Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-21
WEASEY'S REVELATION.
True SECRET OF THE DISCOVERY
OF SIR JOHN FRaNKllN'S FATE

OF SIR JOHN FRaNkliN'S FATE
A Mystery Related by the Vicar Of Holy
Trinity. Liverpoot-Cspt- Meciintoek's
Characterization Made by Capt. Ken
n~dy, Whose Expedition Failed.
The sad story Of Sir John Franklin and
bis brave comrades Of the Ersbus and Ter
ror has been often told, but it has been re-
serve.l Tor the Rev. J. Henry Sleeves, vicar
q Holy Trinity. Liverpool, 10 recount the
s.tr,ss secret Of the discovery II the great
explorer. fate" after forty years silence.
hi. he has done in little book, Sir John
Franklin. etc The 'secretn came. it seems,
in the shat-. Of a special revelation" and
number q the more important persons con
eerned are still alive.
WRITTEN on TEE WALL
Every one knows how the expeditions sent
out by the government 10 search for Franklin
failssi b find any traces Of the explorer Or his
party. Hope was almost given up when
away in the north Of Ireland very strange
occurrence took place. In May. 1919. child
Of =, whose pet name, it should lie stated, was
"Weasey." died at Londonderry Of gastric
fever. She was the daughter Of Capt. Cop
pii' a ~ = 80 Ia n ~
,i','',t'-' ~ - -. "a Scr vas
'.ai7. -, !. IT,, ,,ara ,.o,t,npallv
seeing her in the house.
One night. when going to bed, one of the
children aged seven, told her aunt that there
was written On the wall the words, Mr.
Mackay is dead Mr. Mackay was banker
-. 49,, ,,(r,,i,,,, i, ,,,,. to,,nd tbs, h. had
10, -, s,dd.,,i1 ato,r the r,,n.. th,t the
- IT.. ,,,,,, r,,-sta,, of
Er.,L1r'. a.. Gas NJ tins tiu,. sgita,iny the
.1,,,r,, 81 -,,,,, sft.r,,srd II occurred IN
-, y, ,,,, ,he chil3 10 question .iyyea
ED. or a. ,,s,,si ,,as rra.ept relative IN
~. ,.ha-,,hor,ts ~ Sir John and how he
Ia =. ,.,,.t,.d
Thi. ,,,,. l,,,,a and ..Ivaa..,,,.r nrnaririon
=. NO. ,,a,,,sbed Iun,.-Iiatelv aftorvard
..ther. an,,,.ared on the eoor A COMPLETE
A-.,ic sce,i. .bo,yine, tvr., shi,s surrounded
81 ;.a arJ almost ,,,,,..rad ,vitb snow in
cluI,no. a channel that led To the ,hips -
7-,,iy -, il, tho form, of d, chart the child
presumably on the suggestion of her aunt, at
one. drew. Then, in connection with this
representation. and in answer TO further
questions there appeared on the opposite
wall IN large round letters, the following
"Erebus and Terror, Sir John Franklin, Ian
caster sound, Prince Regent inlet, Point
Victory. Victoria channel
No message from the III cen world could
have been palmer or more definite than this
but Capt. Coffin. the father Of the child, Oh
hearing the facts, was at first imcredulous
The child however. stuck to her story so
pesistently that he thought it his duty to
communicate with Lady Franklin, whose
first private expedition with the Prince Al
bert was shortly to sail from Aberdeen. Her
ladyship was naturally much interested in
the revelation and soon became convinced Of
its truth The voyage of the Prince Albert
was. however. fruitless. A second time the
vessel sailed. under the command of Ken
netIy. who had been made fully acquainted
with the Londonderry vision and had got bis
INSTRUCTIONS accordingly These. however,
he did not, owing to various circumstances,
| carry ont. and he. too. failed DR.. Rae, who
| followed. was rather MOI successful but it
WINS not until the VOYAGE Of the Fox that
complete success was achieved.
| FOLLOWING THE "RgvEIArroy.r
Th. rov ,,as Il, ,h,ro,a ~ can't ucClin-
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don. ami ,ho rssr,t VA marvelo,,. point
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No., ,,,., ,,b..ro ,i,,, ,a,.els ,yor, ,.sar+aJ
,,,,l,,,,a,.i ,l',,' .loa,h ~ sir Iahn rranL.l,,
a,,i .i,,nel l,, tho ee,ior ,,,rvivin,, Off.
oars Ii.aTt rJohson contin,,ed his Journey
,,a.,,,,.i
=, ,har+ d,.to,co from, Paint Victory he
,,;sc,,,.ar,,I h,,t ,,,,'.l, had mol 10 one
- ,ho 1a1, sh,,.. ,,,i,h ,ro. .l,aIntors ,.,,,,
and rthor arti,tes Unb.on tbroucb Illness
h.d ,ba,, 70 ,ii.,,,t,,,n. bis exn,oratiors hut
Wc,.Iirt,,,.t, ,.,,,n ,,,,n, hints the inmates o,
,yhiri, wore il, ,,os.,.t.ion Of many thi-,es be
I,r,-in,- II, fla. In f,t41 exnediti,n iuolndinp