Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-02-06

The Spirit Of a Woman Tells How She
Was Murdered Long Ago.
Reading Eagle.

heading Eagle
Ina neat-looking two-storv brick house
situated on Minor street, below Laurel,
Spiritualistc circle was held on Sunday
evening. A gentleman who was present
thus describes it: About thirty believ-
ers visited the place. We persuaded
Mrs. Elliot. Of Ash street, medium, to
accompany us. She very soon was in
a clairvoyant state, and through her the
company present were told most mvs-
FERROUS story of a murder that had hap
pened in this city many years ago. The
spirit was that Of dead woman who
said she had been murdered. Her soul
was in hell, and is still there. When in
the flesh she was the lowest Of the low,
she said. She spent a considerable por-
ton Of her life on canal-boat, and was
finally murdered by two ruffians.
The spirit of the dead woman spoke
in terrible realistic manner. The
voice came harsh, and at times was
piercing and full of bitterness. 1t said
"Once was young and fair, but an evil
spirit wrecked and ruined me. By de-
grees [ fell lower and lower, and at last
| was beyond the boundary of hope or
redemption. l was employed on canal
boat. One dark, stormy night we came
to Reading, and the boat was tied up
for the night at the wharf near the
locks. Two men--here the names were
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS me to accom-
pany them up the street, and [ went.
We proceeded as far as clump Of will
lows, where they cruelty murdered me.
They wrapped my body in an old piece
of canvas, threw me in a guIch, and
covered me up. My body decayed and
my soul was damned and sent to perdi-
ton. | am still there, and my bones
moldering at the very Threshold of this
house. My murder was witnessed by
the driver Of the boat, who followed us.
His presence was discovered, and the
murderers threatened to kill him if he
ever whispered word of the, horrible
tragedy. He kept their foul secret, and
to-day he lives not far from Reading,
and his mind and soul are in terrible
agony and torture. He is restless and
cannot sleep. Geo pity him! He
wants to tell, but yet he dare not do it
in fear of his life. His conscience is
upon the rack, and yet he is guiltless
duO UldillClCoS w OOiICo luuSI DC Q
moved from their resting-place or my
soul must rest in one continual torture
Help me ! Help men'
AT this" said the gentleman, we
all heard rafting noise, as if the house
were gong to pieces above our heads
Then appeared black shadow n. owing
across the room, looking like half goat
and half a dog. 1t shrieked, Remove
my bones, dig up my bones [ am
buried here, and those smoldering bones
must be carried away And the horri-
ble-looking object disappeared. Men
trembled, and women wept and tainted
away. I never care to experience such
a thing again. There were few skep-
tics in the circle, and they desired to
depart at once. Several church mem
bers and accepted Christians were per-
fectly staggered and confounded, and
could not solve the terrible mystery. At
another time the spirit of'the murdered
woman came like q cloud Of cotton and
rolled over the people, causing cold
chills to creep over them. Doors
cracked, windows ratified. crockery and
dishes tumbled, chairs were upset, fires
went out, lights were extinguished, dogs
growled, furniture was broken, bedding
was removed from beds, a looking
glass was smashed into pieces, and the
front steps were actually moved from
their place fully two feet. At another
time the spirit again appeared and said
it did not want harm to come to any
one. "A relative Of the driver who
witnessed the murder lives in Birds
boro. Go to him and tell him to go to
Hamburg and tell - to come
down and remove my poor bones. He
need not tell who my murderers were.
| don't want them punished My pun
ishment has fully atoned for all the
wrongn These and many other SEN
fences were Kissed out by the spirit of
the woman, and we left the scene, not
to forget it in q hurry, | can assure
YOU"