St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-22
The Burglars Confession,


However, she had come to believe
firmly In her powers as a medium, and
after a time she was able 10 persuade
Mr. Saylor that he ought to become a
spiritualist.
Now, Saylor is man with an idea as
/ well, and the older he has grown the
bigger has this idea increased. Once
upon time. so his wife relates, there
was impaired to him the confession of a
burglar who lay dying in San Quentin.
This confession came to SaylOr iRdi-
rectly. but he had reason to know, he
says, that it was genuine. 1t told how
a certain sum Of money was deposited
; in moment OF haste and extremity at
| a place somewhere near Telegraph Hill.
The locality was indefinite, because the
money was left in the ground within a
cellar in pioneer days. Saylor had al
ways intended to look up the spot and
dig for the thousands of gold ''slugS"
and Juveniles" cached by the burglar.
However, other notwithstanding
daily eXertion to obtain means of exist
ence-deterred him from undertaking
the project. But he told his life's dream
to Mrs. Saylor, and she said she would
go to the spiritland and look up the
burglars shade.
She says that it took months of search
to find this particular burglar, but that
at last he was discovered, through the
aid of two lady friends, both mediums.
Then she had numerous conversations
with the criminal ghost. and at last per-
Suaded him to tell definitely where he
had hidden his spOils.
Owing to the remoteneSS of the
period, the ghost was unable to tell the
streets, for there were no streets in
those days. However, he consented,
finally, to make an investigation. aided
by memory. with the result that he be-
came satisfied of the exact situation, to
the satisfaction of Mrs. SaylOr also.
Chasing Phantom Wealth.
In these researc hes. Mrs. Saylor. who
is an enthusiast of the most decided
stripe, managed to work her husband to
step of excitement that was stronger
even than her own. The two agreed to
lay aside the ordinary affairs of life and
pursue the treasure which the phantom
had shown them. In the course of the
chase SaylOr forsook his business call
ing and spent hours and days in plan
ming to reach the exact location. In his
search he enlisted the aid of two COM
panions, and they also left their proper
occupations to chase the phantom.
The Saylors left their dwelling soon
after and moved to Natoma street.
They were quiet people," said one
of their former neighborS yesterday,
land they took Mrs. Ryan's house. but
they seemed to get poorer and poorer
until they had to leave, owing her for
the two months rent. Then they went
To place over grocery on Mission
street, and their bills came in to Mrs.
Ryan, and she got mad about so many
people asking her to settle them"
A small lot of the Natoma neighbors
gathered during this talk and added
their mites to the gossip, in which even
children took part.
"Oh, they've moved to lot of places
since, and you won't be able to find
them any more" said metherly wom-
an, who held an authenticated baby in
her arms
''She was cracked over her spiritual
/ ism," cried another neighbor. land yet
she never had any trade while she lived
here. Nobedyin Natoma street wants
to know what the spirits think of stocks
nowadays"
Directed by the RObber SPIRIT.
A visit to Mrs. Ryan, who was the
landlady that elected them, proved un-
fruitful.
II don't know where they are, and 1.
don't want to hear of them ever again."