St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-05-22
A STRANGE DREAM.
What a Detroiter Saw in His Sleep and
What Transplred the Next Day.

What Detroiter Saw In His Sleep and
What Transplred the Next Day.
They were talking about fortune.
tellers. clairvoyants and such at de-
tective headquarters the other day when
= citizen who was present said:
No doubt they hit the nail on the
head now and then, but prefer to trust
to dreams"
At this there was a general laugh.
but his face was very serious as he con-
5inued:
do any of you remember the so,
called Weber case which happened
about twelve years ago on the Cleve-
land & Pittsburgh road' No? Well. l
had dream in connection with that
case which may interest you. l stopped
one night at Cleveland before taking
the train for Pittsburgh. I sleSt
soundly until after midnight and then l
had a strange dream. thought l had
taken the train. In the same car was
man about thirty years of age and a
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 as
# fearful of blow.
81 dreamed that l had watched then
for an hour or two when waiter en-
tered the car and announced supper.
1t was just growing dark, and it was IA
winters evening. passed to the dim
ing-car alone, and had finished nv
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
saw him no more. He was tall, dark
eyed man, with black hair, a scar on
his cheek, and wore diamond pin.
He had cuff-buttons with w en-
graved on them, and there was Il 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 saw in the
parlor car as / entered were the two
of whom | had dreamed. Both looked
at me with 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, but there were some
changes from my dream. When sup
per was announced did not 90 on in
advance, but waited for the couple to
preccde me. The man looked sharply
at me as they went out. but was busy
with newspaper. as if l did not in
tend to go in to supper. They were
no sooner out than followed l was
only ten feet behind them as they
passed out on the platform of the car
ahead. and as | opened the door there
was shrek from the darkness, and
the man, standing alone on the plat
form. shouted at me:
Great God but my wife has faller
off the platform!
The train was stopped, backed up.
and we found the poor body rs / had
dreamed. 1t was placed i'm the bag
gage-car, and as the husband bent over
it. seeming to try his best to shed tears.
boldly denounced him.
"'YOu are her murderer 1 ex-
You pushed her off the
platform! Look at that scratch on your
hand where she caught at you in vain
,ffort to save herself! You threw her
o her death!'
"He looked at me with an express
sion of terror and dismay, but could
lot utter word. Ipicked up his un-
hand and looked at his cuff
)utton. 1t was marked with a w.
At the next station he was placed un-
Ter arrest for murder. His name was
William Weber, of st. Louis. H.
neither denied nor affirmed his guilt,
,ut he had no sooner been locked up
han l saw l had gotten myself into a
,ox. l was to be detained as wit
less, and the only straight testimony
lgainst him was dream. Before the
heriff could get hold of me had
kipped the neighborhood. and in a
lay or two, as l afterwards learned,
Weber was set at liberty and went his |
way. the body having been buried in
he village graveyard. 1t was rs clear
case of murder as was ever known,
nd had things been managed right at
rst he would probably have confessed
lis guilt. ."-DetroH Free Press.