The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-02
Thomas j. Caldwell Ushered Into
Eternity as He Said He
Would Be.
KICKED BY FAvoRlTE HORSE.
Toledo Millionaire Had Told His
Friends of His Strange Pre-.
monition of Death, Which
Came True.
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Toledo, O.. July lit appears that the
gift Of looking into the future was bestowed
upon Thomas ]. Caldwell, the millionaire
broker and horseman, who was killed Fri
day by the kick of favorite pet horse.
Mr.. Caldwell, who has been the owner of
large strings of fast trotters and PAGERS for
the past thirty years. was at the matinee
OF the Toledo Driving Club at the Fair
Grounds Saturday. June e. He had always
taken part In the races, and when he failed
to put IN an appearance on the track with
his flyers, several horse owners gathered
round him and asked him the reason, and
INQUIRED II his health was poor. Mr.. Glad
well is reported to have replied in substance
as follows:
''Ihere is nothing the matter with my
health. never felt better in all NV life I
am not supersutious, and do not believe In
ghosts. spirits and all that sort of thing, but
l assure you gentlemen that I saw pc
culiar vision last night while lying in bed.
Il was Wide awake and realized all that
was going ON just as fully as l do now.
While lying on the bed thinking about one
thing and another a bright vision appeared
before my eyes. The dark room was all
lighted up. l saw myself as plain as see
the PAGER. i led her into the stable and
struck her on the launches with my open
hand. when she let fly with her heels,
struck me in the forehead, crushed in my
skull and allowed my brains to drop out.
saw myself lying bleeding and helpless
on the stable door. my colored stable boy
get up and then falling back again helpless.
l saw myself carried to the ambulance and
taken to the hospital. There / saw myself
die, and lastly | attended my own funeral
and saw the coffin containing my body low
cred into a grave in Forest Cemetery under
q spreading elm tree. The vision told me
this was all to happen on Friday evening.
June %. but concluded to heed the warm
Ing to-day, and that Is why am not driy-
Ing. The vision made me nervous. and
cant force my mind away from it,"
The vision as related by Mr. Caldwell to
his friends came to full and complete
realization last night. He apparently for
got all about his vision. or he was tn the
death had in store.
He was bandaging the leg Of his sorrel
mare and led her into the stable and as she
hand on her hips. and being of a nervous
temperament. this startled the mare and
she let go with her heels. catching her own
er sQuarely on the forehead and crushing in
his skull.
There were the pools Of blood. brains
dashed out; attempts to get up. colored sta
the hospital and death there. ali enacting
in perfect sequence with what Mr.. Caldwell
described as seeing in his vision. Even the
der the SPREADING elm tree viii be- fuifled.
around this tree years ago and left a sketch
of how and where he wanted to be buried
in case he was called away suddenly.
The location brings the grave directly
under the elm tree where the grave was
dug to-day to receive his remains to-mor-
row. 81 - -s-..t
The deceased was an old bachelor, and, It.
Is stated. amassed a fortune valued at a
million or more. He owned two valuable
stock farms in Kentucky, south of Lexing-
ton. He also owned valuable property in
Vile. st. Louis, Duluth, Detroit, Lansing,
Cleveland. Erie. Buffalo. Sandusky and To-
ledO.