The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-21
GENUINE GHOSTS.
Story of a Young Man Who Each Week Saw
His Double.

Story of a Young Man who Each Week Saw
His Double.
Dallas Tex Inelligencer.
A local physician with a slight leaning toward
spiritualism was met by reporter yesterday.
who, in casual sort of way asked him whether
he had heard of the story now going the rounds
of the press, concerning the Philadelphia bride,
who sued her husband for a divorce because she
saw his double in the room almost every night
Immediately after II o'clock. 'You viii remem-
Der the groom himself admitted seeing the
double on such occasions, but said he was in
sort of a trance at the time, and was perfectly
helpless either to arouse himself or go to his
wlteS assistance said the reporter,
''N es, | have read account of that affair,
and though three or four years ago | should be
inclined to laugh at it as piece of foolishness or
look upon it in the light of ahOrrible ghtmare,
| must confess that, taking all the circumstances
into consideration. | must believe every word of
it. The newspaper account of the bride leaving
her bed and approaching the shadow at the glass
may be exaggerated somewhat but from in
vestigation of other cases of similar ma ture am
forced to the confession that | am confirmed in
my belief that the account was truthful one"
And you firmly believe that while the groom
was in bed, cold and apparently hfeless, his
double, his exact counterpart was in frontot the
bureau glass, shaving himself|
Indeed | dor
''What reason have you for thinking so!'
81 could cite several reasons but let me state
to you something which happened in this city
only two years ago, and l think l can con
vince you that have some reason to believe IN
this strange occurrence A handsomely dressed
lady Of good standing in society called upon me,
accompanied by her eighteen year-old son, who
was to all appearances perfectly healthy and as
bright as any boy of his age could be- The lady,
unhesitatingly, said that she did not know [
could help her any, but she continued 1
have tried hard to believe that he is troubled
with some disease of a peculiar nature which,
perhaps, can be cured She finally told me
hat two or ln
dead of night, while sleeping in
his chamber her son apparently
faints away. and with eyes wide open stares at
perfect counterpart of himself of a shadowy
nature stalking into the room. The mysterious
figure walks up and down the room, remains
there two or three minutes and then vanishes
the traditional ghosts are said to do.
1.-THE boy was perfectly able to recount his
experience when he regained consciousness and
once or twice other members of the household,
believing the boys story to be nothing but a
dream or nightmare, went to bed with him, and
they went through the same experiences as the
Philadelphia bride you speak Of The boy was
as cold as death as his image stalked into the
chamber and vanished"
"Did you effect cure"
"Certninly not. 1t is incurabe. II is not a
disease. but something which L cannot explain.
The person affected is lifeless. His spirit leaves
him and takes shadowy FORM
Then you believe in spiritualisfni"
"How can do otherwiseY l slept with the
boy one night for the purpose of convincing my
self and | shall never forget that night as long
as | live l thought the matter from time
to time, looked up several authorities such
matters, and the result is that | know as much
about it now as did when started. To sum
it up, it is not disease or an optical delusion,
but stubborn indisputable fact, and more than
that cannot say. There may be some people
inclined to laugh at that Philadelphia story: but
| look at it in serious light. and worthy
of any amount of study and investigation"