Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-02-06

pushed aside the letter, and drawing other
paper towards me wrote out simple history OF
that affair, just as it was, and mailed it to The
New York Sum- They took only time to verify
what they could Of tho story and pub
lished 1T. 1t made considerable stir, and re-
portets visited the room and interviewed Mr.
Adams, who admitted all that is here told;
and also added that he felt positive that
was perfectly sincere and honest, and par
ticularly level-headed person, and one not
gived to any of the fallacies of spiritualism
and that he did not doubt that saw every
thing as l said. He had had one OF two per-
sons who desired to leave the room, but he
did not know why. He:would not be afraid
to sleep there, but never had done So Then
several persons who had occupied that room
began to be heard from, all relating differ.
emit experiences, though none had seen what
had
A Catholic priest published an article re-
lating to it, and accounting for it all by say
ing that he believed that the man had been
murdered and that assassin was still living,
and that, as punishment for his crime he
was obliged to enact it every night in spirit
while asleep, and that it was a well-known
fact that one mind had influence over an
other to a greater or less extent, and that his
mind during its free moments had forced
mine to behold the tragedy.
Some of the newspapers suggested that it
was the ghost of Tammany: others declared
it Bill Tweed, and some ridiculed the whole
affair.
An English sea captain also published his
experience while occupying that room. He
had been playing cards with friend, and
while at the little table there came an invisi.
BILE shower of apparently heavy articles
down on the table, scattering the cards right
and left Another man had had peculiar,
but not startling experiences there.
Several years have passed since that time,
and had almost forgotten that had ever
written OF seen anything, when about two
months since the whole was brought to my
mind by strange and shocking incident.
1 was walking along one Of the busiest
streets in New York, and it was very hot and
did not wish to get unnecessarily heated,
when became aware of an uncomfortable
sensation, as if a Geld hand was touching me
and leading me forward. A few steps fur
ther took me toward a lady Of graceful mien
and figure, who was standing by the side of a
gentleman whose face and figure seemed
strangely familiar to me. I caught his look,
which was fixed upon me, and he drew his
lips back in an attempt to smile, which was
so CHASTITY a sight that all who saw it shud-
dered, and then he fell to the ground dead.
OF course everything was done that could
be done to restore him, but uselessly, and the
doctors said he died in fit. / was the only
other woman present, and, as such, felt it a
duty to stay by the woman, who seemed to
be stricken with pallor Of death, though she
did not faint OF Cry when they said he was
dead took her hand and asked her if she
was able to give orders, and asked what
could be done for her. She replied YEARLY
but simply, nothing" She would have the
body taken to the undertaker's and buried
from there, and then she would go home.
turned to go and gave her my card, say
ing that should be but too happy to be OF
service, and started out; but as my eyes fell
upon the face of the dead man saw, with a
shock that fear 1 shall never forget, that it
was the murderer of my vision, without any
| shadow of doubt.
The next day brought me package by
| post, in which was pack of cards and a
| slip of paper, on which was written: at is
| all over town, and the unhappy sight you
| were forced to witness has wrought its result
The man you saw die yesterday slew his hall
brother for a fancied wrong, the pretext Of a
| quarrel at cards being subterfuge. As
soon as my husband knew that his brother
had not supplanted him in his fathers af-
| fections he became the victim of a remorse
as terrible as imagination could paint. His
| father became almost a maniac when he
| heard of his younger sons supposed
| suicide, and as my husband dared
not own himself murderer
| to that poor old father, he suffered such tor
| lures as you can imagine. He was man OF
| powerful will and could control himself
while awake, but as soon as he would sleep Il
seemed as if his will escaped from his body
| and seemed TO fly through space, SSE mat
| ter where we were-and we travelled every
| where-he would return in spirit to that fatal
room. He told me all, and loved him well
enough to love him still and to pity him in
finitely, and of all he ever saw, you and one
other woman were all to whom he could ever
| show the tragedy plainly. He has told me
that sometimes in his baffled rage he would
| long to be there in body to be
| able to kill the sleeper. This other woman
| died, and at last you made public what CON
WINGED the father that his beloved son had
not been guilty of elf-destruction, but he
| never dreamed of suspecting his elder son, SC
that he died content. We were on our way
send you this to thank you, and to ask you tc
| publish it, as true story which may work
| good among passionate ones who let unrea
| soning anger and suspicion have their sway
| You will not see me again. Before you re
ceive this 1 shall have joined my dear hus
band. Perhaps God will be merciful to him
in pity for his suffering. Good-by."
That was all. No address; no name. The
papers next day recorded the death of an I'M
known woman at a lodging house. She was
buried from the money found on her person.
At the same time the corpse of the strange
man was also buried by the undertaken II
was a sad and unsatisfactory ending to this
singular mystery, in which was unwillingly
made an actor
If any one can explain hoy such thing
could be should be glad to know it. In the
meantime 1 assure such persons as may read
this that every word written in this story IL
actually true, as far as I am concerned, and
as for the rest, believe it, though l cannot
| understand it.