Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-28

CHICAGO, January 27.-Fred Roe
Pratt, attorney, and one of the we'll
known Pratt twin brothers of 1929
Prairie avenue, died at Manila few
days ago and the instructive knowl-
the cables message to the mind of
Frank Fay Pratt, the surviving bro
ther Joined through life by some
strange telepathic faculty the brothers
had for years maintained a mystic,
unbroken interchange of thoughts and
tidings. When the last link in the
occult chain came across 10000 miles
of ocean to Frank Fay Pratt the ]at
ter knew as unerringly as though his
brother had died beside him that the
twinship was sundered and the tele-
pathic partnership dissolved forever.
Walks the Streets ForlOrn.
The surviving brother was resting
calmly in his home at early evening
when the knowledge came upon him.
Stopping but to tell his aged parents
of the blow, he hurried out into the
night, and hour after hour walked the
streets, fevered with the burden of his
grief Three days later came the
cablegram from Manila telling briefly
that Fred Pratt, who had been voyag-
ing around the world, was dead and
that his body was upon steamer
going to Japan.
Frank Fay Pratt was at home to-
day talking of his brother to a group
of sympathizing friends-a brother of
Robert Baker, with whom the de-
cedent had started round the world;
Capt Arson and others, who had
known Fred Pratt, and all of whom
knew the strange communications SO
long maintained between the twins.
Tells of Strange Knowledge.
"The news of Fred's DEATH" said
Frank Pratt, =" was what we had
awaited for three days before it came.
Four days ago, as l sat down to din
ner, the thought came suddenly upon
that Fred was gone. Warning? Pre-
monition? | do not know. Call il
what you will. l spoke to mother:
We are separated said l, Fred has
gone
Il walked the streets the following
night from early evening till daylight
~, I lZnnUinO that he
was dead, yet anxiously awaiting for
confirmation 1t came yesterday-no
details, merely the information that
Fred was dead and that his body had
been shipped to Japan. do not know
of what cause he died-possibly the
plague, which is said to have broken
out in the East, possibly from some
fever contracted at Manila. We are
now considering the ACCESSIBILITY of
sending for the body. In all probable
fly we shall do so, and lay him IN
Rosehill.
May Have Died BY n Bullet.
Erred started out with Robert Baker,
of Racine, in December, 1898 Then in
tended to visit nearly all the oriental
countries, winding up in Australia, and
had already seen China, Japan, Singa-
pore and other places Manila and the
war appealed to them so strongly that
they hurried thither, and | consider it
quite possible knowing Fred's adven-
turous disposition, that he may have
gone out on the firing line and been
shot by rebel Filipino.
'This so-called telepathy had existed
since we were babies 1t made no Diff
ference whether we were separated by
ten feet or 10000 miles-we could keep
watch over each other, and we kept up
this communion to the end"
Likeness of Twins Famous.
Many stories of the Pratt brothers
are related by men who have known
them in legal or social circles. They
were identical in appearance, and so
exact was the likeness that the line pro-
duced by the impressions of their
thumbS-an identification test supposed
by the scientists to be infallible-were
perfectly duplicated. Their voices,
styles of dress, manners and methods
were the same Both were expert
palmistry students, and Frank Pratt
claims to have gained a confess sion, from
Adolph Luetgert through the reading
Of the big Westphalian's hand.
He Read Victoria's Hand.
Mr.. Pratt won fame in England by
reading Gladstone's hand. The famous
statesman was so pleased with the
young man that he arranged a reading
for Queen Victoria. Mr. Pratt never
told what he informed England's ruler,
but he said 1t was reading of what
was in store for the queen
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert H. Pratt par
snts of the brothers. are almost pros