
81 am the only surviving child OF
/ my parents. The family consisted
ten years ago Of my father and mother,
/ one brother older than myself and a
1 sister a few years younger. We were
born and reared in the village Of --,
in New Hampshire. Ny sister died
/ at fifteen years old with consumption.
In a few years my older brother
showed evident symptoms Of the same
disease, and my father, who had aC-
Cumulated quite q handsome estate,
determined, upon the advice of ply
sicians, to send him TO Havana. AC-
c0rdiugly,in af eW weeks, having pro
4 #.-r~1au-A A.f
in gold and letters Of credit on a bank
er in Havana, nay brother and myself
started on the long voyage, and ar
rived there IN safety. Having re-
maiued long enough to feel confident
that my brother Charles was imprOv-
ing, and leaving him in comfortable
quarters, I returned home. For six
months we received letters from him
regularly; in all Of these letters he
wrote that he was improving, and felt
confident Of regaining his health en-
tirely. AT length he ceased to write,
OF at least we received no more let
ters. This continued for a month,
when NV father wrote to the
banker, to whom Charles had
taken letters, iuquiring after his son.
In q day OF two after this last-uamed
letter was written, l was sitting IN
nv room, about nightfall, before a
slow fire, thst scarcely lighted the
room, thinking of my brother
Charles. Suddenly / felt something
like a hand laid upon my shoulder.
I turned and saw, as it were, upon
the wall behind me, three distinct
fipures. In a moment the faces Of sll
Ct them became lighted up, so that I
could plainly discern every feature.
One was the face Of my brother
Charles; the figure nearest to him
raised an arm and struck him with a
dagger; he fell to the ground, and the
three shadows disappeared. The faces
were written indelibly on my memo
". went at once to my father and
related to him the strange scene. He
chided me for my superstition, and
insisted that I had been dreaming.
am sure that 1 was wide awake, vet
said no more about the vision. In
few weeks my father received a letter
from the Havana banker, informing
him that Charles had, some two
months before, drawn some money, /
telling him that he and two Of his
companions were going for q few
Weeks LuLD TIE l4lELlDL vi tic ASldIle I
and that he had not seen or heard |
from him since.
"My father at once started for
Havana and remain there several /
months, but could never learn any
more of my brother than what
had be=n written him by the
banker. No trace of him or either Of
his companions could be found after
they left the city.
=" Five years after this, business |
called me to the city Of JaIapa, Mexico. |
A few days after my arrival there, I /
learned that a man was TO beeXeCuted /
for murder, Something which I can
not account for prompted me to wit
ness the execution. / went early and
secured en eligible position. The con-
demned man was brought ont and as
ceuded the scad0ld. As he turned his
face to me, I at once recognized the
face of the shadow which held and
struck with the dagger. He made a
short speech, admitting the killing Of
the man for whose murder he was
about to die, and further admitting
that he and another man had murdered
Charles A55Oh Ia the island Of Cu5u.
had robbed him and buried his BODY ia
o. fOrest.' WAKUs.
MEMPHIS, May e, ISL