Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-06-29
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A STRANGE DREAM.
What a Detroiter Saw in His sleep and
What Transpired the Next Day.

What a Detroiter Saw in His Sleep and
What Transpired the Next Day.
They were talking about fortune.
tellers, clairvoyants and such at de-
tective headquarters the other day when
a citizen who was present said:
mo doubt they hit the nail on thc
head now and then, butI prefer to trust
to dreams"
At this there was general laugh,
but his face was very serious as he con.
tinued:
"Do any of you remember the So
called Weber case which happened
about twelve years ago on the Cleve-
land & Pittsburgh roadP No? Well, l
had a dream in connection with that
case which may interest you. l stopped
one night at Cleveland before taking
the train for Pittsburgh. l slept
soundly until after midnight and then !
had strange dream. thought l had
taken the train. In the same car was
a man about thirty years of age and
woman fifteen years older They
were man and wife. He was a dissi-
pated-looking fellow, while she was a
well-preserved woman with many
natural graces and evidently in fear OF
him. That is he never addressed her
except in rough, petulant tone, and
whenever he spoke she drew away al
if fearful of blow.
II dreamed that l had watched them
for an hour or two when a waiter en-
tered the car and announced supper.
1t was just growing dark, and it was a
winters evening. | passed to the din
ing-car alone, and had finished my
meal and was on my way back when |
met the pair. Five minutes later the
report went through the train that the
wife had fallen from the platform of
the dining-car as the couple were about
to pass in. The train was stopped and
backed up, and after long hunt her
body was found on the rocks at the
foot of an embankment, bruised, bleed
ing and lifeless. The man told very
plausible story of how the accident oc-
Cured, but the effort he made to ap-
pear agitated and broken up convinced
me that he was her murderer. He left
the train at the first station to have the
poor mangled remains cared for and l
saw him no more. He was tall, dark
eyed man, with black hair, scar on
his cheek, and wore a diamond pin
He had cuff-buttons with 4 'W' en-
graved on them, andthere was long
and bloody scratch on the back Of the
right hand.
"Now, then, on the afternoon of the
next day took the train for Pitts
bugh, and the first people l saw in the
parlor car as l entered were the two
of whom l had dreamed. Both looked
at me with a start of surprise, and I'm
telling you the solemn truth that the
man turned pale as l looked into his
eyes. You are prepared to anticipate
what followed, bun there were some
changes from my dream. When sup
per was announced did not g0s on in
advance, but waited for the couple to
precede me. The man looked sharply
at me as they went out, but l was busy
with newspaper, as if l did not in.
tend to go in to supper. They were
no sooner out than / followed. | was
only ten feet behind them as they
passed out on the platform of the cal
ahead, and as l opened the door there
was shrek from the darkness, ant
the man, standing alone on the plat
form. shouted at me:
"'Great God j! but my wife has faller
off the platform
"The train was stopped, backed up,
and we found the poor body as l haC
dreamed. 1t was placed in the bag
gage-car, and as the husband bent ovel
it, seeming to try his best to shed tears
/ boldly denounced him.
"You are her murderer' ex
claimed You pushed her off tn,
platform! Look at that scratch on you
hand where she caught at you in vaiI
effort to save herself You threw hel
to her deathn
"He looked at me with an expires
sion of terror and dismay. bat coulC
not utter a word. Ipicked up his un
resisting hand and looked at his cuff
button. 1t was marked with n w.
At the next station he was placed un
der arrest for murder. His name was
William Weber, of St. Louis. H
neither denied nor affirmed his guilt
but he had no sooner been locked NJ
than saw 1 had gotten myself into
box. was to be detained rs wit
ness, and the only straight testimon
against him was a dream. Before tn
sheriff could get hold of ME l ha
skipped the neighborhood. and in
day or two, us afterwards learned
Weber was set at liberty and went hi
way, the body having been buried il
the village graveyard. 1t was as clea
case of murder as was ever known
and had things been managed right a
first he would probably have confesSe
his guilt. Detroit Free Press.