The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-04-28
GRAY'S VIVID DREAM
SAYS he SAW THE MAINE DESTROY
ED IN A VISION.
Veteran of the Civil War Tells Remark
able Story - HIS Strange Dream Before
and After the Maine Expiosion-Beiieves
General Lee WIZ Never He Seen Again.

able story - MS strange Dream before
and AFTER the Maine Expiosion--Beiieves
General Lee VIII Never He Seen Again.
Eyes. SIR" said Henry Gray of New
York and a veteran of the civil war, 81
saw the destruction of the Maine in vi
sion two weeks before 1t happened. I
know you will be likely to smile, sir. but
IL is true, and I will tell you about 1t II
| you would like to listen TO me for just a
| little while.
| "Well ON Tuesday night, the LIST of Feb
ruary, had most distressing dream. l
was on the deck of an American battle
ship. IL was night. or just after dusk.
| Everything was peaceful and serene, when
suddenly heard sound like muffied
shot from the shore. looked out In the
| direction from which 1t seemed TO come.
| Suddenly l saw what seemed to be d.
minutive light coming toward the vessel.
| 1t seemed to be floating on the water, but
moved very swiftly. A terrible feeling of
dread and oppression came over me. The
little light was coming straight In our d.
reotion, and with great speed. 1t was al.
most on Us when started to shout Co the
officer of the deck. But was too late.
just then the light was on us. There
came a terrible explosion. Everything
seemed TO rip up with mighty blast. /
woke up with start. That was as far as
my dream carried me.
"At that time such an idea as the blow
Ing up Of the Maine had never suggested
Itself TO any one, and, although / told the
dream to my wife and my side partner,
never thought much more about it. But
then came another strange thing. The
Maine blew up on the night of the 10Th.
We did not know anything OF 1t in New
York until the next morning, but that
night had another dream, and this time
i recognized Havana have been there q
good DEAL you know-and this dream i'm
pressed me very deeply. for I'm that dream
i believe saw the man or one of the men
who blew up the Maine
az was going through one of the streets
of Havana, and as / passed what seemed
to be an undertaker's place l saw an Inn
mense crowd gathered and / stopped to
see what the cause of all the excitement
was. AS did so l saw man whom I
took to be one of the undertakers come out
and ask for men to help carry the dead,
and / remember that there seemed to be
an immense number of them. One man,
who was tall and had very pushing way,
shoudered his way through the crowd.
He was dressed In light suit, and as he
came up the undertaken looked black at
him and told him he had better not come
into the proceedings there at all. Then a
woman came up and tu9ged at the mans
coat. She was very much excited and said,
Do you want them to recognize your
1.-THE man said he was not afraid and
seemed to want to take hand in the mat
ter, He looked desperate, and / shall new
er forget that face. would know that
man today If l were to see him in a thou
sand | could 60 where he was and pick
him out of a thousand people just as sure
~ as woulteyeoog nize my own brother.
And that is the man or one of the men
who blow up the Maine. know It, and IL
/ had been able to go to Havana the day
of the funeral 1 believe could have put
my hand OH that man. Or if l ever see
him l will know him. 1 know l WILL His
face made deep impression on me. That
man was either the guilty one or one of
them. He was in that crowd that day to
gloat over his work.
"But the dream that think is of some
use or may be yet the means of saving
noble mans life is one that had the 9TH
er night l was somewhere by the water.
As came up to the water there was some
house. There was man on it, but what
the meaning of that part of the dream is 1
cannot make out But on the shore right
near where l saw this object disappear
were three men struggling together. As
they struggled 1 saw that two of them
were trying TO down one man, who direct
ly was able to turn so that he saw me-
His face was that of General Grant. He
saw me, and he called out to me:
Tell the government to strike now.
Tell them TO strike now, or all Is lost.
by this time the men were getting the
best of him, and he turned and called out
to me:
"'General Lee is prisoner, but he does
not know it,
"By this time the men had secured him.
They tied his hands and feet and carried
him of, and as had last look at his face
the features seemed to turn to those of
General Lee. fB
"Now, this vision has affected me very
much, and I am sure that General Lee
must be In trouble. We have heard that
the Spanish government wanted him to be
recalled. Our government refused, and
the Spaniards seemed to acquiesce, but
am just as sure as anything that they will
make away with Lee before he leaves.
NOW, have thought good deal about
this matter, and I am convinced In my
own mind that II the government would
go now and take Havana with the fleet at
Admiral Sicard's command they could do
IL without shedding a drop Of blood. The
Spaniard loves his life just as we'll as ths
next man, and-they have four ships now
at Havana, believe, with a squadron OF
20 good fighting vessels outside the har-
bor-I would wager my life against q
nickel that they would surrender rather
than go out to what they would know
would be their certain death. IL would DO
simply foolhardy for them to do anything
but surrender. But II we wait until the
feet of torpedo boats reaches Havana,
then / believe there will be very bloody
fight, and I firmly believe that General
Lee will never be seen again. know the
Spanish character. just let them get their
al In, Hav nd fhov will throw