The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-12
Heard His Brother. Voice.
Oll Ctty speclAl NeW York Timea.


 Richard Hodgson, of the American Society for Psychical Research, Bes- ton, has written to George Fry, sta tion master of oil City, for the pur- pose of obtaining The details of a strange warning which Mir. Fry says he had of the death of his brother, Gideon Fry, at Big Rapids, Mich, December {, 1887. The Rev. NJ. n. Gage, of Alpha, lll., is also investiga- ting the same case with view to in- cooperating 1t in book he Is writing on spiritual phenomena. The case ls peculiar, and in some respects said to be the most remarkable on record. George Fry is about thirty -eight years of age, and has lived In oil City for twenty i've years, where he bears good reputation for truth, and in every way Is regarded as rcputa- ble citizen. For number of years he has been employed by the Ale. ghany, and Western New York and Pennsy lvania railroads as station mas ter.
 His brother Gideon died at Big Rapids, Mich., Sunday evening, De- cember 1, 1887, at q quarter of nine, George Fry states that st quarter 0: nine (Oil City timc), while at .his home in this city engaged in writing a letter, he observed that the clock in the room had stopped. He got up and started tho clock, which he says had not run down, and as 1t started hc heard what seemed to be the voice of his brother Gideon, coming from tho clock: "I'm goncl l'm gone P Mir. Fry says he heard this as dis tinotly as he ever heard his brother utter word In his life. He related the incident to his family at the time MT. Fry states that he knew hIs brother had been Ill, but did not know he was dangerously i'll. On the following day at 9Io a. m, Dan iel, another brother, received tho fol- lowing telegram:
 BiG RAPIDS. MI,iI.. December bth. Cid. Ia dead. Come to Montague, Answer.
 LizyIk k THOMPSON.
 This telegram was shown to George Fry at half-past one o'clock the same day, and, he says, was tho first in- formation he had of his brothers death aside from the presentimcnt as related. On Friday following he TO. ceived a letter from Big Rapids de. tailing his brothers last moments, in which It was stated that he died al forty five minutes past eight o'clock Sunday evening, and that his last words were, "Pm gonel Pm gone p When Mir. Fry related the incident of the clock to some friends on the morn- ing after the occurrence there was much curiosity in the city in regard to It, and 1t was the subject of com ment for several days.
 So much interest was taken In It that 1t was suggested that an invcsti- gation Dc made of tho records of the telegraph offices to ascertain whether the information regarding the dying words might not have been received by wire. Mir. Fry gave his permis- sion to do this, and 1t was found that the telegram quoted above was the only one received bearing on tho case.
 In addition to the points narrated, Mir. Fry said to-day: "I do not pre- tend to account for this ex traordinary circumstance, but 1 relate the facts exactly as they occurred. am not Spirituallst, and never had any such experience before. The clock that stopped belonged to brother Gideon. lie left it at his boarding house when he left Oil City, and afterward wrote me tO get if fOr him 1