The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-09-07
FACTS ON PHANTOMs.
Cases Reported to the Psychical Re-
search Sociaty.

Gases Reported to the Psychical Re-
search Sociaty.
The Society of Psychical Research Is COM
tinuing its Investigations at London. Ac-
cording to Pail Nall Budget the proceed
ingS" contain q number OF cases of more
or less uncanny character which have
recently come under its notice.
In paper by F. w. H. Myers on "Indica-
lions of Continued Terrene knowledge on
the Part Of Phsntasms of the Dead" the
particulars of a case for which the writer is
indebted to Lady Gore Booth are given.
Her son, then a schoolboy OF 10, was the
percipient, and her youngest daughter, then
aged Is, also gives first-class account Of
the incident. as follows:
AN APPARITIoN FOLLOWING DEATH.
LIssADEIL. SLIGO, February, 1892.
On April 10. 1891, at about half past O'Clock
a. m, my youngest brother and l were going
down a short fight OF stairs leading to the
kitchen TO fetch food for my chickens, as usual.
We were about half way down, my brother a
few steps in advance Of me, when he suddenly
said; Why, there's John Blaney; l didn't
know he was in the housem John BlRney was
boy who lived not far from US, aud he had been
employed in the house as q hallboy not long
before. said that was sure IL was not he, for
knew he had left some months previously on
account Of ill-health, and looked down into the
passage but saw no one. The passage was
long one with q rather sharp turn to it, so we
ran quickly down the last few steps and looked
round the corner but nobody was there, and
the only door that he could have gone through
was shut. AS we went upstairs my brother
said "How pale and i'll John looked, aud why
did he stare sos" asked what he was doing,
My brother answered that he had his sleeves
turned up and was wearing large green apron,
such as tne footmen always wear at their work.
An hour or two afterward 1 asked my maid
how long John Bleney had been back in the
house. She seemed surprised, and said: didn't
you hear, miss, that he died this morning?"
On inquiry we found that he had died about two
hours before my brother saw him My mother
did not wish that my brother should be told
this, but he heard it somehow, and at once de-
clared that he must have seen his ghost.
MABEL OLIVE GORE BOOTH.
TWO POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS OF 1T.
This apparition, says Mr.. Myers-s'un-
less we explain it as telepathic impression
projected at the moment of death and re-
naming latent for some hours before il
attained externalization-may possibly be
taken as showing something Of continued
memory In the departed boy"
Here Is an instance where the decedent,
who had been strongly interested in an
event which was closely approaching when
he died, seemed TO choose the occasion of
that event TO manifest his continued inter-
est In the friend whom the little crisis-a
theatrical formance-concerned. The
account of the epparition two days after
the death OF the person seen was written
down by Mr.. Myers from the verbal ac-
count Of the percpient aud corrected and
signed by her:
AUG. 4, 1890.
On the evening Of Saturday, April 20, 1890 l
was engaged with my sister aud other friends In
giving an amateur performance Of The Antig-
one, ;" at the Westminster town hall. pas
sage led down to several dressing rooms used by
the ladies who were taking part in the rep
resentatlon, and nowhere else. None of the
public had any business down this passage; al
though friend came to the door OF the dress
ing room once to speak to some of us.
/ was passing from one dressing room to
another, a few steps further along the passage.
just before going on to the stage, when saw in
the passage, leaning against the door
post of the dressing room which I had
left, Mr.. H. , whom had met only twice, but
whom knew very well by sight and as an &C
quaintance, though had heard nothing of him
for two years. held out my hand to him,
saying, 20, Mr.. H., am 80 glad to see you"
occur to me as odd that he should
come thus to the door OF the dressing
room-although that would have been
been unlikely thing for a mere acquaintance
to do. There was brilliant light, and [ did
not feel the slightest doubt as to his identity
He was tall, singular-lookin man. and used
to wear trock coat outtoned unusually high
round the throat. just observed this coat, but
noticed nothing else about him specially except
his face. He was looking at me with a sad ex-
preston.
APPEARED TWO DAYS AFTER DEATH.
When held out my hand he did not take 1t,
but shook his head slowly without word, and
walked away down the passage-back to the
entrance. did not stop to look at him, or TO
think over this strange conduct, being in a
great hurry to finish dressing in time Next
day, as a number of us we're talking over the
performance, my sister called out to me: You
will be sorry to hear that Mr.. II. is dead"
N2uraly ~ I axClaimad AtfOr 7 MIN aaf
night at The Antigone.'" 1t turned out that
he had been dead two days when l saw the
figure.
IL may be added that W. s. Lilly states
thai he was present at a party when Lady
NJ. suddenly informed her sister, Miss j., of
the death of Mr.. H, and he bears witness to
Miss Us extreme astonishment, and her ex-
olsmation, "Why, saw him last night at
The Antigoner"
AS regards spirit guardianship" Mr.
Myers thinks it need not greatly surprise
any one "if that impalpable teepathic con-
nection which sometimes seems to be long
maintained betN cen two living persons were
to persist after the removal of one of them
by bodily death. The writer of the follow
ing, who is personally known to Mr.. Myers,
is the wife Of Col. Wickham Of Z Comeragh
road, W.:
On the evening of March IL, 1879, was dress
ing myself to go TO a dinner party az Admiralty
house, Vittoriosa, Malta. had accepted Ad-
miral and Mrs. IS invitation, much against
my will, as a dear friend was lying seriously i'll
at Brighton. However. the latest accounts mad
been 80 cheering and hopeful that allowed my
self to be persuaded by my husband into going.
An eerie feeling was creeping over me in an un-
accountable manner, but tried to throw it Off,
and succeeded in doing so to a certain extent;
still, something made me turn my head round
and stare into my husbands dressing room,
which opens into mine / distinctly saw a hand
waving backward and forward twice. / rushed
into the room it was empty. Soon afterward
my husband came upstairs, aud told hun what
had seen, but he put 1t down to nerves."
A CASE OF SPIRIT GUARDIANSHIP.
As we crossed the water the cool night air
seemed 20 revive me, and l began to laugh at
myself for letting my Imagination play such
tricks. We got home somehow, aud dragged
myself upstairs to my room and commenced
undressing Whilst taking down my hair dis
as if some one was assisting me. / told my