The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
A CLAIRyOYANT
Who Could Soc Through q Mans Head
And Predict His Death.

Who Could Soc Through q Mans Head,
And Predict His Death.
From the New York Sun.
"Do | believe in clairvoyants?" said
a well known citizen of Railway, for
merly a medical student, recently. 81
cannot say that 1 do, but l was once
almost ready to believe in them. In
the year 1915 the building at the
southeast corner OF Barclay and
Church streets, New York, which is
now II factory, was occupied us a pri-
waite boarding house. AS the location
suited my convenience, | engaged IL
room there, and took possession OF it
one Saturday about the middle Of
January. Among my fellow-boarders
was DR.. Hathaway, a surgeon of the
United States army, who had been on
duty at the hospital on Staten Island.
During my first evening at the house a
young lady visitor was present, who
was introduced to me simply is Mary.
She was blind. l had listened but a
short time to instrumentation of those
people before l learned that they were
almost monomaniacs on the subject
Of mesmerism, and Iafterwardlearned
that the bling girl Mary was clairvoy-
ant subject of DR.. LIE Grand, a well
known French physician who professed
to cure diseases by mesmerism.
Before retiring that night | went
out to a restaurant in Park Row fora
plate OF oysters. When | returned to
the boarding house, having been gone
% little over half an hour, the front
door, which had carefully fastened,
az wide open, lights were glancing
about, and there were sounds of con-
fusion in the upper part OF the house.
| was told thatDr. Hathawayhadh had
a fit, and that DR.. Van Duren, DR.. Par
ker and another physician whosename
were in attendance. Finding l could
be of no service, ] went to bed. and
next morning the landlady informed
me that the Doctors fit was II slight
attack of apoplexy, unaccompanied
with paralysis, and that he would
probably be all right in a few days.
He was not all right, however, either
in a few days or q few weeks,
Before the end Of the MONTH NOV
ed uptown, but about the latter part
of March, having business downtown,
l called at my old boarding place. l
found DIR. Hathaway seated in his
room in an invalid chair, not quite
cheerful, but apparently not ailing
much, although he complained of q
slight pain in the rightside of his head.
As was leaving the house the land
lady drew me into her and ask
ed me what | thought of DR.. Hatha-
ways case. My reply was: 'TheDoc-
tor is doing well. Ii he will get out
and take moderate exercise he will
soon be entirely WELL
"She shook her head mournfully,
and said: 'licwill neverget out again.
He will never leave that room alive
"'What reason have you for such d
melancholy supposition?' l asked.
"'Mary says So
"What! Has Mary been frighten-
ing you with her tiummery?" asked.
"'No; Mary has not been in the
house since the night met herhere,"
she replied. AT DR.. Hathaway's re-
quest | went to consult her at DR.. LIE
Grand's office. She went into atrance
and examined DR.. Hathaway. She
says that the inside of the skull, on
the right side, is allsore and liberated,
and that there are three Jumps on the
right side OF his brain as large as hick-
DRY nuts; that he will get overit;
that it will all be over with him by the
LIST OF May, and that you will be pres
ent 1.-THE post norton examination
"rMe?'
"tYou.'
"'What suggested such an idea as
that"
"Idon't know. Shesometinles takes
great interest in strangers she casually
meets. She knows u great deal about
your future
''The fortune telling charlatan." l
thought. OF course was n trit1e too
polite to express my opinion aloud,
and after q few commonplace remarks
took my leave.
"DuringtheneXtm month my mind was
otherwise SO much occupied that l al.
most entirely forgot the afflicted ply
sician; but on the last day OF April,
when / sat down to my dinner, | was
startled to find onmy plate n note an.
%nouncing DR.. Hathawny's death, and
inviting me to be present at u post
morton examination at 10 O'Clock
next morning. When | entered the
death chamber at the appointed hour
Ifoundseveral eminent physicians and
surgeons assembled there. DIR. Moses,
who was then demonstration OF anat.
omy at the university of New York.
was conducting the autopsy: When
! the top of the Uranium was removed
from the brain, andhanded aroundfor
inspection what wasmy surprise tosee
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