The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-10
A REMARKABLE CASE.
Young Mans Premonition of Death Veri-
fled i'll Startling Manner.

fled i'll Startling Manner.
Baltimore Special.
A remarkable case of premonition of death
was brought to light to-day in the funeral
discourse over the remains of Christopher c.
Brooks, aged seventeen years, grandson of
Prof Brooks, of the Baltimore Female Col
lege, this city. The minister said it was one
of the exceptional phenomenal cases which
point to a new and higher philosophy. He
said that such cases were like the moon
beams which come down to earth on cloudy
night through riffs in the clouds. Such
cases enlightened the minds of men and di
rected their researches toward a subject that
may yet be made to yield its teachings and
truths. He did not believe that the dead
were very far from the living and thought
that in the future new science might be es-
tablished on such phenomenal cases as the
one on which he was commenting.
The following account of the premonition
referred to was obtained from the parents of
the deceased: Mrs Brooks was travelling in
Europe, and had written her son, who was
employed in New York and lived in Brook
Ign, to join her. He responded naming the
time of his starting In the interim he was
taken i'll, and on the day Mrs. Brooks re-
ceived his letter she received a cablegram
summoning her home on account of his
sickness. On her arrival she found him
able to go about, and his physician had no
fears as to his perfect recovery. The youth
stated, however, that former teacher and
friend of his, a Mr.. Hill, who died
him in vision, and told him he would
die of heart trouble on Wednesday,
December 5. at 3 o'clock P. NJ. Young
Brooks had never had any trouble with his
heart, and his friends to whom he made the
statement were in no way concerned about
it. His physician laughed at it, and said he
was certain, on the contrary, he would get
hOWaVar
thoroughly impressed with the belief that
he would die at the time indicated. A few
days before the time he sent flowers to some
friends, with a note saying; II shall never
again be able to express my appreciation of
your Kindness He accompanied lady
friend to an entertainment the afternoon of
Dec. 4, spent the evening in her company
and received promise that if he wrote for
her the next afternoon she would come to
say goodbye. His physician told the moth
er and brother of the youth that he would
divert his mind from the subject by physical
means, and on Tuesday night put fly blister
on his neck.
On Wednesday morning young Brooks
rose as usual, ate an w usually hearty break
fast, and to all appearances was good for a
long life. The physician left him without a
trace of uneasiness as to his condition. The
young man insisted that his mother should
not stay with him, telling her, at would kill
you to see me die" That he might not take
the matter too much to heart, she did not
oppose him, but consented to leave him, in
tending to return to him in the latter part of
the afternoon. While taking lunch with the
family as usual at 9 o'clock, he COM
planned of feeling faint and asked to be as
sisted to his room. After resting in bed
few moments he wrote to the young lady,
and in about twenty minutes she arrived.
He died in the presence of the family at ten
minutes after o'clock His physician and
his mother arrived but two or three mo-
ments later, and were shocked to find his
prediction fulfilled. His father had returned
to Baltimore from visiting him some weeks
ago.
On Wednesday at breakfast his father re-
marked it was the day which his son had APP
pointed to die, but with no thought that the
prophecy would be fulfilled and was as
founded when intelligence of the death ar
rived. He was young man of strong char
acter, exceptionally good mind aud splendid
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