Evening journal., 1891-08-13
HIS BODY IN THE WELL.
Mrs. Short Dreamed Where
Her Husband Lay.
SHE FREQUENTLY SAW HIS GHOST

when shs Died the welt was Explored,
and at Its bottom Lay tho Rem AIMS
Of Her Late Lord And Master A
Strange story frsm Lsug Island.
NEW YORK, Aug. is.-TAe sudden death
Of Mrs ellen Short, OF Jamaica, L. T., and
the result Of the investigation Of vision
she claimed appeared to her, have cleared
up mystery which has puzzled the resi-
dents OF that quiet town for over year.
Mrs. Short died last Monday AZ her
home on Washington street, and shortly
before her death repeated to one Of her
children the story Of dream she had often
had. II WAS that she saw the body OF her
husband, who had mysteriously disap-
peared on July "A, 1890, lying at the bot
tom Of a big well In the Long Island rail
road round house A search party found
the body.
William Short was car cleaner in the
employ Of the Long Island railroad. On
the morning Of July IA he was left alone
IN the engine house and was never seen
alive again. Mrs Short was left to pro
vide for family Of seven children
Came 20 Her In n Dream.
II was believed at first that Short had
abandoned his family. Mrs. Short did not
believe It, and soon afterwarzl a vision ap-
peared to her while she slept which con
firmed her disbelief One night, she said.
she was awakened from a sound sleep aRd
saw plainly in the dim light OF the moon
her husband, who told her 10 have some
one look in the well, into which he had
fallen.
She Had a Hard struggle.
Mrs Short repeated this story to some
OF her neighbors, but they were lnoredu.
lous. The railroad officials were told
about Il. They refased TO investigate.
The oldest boy OF the family had for some
time held a position In the telegraph Office
Of the railroad. He was discharged soon
after his fathers disappearance, and the
loss of his income was a serious one to his
mother. She tried every kind OF work 10
provide food for her children. even work.
ing for farmers in their fields It was no
unusual thing for her 20 spend an entire
day seeking work and thea have 20 send
the children TO bed without a bit 20 eat
Death Relieved Her
On Monday, after such an unsucceasfnl
day, she came home utterly worn ont and
dropped into a chair hardly able to speak.
She sent one Of her daughters out to
get some water, kissed another Of her
children who climbed into her lap and
then leaned back in her chair. The chill
dren played around softly 20 "a not to
awaken her Finally, when she did not
get up 70 prepare the supper one Of the
youngest pulled her by the dress. There
came no answer from the white lps and
when the daughter returned with th,
water she saw that her mother was dead
One Of the boys told the coroner that the
day before his mother died she had had
another sight Of her husbands ghost The
coroner had not heard the story before.
and he interested several men In Il and xot
mp q search at midnight.
They Found His n@dy.
William Magale, who was in charge of
the engine house at l O'Clock YESTERDAY
morning, volunteered TO go down the we'll
II is about fifteen feet wide and sixty feet
deep A pair OF rickety stairs circle about
the sides, and the descent was dangerous
Magale, lantern in hand, finally reached
the bottom and looked about
The first thing TO catch his eye was the
body Of man lying at full length, with
piece Of timber across It. Two or three
Others descended and saw the same fearful
sight. BY the clothing IL was known as
Short'a The bodies Of husband aud wife
will be buried together.