The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-12-01
PRETTY TOUGH STORY.

portland, Ore. Letter to San Francisco
Ch-ontcIeJ
Franklin Hart, 26 years old, whose
father lives in Trinity county, Cal,
came to Portland on a visit last June
well supplied with funds, which he
spent freely. He suddenly disappeared
on the morning of July 4, and all Ell
forts Of tire police to trace him failed.
The suicide and foul play theories ran
out. A large reward was Cf3rd as q
stimulus for the detectives.
On July 23@d the fact was established
that young Hart, on the afternoon CT
July Ain, bought a tourist ticket to Chi
cage. Chicago wGs ~raDeacked without
locating him. To day a letter was re
ceived from Hart, er., in California,
saying that when he returned home he
found a telegram saying that his son
was IN a Chicago hospital. He lost no
time in reaching Chicago, finding
Franklin IN the County hospital, con
vAjesc mt. He son arrived in Chicago
July IL ii, stopping at the Palmer
house. On the second night he at
tempted suicide by asphy xiaCion with
gas. He was sent to the hospital, and
though his life was saved, his mind
was left in a peculiar state.
while Franklin's physical condition
ia sc good that ne will be able to leave
the hospital in a day or two" writes
Mr.. Hart, his mental state startles me.
His mental vision is supernaturally
prospective, instead OF being RETROSPECT
tive, and the physicians here tell me
that there ia no parallel case on record
IN any part Of the civlliz ID globe. They
claim nat the phenomena demOnstra-
ted in my sons mentality is one Of the
many hidden forces in human nature.
10 ordinary conversation Franklin
is as lucid as ever, yet it is a matter
difficult for him to recall past events
without hard study. For instance,
when l referred to his Portland visit
and his departure from there, it took
him two days to recall even the more
Important facts and features of those
events, as they had altogether passed
from his memory since the almost
tragic affair at the Palmer house."
The other peculiar phase of his case
is that he seems to see into the future.
For instance, the day prior to Mr..
Harris arrival ID Chicago Franklin al
most verbatim repeated to the doctor
attending him the conversation he had
with his father forty-eight hours later.
In other words, it Is said that young
Hart has power to read all I Of
events, even of the most trlh ng i'm
port, forty eight hours in advance,
with the same clearness that the
healthy normal mind conjures up the
! past.
Another remarkable condition of
Fcanklln's mind, writes Mr.. Hart, is
that after the contamination of an
event which he has foretold be is utter
~ unable to remember it.
Last Friday" continued the writer,
: Franklin told me that he had on that
day received a letter from his mother.
I knew it was a hslluciation, but I
asked him what it contained so he re
peated to me- what he imagined had
been written to him. The day follow
ing he, indeed, got @ letter from his
mother without the slightest variation
from his prophetic revelation Every
hour in the day my sou startles me
and the doctors by some evidence of
his wonderful mental vision"
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE F. A.
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