The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-17

tention might have been diverted from
other like scenes TO this. might have no.
ticed q sudden stop in Mrs. Poisers words.
face, and her body seemed palsied
for q moment. What had hapDenedi Had
her prayer been answered. She ala not
choose TO show the cause of her evident
excitement. and brought her PRAYER to a
close. She arose from the altar and soon
went home. deeply troubled In mind. The
meeting came TO its customary close. Mrs.
Cox was not blessed.
NO SLEEP FOR HER.
But there was no sleep for Mrs Poisel.
What could il all mean, she asked berselfa
thousand times. and she resorted to secret
prayer for relief. That moment of excite
ment In her prayer for Mrs. Cox had pre-
sented q scene of horror. The figure of q
middle-aged man. we'll dressed; but
with q CORY wound in his head.
had been pictured to her mind. Was il the
work of deity or devil7 Great Father of
Jesus" she cried. "can that vision have an
answer to my prayerf What can that
It was too. too horrible. but il chung to her
through the weary night. She gladly wel-
coined the day. and yet it brought no light
that could dissipate the gloom OF her
mind.
When breakfast was over she sent for
Mrs. Cox. and took her alone to her own
room upstairs. She would ask for an ex-
PLANTATION. And then the experience was
related TO the Young woman. What did it
meanl Mrs. Cox yielded to q sensation OF
apparent great distress. and with a cry of
woe, fell to the floor in q faint. Mrs. Poisel
was again filled with horror. Did the
weakness of the flesh indicate q guilty
soul, or simply surprise and religious in
sanityf With great effort she put Mrs. Cox
on the bed and applied restoratIves of cold
water. 1t was some time before returning
mi noaArfn hnrInIf Thar nm
tears which could no longer be restrained.
SHE MAKES \ CONFESSION.
The tired girl then seemed to find a
relief she had never known before
in the confession of this strange
story. Mrs. Poisel was herself relieved
TO find an explanation for her mission, but
found a new distress in the responsibility
of such a secret. She was as sympathetic.
however. as she could be, and sent Mrs.
Cox home feeling better.
That happened three months since, and
1t Is not within reason to expect that such
an experience could be held within bounds
seemed to be stain with the guilt.
Mrs. P0isel whispered it to o
friend. Mrs. Cox confessed to others.
and the story Is now neighborhood talk. 1t
her confession. But she has never told her
maiden name. nor the name of the victim
of the conspiracy. In this particular there
are important points of testimony yet
to DO found. 1t is question
whether the body was ever
found. Rivers, like oonsciences. as q rule.
throw up their secrets, and 1t is supposed
the Ohio has proved no exception. On
June 26 last a body was found at
North Bend. on the Ohio river.
1t answers the description Of
the man who figures in this mar
ration, but it was never identified. and was
buried by the township. Able detectives
of Cincinnati have been at work upon the
evidence in their possession. and hope by
this publication. even though it frightens
the game. to find a definite clew to the rel
atives of the victim. If there was q victim.
Whether Mrs. Cox's confession was q true
tale, or whether it Was simply a freak of
religious fanstacism only time can tell.