Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1883-08-16
THE LATEST CHICAGO WONDER.
A Dead Mans Picture Impressed Upon
Window Pane.
(Chicdoo Times

(Chicago Itmes) .
An object we'll worthy of scientific
investigation may be seen In the VIM
dow of the drug store at No. 400
Southwestern avenue, between the a
hours of seven and eight every even t
ing. The object in question is nothing
more nor less than an ordinary pane |
of plate glass and, at any time except
the hour specified, there is nothing ]
about it that would attract attention,
but as the sun wanes in light and
heat each evening it exerts an lnf1u-
ence in the glass that is believed by
MANY to be supernatural, and there
are hundreds of people in the neigh
borhood who will not under any cir
cumstances go near 1t. Here Is the
story of the wonderful glass as told by
DR.. A. K. Smith, in whose drug store
the pane is kept: About three weeks
ago an East India Jew, who was pos
sessed of many eccentricities OF char
acter. boarded in house few doors
east of the drug store on Taylor street |
and occupied the front room on the
second floor, the windows OF which
faced the west. The Jew took sick,
and died after an illness of a few days.
He was dressed for burial and laid
: out in the centre of the room directly
r in front of the window.
! ! About half past o'clock on the
evening of the second day after the
I funeral the dead mans wife was sit
s ting in the same room weeping over
the loss of her husband, when she
g chanced to look toward the centre
e window. AS she did so she uttered
. piercing scream and rushed toward 1t
= and began to pass her hand gently
~ over the lower pane, speaking words
Is - of tenderness and love in her own lam
- guage as she did so. When the people
Il in the lower portion of the house rush
o ed into the room, in response to the
Is woman's scream, they saw her kissing
as the window-pane and acting in such q
l1 peculiar manner that they at once
VI concluded that she was insane. She
=, turned suddenly, however, in such
s'i manner as to expose the pane, ane
S the people in the room saw sight thai
"e brought forth yell and genera
rush for the stairs leading to th
eu ground floor, for there in the glass wa
III; III; as perfect likeness of the dead maj
10 10 as the best photographer could pre-
- duce. The eyes were closed, the 1eaf
'iie ures were calm and the beard an
oi' hair were just as they had been al
on ranged for the burial The pictur
NO showed the head and portion Of tn
ia bust almost to the waist. A line
OUT handkerchief that had been place
hce across the breast of the dead ma
'ei' when he was laid out was also acc'
on 1 rately reproduced. The wife Of tt
ieo' deceased is of superstitious turn
'no mind, and firmly believed that h
husband had returned to express son
IeI- Ie wish he desired fulfilled, and stage
~ eta constantly by it. The story of Il
1ne "apparition" spread through the neig
y was borhood like wildfre, and hundre
- 2 came at all hours of the day to see
7ne' Many who came in the morning al
aiI early afternoon and failed to see an
,uu ,oou thing, pronounced the story cana1
leau = but those who returned and view
81 : " the glass at the hour specified were
cred ,onl0oo w 49, r.. Sn,;+b wa
c. doubling Thomas for awhile,
~ ~ would not even take the pains to
Illo into the room and examine the gls
GU He did so at length, however, and
,1lse 1ni astonished beyond description at
u+1'u ut1n holding the picture, or whatever 1t
n1ly as it was perfect likeness OF the
nohSS parted Jew, whom he had known q
we'll, the face and features being id
J. !, in nf tical in every particular with wha
~ u supposed to have been the Original
tnol- The glass is placed in the SNOWY
Il W dow facing west and during the da
owe OWL is very Innocent appearing piec
7ople. t'lea glass, -hut when the sun reaches
nase nav tain point the lineaments of M
an.Ii I.:Il bearded face gradually begin to
VIII pear, and in about ten minutes
e,uoo picture is complete, presenting an
i baot pearance not unlike the negative
Iod b photograph, only it is somewhat
ooo' distinct. The glass has been wa:
-, +ho over and over again with strong CT
II ln wv icals, but its wonderful pecuiis
enc Of oannou anans W haus ~, tha;r % cnr;os;tv
gratifed by visiting the show-wir
named between the hours of a
ctlrer P. M, as at o'clock the picture
be1ore esl gins to grow dim and quickly d
1ow ne pears altogether. DIR. Smith says
al just during the past week the picture
ne TOP grown somewhat dim, but not te
Ter % great degree. He is anxious for
nen ne one to explain the mystery or
passed tifc freak.
ere are