The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-08-10
FROM THE SPIRIT LAND.
The Wrath of a Murdered Man
Appears
To a Woman, and Tells its Troubles, in
an Interview With Her on
Saturday Night

On Saturday last n Liam reporter
hearing that some new light had been
thrown on the recent dark murder of Sid
Stnniforth. Of which Madam lgnaclo
Cortez, the noted keeper of n house of
ill-fame stands charged, visited
Mrs. Anna e.. Brown. middle-aged
woman living at No. 200 South Laredo
street Mrs. Brown. he was told, was n
spiriiualist, and had not only seen, but
had conversed with the night previous
the spirit of this murdered young man,
which had some how been mysteriously
made apparent to her. Her story IA
told the Licnr scribe, bears the Impress
OF truth, and IL quite thrilling. She
said: | am now % years OF age.
don't look IL though. do | 2. ] came
from very long-lived race, ana am
Swede by birth, though was reared IN
England was raised an Episcopalian,
aud am no believer In spiriiuallsm or
other false doctrines, and believe only
In the living God to whom ! converse
alone and am forgiven my sins. Inc re-
cent murder has engaged my attention
from the first, although don't remem-
her to have ever seen StanifOrth. was
the letter writer for Miss lgnacia to MN
for mary months, and all letters tllat
ever passed between them were written
by me. She swore me to secrecy from
the first. and when first took the ohth
and wrote the first letter my heart tod
me there would be n terrible outcome 10
the whole affair. On the morning oil the
murder was told young man
was shot to pieces ana 'houRnt
at first IL wat some mar
RED man, but hoped IT wasn't.
took such interest in the matter after
this that | determined, " possible. TO
| communicate with the spirit OF the muir
dered mnn. visited the place where
| he was murdered. one night, but could
| moi see him. Last Tuesday night |
talked to officer Andreas Brown ana
wanted to 20. but we concluded TO wat
until Wednesday night. we went Wen
nesday night, about II o'clock Out tnal
was too early, and we only saw uiin
| light burning In lgnacias room. All
was dark In StanifOrth's room, and l
believe II was unoccupied. That night,
later on, one of the merchant police was
passing the house and saw plainly the
outline of Il man. answering the descrlp-
| ton Of the murdered man, standing on
the gallery, near his room, and swaylhg
10 and fro. Suddenly IL disappeared.
| lie told me this the next day, and sald
he was very much frightened. mat
night we were to 20 again, but ! wa'teu
unlillust night, Friday. at " O'CLOCK lor
that Is the tune (betweeh " anu
o'clock when all spirits become visible,
If wanted on earth. | ana MT. brown
went through the camp yard to the slde
gate and reached 1t Just Mt " CLOCK
We paused moment and looked up
and there, standing by post, JUST III
front Of his room In which ann very
dim. light filled the room. WAS the splilt
of the murdered man. Ii WAS dressed ~
"A black suit, the vest thrown open ana
the white shirt visible. Its head was
bandaged. and could not see the bnlle
holes. | could not speak for some time
then asked MIR. Brown " he did not see u
lie could see nothing but the post. lhe
figure then began swaying to and fro
and Ms | advanced. heard most agon'
izing groan. us of soul In great agony
Ii almost froze my blood, and filled my
heart with great pity and sympathy.
said. speak, oh! Spirit" | was little
afraid and cluuy to Browns arm ARE
YOU flesh or splrit?" lie said: 81 an
suffering greatly; can you help me
who are you?" | said: ~ am q
friend. who are your" lie SAID
II am Sid Staniforth. who are you
Then | repeated twice, telling my name
|
wrote the letters to me-" The same,
| said. Rest in peace, oh spirit! Go
back to your grave, and when appear
AT the trial. | command you to be win
me. Goodby," and he disappeared be-
fore turned around and got outside the
gate. asked Mr.. Brown what he sa"
and heard. and he saw nothing but the
gallery post and the outline OF the
house. When got home knelt down
and thanked God for the opportunity he
had given me of comforting and assist.
ing him. | am going soon again. and
the next question ask will be, who
killed him? Although there Is no doubt
Ms she often told me she was going to dc
it,, and SO am going to testify at the
day Of trial.
Thanking this strange woman for her
narrative, the reporter then left. she Il
evidently sane, talks intelligently. and ID
of good education. Her eyes
are bright and her reason undimmed
and her strange story Is all the more
strange. Officer Brown also corrobo-
borates her story as she relates 1t.