New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-27
RELATED INSTANCES OF TELEPATHF.



To HER SISTER AND TO HER FATHER
Perhaps you don't believe in thought transfer
renee and perhaps you do. woman who doesn't
know whether or not she believes In H. does know
that she terribly frightened twice IN her NE
when there apparent reason why she shouid
have been-that is. In advance OF her actual Kho"i-
edge of trouble or danger. She declares that these
the only incidents OF the kind In her HE. ana
she further declares-ths for the benefit OF psy-
chologists-that she recall that she ever mad
any other premonitons. true or false.
A man who pretends to know something about
mental manfestatio that this Is an extreme
ly important point for he says that most mothers
have forty premonitions evening when they are
away from home that something terrible Is hap
pening to somebody somewhere. According to THIS
wise man. a mother goes to the theatre leaving
her beloved sixyear-old peacefully sleeping IN MS
bed She has premonitions that he has fallen out
of bed and broken his neck. that he has been ADJ
Quoted that he has been burned up, that he has
coughed himself to death and that escaping gas has
asphyxiated him. She has appalling premonition
every fifteen minutes. When she goes nome she
enters the childs in GREATNESS suspense
If boy is sleeping soundy. as Is the case ninety
nine times out OF hundred. she does not give
single thought TO any of her horrifying preino
nitions.
But II. the wise declares. she comes home
on the huniredth time and finds that her adored
son has awakened in the night and asked for
drink OF water because he could think Of nothing
else to ask for. he has had an uneasy dream
because he was allowed to have pudding with his
dinner she clasps him In her arms and declares
that she had a premoniton at tho very moment he
awakened. tortured with his fevcrsh thirst or AT
the exact instant the nightmare assaulted him
This wise man declares that he knows what he
is talking about for he Is the father Of six-year
old boy and the husband Of a x-premonliions-an-
hour wife But this is only a side issue touching
upon condolences in the case OF mother who Is
sure. II she guesses enough horrible things nor
rbly often enough. to guess near enough some time
to establish a coincidence
The women who had the two dreadful Fremont
tons or whatever YOU please to call them. is
positive however. as has been pointed out before
that these two the sum total OF her Fremont
lions and she hopes that they VIII remain So Ana
II any one could be- stupid to doubt the vcfac-
ity or the memory OF woman. WIZ then IT need
only be said that this woman IS the daughter OF
famous bishop. so that point is settled once ana
forever But now for tho prcmoniiions
She had been downtown and was rilnG home In
a car when her mind MAS oppressed with sens"
OF some harm coming 20 her little sister. she
grew extremely nervous and her suffering became
so keen that the other passengers Ia the car no.
ticei her distraction and enaeayOrel to soothe
her Finally her agitation became 50 terrifying
that she repeatedly moancd her sisters name
falling eventually into such condition % collalce
that when the car reached her home she could
barely staggcr 10 the house. At ihe door she vas
met by II servant who was pale-faccl and sob
bing
oh" cried the sister how l. --;
It's terrible. terrible" sobbed the maid, "5H;
she is alive" and rushing into the house. the
woman found her l;tlc sister l5ing on a couch
win white face. vet, streaming ha!t ana Amos
hfeess She hal just been rescued from drown
Ing In a shocking way. having fallen into els
tern AID having been taken out with The greatest
The period covering the chl's fall into the cis-
tern her struggles there ana her rescue IN an IN
conscious condition corr~spOndcd with her sisters
aitacS Of nervous frenzy. overpowcring depression
could be tudgei were also co!ncion nj In duration.
te,epathy. with no confusing associations ana no
The other. instance was similar. though In this
case the mental impressions were not so Nivid.
But on the other hand the Inducing cause Was not
doubtedly or more powerful influence. being that
Of the Bishop
Again the woman was In a strcetcar on her way
10 church where her father was iak'ns piri ID
services. when she was startled with sens"
OF thr previous eNper'nc" wa REPEATED ana th,-
was followed 10y extreme 'ag' rrcfs 10 I'tch
him When me car carried her TO me cnuren sn'
jumped 10 the street hurried INTO IA" basement
and was running through several rooms whch "rfc
between her ana IN" room "her" IN" knew h'T
father should be-. when shr mel YOUNG H"ihsi
How IL my father" cried the Bishops daughter.
but she did rot walt FOR an answer running on to
the rear room Here she found her father lie had
tainted. and having partly recovered. was being
removed from the room 10 his carriage
Two Interesting features ~ this case were brought
out bv questions Of the wise The Bishop was
subject to fainting attacks-in fact his daughter
he had scarcely been III A day I'm his lie. that
there no reason founded on association or
habI'ual dread why the daughter should have been
struck with fear for her father.
These are the simple statements OF the cases
given here. as they were given by the bishops
interested in psychological discussion ana resehTch