Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-02-24
REAL CLAIRV0YANCE.
While Lying Sick In Bed a Woman Sees a
Murder and Suicide-Letters From the

While Lying Sick In Bed a Woman Sees a
Murder and Suicide-Letters From the
Lady.
The next case is one of decidedly puz.
zling sort, to which our attention was at
tracted by the following item from Phila-
delphia newspaper, which was going the
rounds of the press:
A most remarkable case Of clairvoyance is
the aborbing topic among the residents of
South Camden, and is perplexing the wise
people of that city. The case is that of Mrs.
Annie Field, of S05 Broadway, who died a few
days ago, and who was very highly respected
and estImable lady. One day while sick she
made inquiry, during few moments of con-
scIousness, relative to the health of Turner
Berry, well-known business man in that To-
cality and who had been seen that morning in
excellent health. An hour or two afterward a
little daughter of Mr.. Ber called at the
Fields residence and said her father had been
taken very Ill. On the following day Mrs.
Field rose up suddenly from her stupor and in
apparently. great agony of mind, declared
that well-to-do brother-in-law, residing in
Pennsylvania, was away up among the Penn
sylvania forests seriously i'll, and his family
were greatly agitated over his disappearance,
and could not find him. A day or tw6 6later a
letter came confirming this.
A DEEP MYSTERY.
The most mysterious case in connection with
Mrs Fields clairvoyance, however, was that
In connection with the murder of Amelia
Walker by Michael Finnigan, and the latter's
suicide. On tbe night of the murder Mrs.
Field suddenly sprang up in bed, after having
been in a stupor for long time, and in terror
cried out: "See that man and woman and the
carriage at the City Hall: see the confusion: let
me get near the man; let me get near him."
The old lady was with difficulty quieted, and
then she broke out again, declaring that ter
rible thing was happening, and that the man
was causing them trouble. Then, in a very
weakened condition, the old lady fell back in
her bed.
On the following morning Mr.. Field began to
read the account of the murder to his daugh-
tiers, when one OF them seized the paper from
his hand, and was shocked to discover that the
facts were identical with those their mother
had seen in her stupor. Two days later Mrs.
Field died.
In answer to our inquiries we have come into
possession of the following correspondence re-
fating to Mrs. Fields experience:
lFIRsT LETTER.
(From the late Mrs. Fields son.in-law.)
CAMDEN, N. J., May 1. 1888.
Richard Hodgson:
DEAR SIR-Yours of March 20 and April
q were duly received.
of the late illness of Mrs Annie I Field
to which the Evening Telegraph of March
alluded as manifestation Of clairvo ant
power" Should you desire more 81 stematic
paper, please forward the form used in such
instance 4,
Mrs. Annie j. Field, at 81, was woman of
unusual intelligence possessing all the char
aeteristics Of the pure Engishwoman of higher
plrth; anu no race oa superseiti1h' save that
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A STARTLING DISCOVERY
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On the lotn OF rsDruary mrs. field con-
trac.eo coiu, WI Wnson s eui1ainaseo In pneu-
mona Win typnoiu iefer' rive oays later the
suspicious OF her physician were aroused by a
marked symptom 1.-THE patient also ste.dilv
Growing weaker. with the pnsumoni. ,nd fovor
eonoucTed). and an examination revealed M un.