Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-03
A WEIRD WARNING.
Richard L. White, Of Boston, While on
His Death Bed, is Visited by
the Spirit Of
A Young Girl Which FOrbids Him Taking
Certain Kind OF Medicine-A
Singular Story.

James S. Dodge, of Boston, says that en-
Monday, October ID, there died in Boston Ito
speak after the manner of the world), at his
residence, q Shawmu. avenue, Mr.. Richard
K. While, aged forty years, eleven months
and seventeen days. l wss we'll acquainted
with the gentleman in question, while in the
mortal, and have received frequent visits
from him at my store in Boston. The cir
cumstances attending the last three or four
days of his earth-life are so singular that it
seems 10 me they cannot fail OF interest to
your resders.
am informed by those conversant with
the facts in the case, and in whom have
perfect confidence, that en- the Friday, Sstur-
day and Sunday preceding his demise he
passed into 4 mental state which his i'm me-
diaie friends took TO be insanity, but which
subsequent inquiry proved to be far removed
therefrom. He began speaking of various
things which appeared TO his vision, finally
asserting that young lady (giving the
name which he said she called herself by),
was present in the sick room, although his
attendants had assured him positively that
no such person was there 10 the form. As
he persisted in stating that she ipas standing
near him he was asked if he had ever known
such young lady, or one bearing that
name, to which he gave decided negative,
and added that he bad never seen her before,
particularly the manner in which her hair
was arranged across her forehead.
Her first appearance in his room was on
Friday, September 18th. On Saturday, 50tp,
he declared that she was sgain present. and
he began to converse with her; on Sunday
October LIST, when they offered him some
nourishment, he refused it, saying that
,sNeiiiea 1.-THE first name of the mysterious
young lady sccs there, and would moi take dnE
IN MN1d nv (hcfr hor La
above stated; and what was the surprise Of
his friends, on locking at the Herald, TO find
| in the list of death notices wherein his own
demise was recorded, the announcement that
a young lady of the exact name which he so
| frequently pronounced during his supposed
delirium had died on Sunday, October LIST
| in Boston, in the twenty-third year OF her
sgel Truly on that Sabbath when he re-
| fused nourishment apparently because she
would not take some, she had already passed
beyond the need of all earthly susteniation!
His relatives were so impressed with this
fact that they repaired to the number of the
house on Hampden street (given in the
obituary notice. where the deceased girl lived
previous to her transition, and found her
parents to be Roman Catholic in belief, Of
| Irish descent, and having no knowledge OF
of spirit-return and communion. The de.
saription given BY the deceased gentleman
while yet alive regarding the general ap-
pearance of the young lady, the arfa6gensnI
Of her hair, and other details, was found 70
be CORRESPONDING that the sick man, con-
| fined to his room by wasting illness, had seen
her IN some to them unexplainable way.
Here is matter demanding the attention
of those who deny the capability OF the
spirit to express itself independently of the
feshly body. The evidence is conclusive
that during the last two days of her earth.
life Miss Nellie's spirit left her form and
visited the apartment of the sick man, m ain.
tanning, for brief season, intelligent con.
versation with him; and on Sunday, after bel
death, and the day previous to his own, this
| freed spirit again visited him, refusing tc
countenance the use of bodily nutriment, and
by her action evidently causing him to dc
the same. He evidently, by his description
sdw her spirit both before and after the death
| of her body, while the fact of the death Of
her physical body on Sunday made no ap
probable difference to him in the appear
ance of her interior self, as she stood lac
| cording to his declarations), as she had a
intervals for the past two days, at his bed
side.