The evening world., 1894-03-08
OF A GREAT TRAGEDY.
INDIANAPOLIS MAN DREAMED OF
LINCOLN's ASSASSINATION.
Disturbed Three Time. by the sam
Nightmare.

III I should tell you Of a dream ]
had once you would brand me az the big
gest liar In indianapolis said the owner
of a head grown white in the merchant
police service of this city to an Indian
apoiis Journal reporter.
During the stormy period OF the re-
bellion the speaker resided on Noble
street, near Massachusetts avenue. He
was employed In a store, the proprietor
night of April Is. 1866, a date made memo
rable by the ASA estimation of President
Lincoln. he was unusually tired, and
oblivious OF the tragedy that was about
to be enacted In the city of Washington.
Somewhere between Q and 10 o'clock
he fell into a restless. slumber,, that
seemed to be accompanied by a dream
or more than ordinary distinctness. At
that time the dreamer was a young mar
rled man. and in his sleeping fancy he
saw himself and wife inside a great
chamber that seemed to be populated
with grand ladies and gentlemen. The
ne was not unlike a ball, although
There were. music and flowers and bright
gowns, and he recalls his dream as be-
Ing Of a particularly pleasing nature
anti the FESTIVITIES were INTERRUPTED by
pleasure he saw a tall man step out
upon the floor. Instantly another man
followed. and as he stepped to the back
ct. Without hesitation he placed the
weapon to the head OF the tail man and
pressed the trigger. Instantly a scene OF
fell to the floor, but the man who relates
the story did not see his face.
Neither did he get a glimpse OF the
fi sstsnsiy Of woke sns % with a fes a3xe Of ho he
ror. The dream was yet vivid In his
mind. and he arose from his bed. A
few turns about the room restored his
some time was unable to WOO back his
slumber. After a half hours rolling and
tossing he fell into a doze' and then slept
1t was a few minutes past midnight
when he again awoke. this time startled
and weak. He had been visited by the
S Same cream tra gic more w acute not ana fde ct fact ana amd
he saw a man cooljy shot down in a
ballroom that affected him this time.
but 1t was something familiar about
tails were similar to the first visitation.
except that he had seen the faces of
both men: The tragedy seemed fright
pistol under the gaslight and the puff
Of noke that ascended towards the CELL
Ing as the dying man fell to the floor.
strange The fa one f Of TIL the s,a murderer n Snt t Tas ts. a
lures were indelibly imprinted on his
mind. The victim he recognized only
too well. There could be no mistake.
The murdered man was Abraham Lin;
coin. With a sickenlng feeling of dread
the victim OF the gaastly, dream dragged
himself from his bed and began to pace
walked out into his yard. He saw no
one and heard no sound that indicated
the near approach. OF woeful tidings.
anab be.I to sIee to 1 the house Dssr, again nsc but was
At that hour he went off into a peace
ful nap, which lasted but a few minutes
For the third time he viewed the deiib-
crate murder OF Lincoln. Again he clear
ly recognized the face OF the President
and secured a full view of the assassin.
He sprang from his bed and awoke his
wife, telling her that he was feeling bad
and could not sleep. She remarked his
haggard face and suggested that he go
over to the grocery and buy a loaf of
bread for breakfast.
Of Noble street and Massachusetts ave-
nue., two squares from his home. He
walked over to the store and found the
proprietor in earnest conversation with
a customer. The latter soon departed,
and the proprietor turned his attention to
his new customer.
look as white as a ghost.-what's the
had been visited by a bad dream. and
night. He had spoken but a few words
when the groceryman exclaimed:
Haven't you heard the news? Presi-
o'clock last night" The effect Of the
startling words sent the customer to the
nearest chair, half-fainting. He returned
to his wife. ate his breakfast and re-
During the day he related his dreams
to his employer. The latter made no
| special comment, but on the following
day wrote the details Of the dream to
a friend in Washington: A week later he
received from the capital a photograph
and summoned his clerk. who was ig-
norant Of the Washington correspondence.
His employer held the picture before
him, with the question:
did you ever see thai face before?"
For an instant a puzzled expression
came over the face of the clerk. Closely
he scrutinized the features portrayed in
the photograph, then suddenly he gasped:
why. that's the man. / saw. In. my
dreams; / saw him kill Lincoln" Three
weeks later the original Of the picture
was captured. The Washington man had
taken enough interest In the account
OF the dream to secure a photograph OF
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