The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-11-15


and entering that hotel 1 passed in at
the front door and up two flights, and
in room No. | saw a drunken man
lying in bed with his clothes on. There
was glass with some whisky in it on
stand near by. | call him drunken
man, but he was more sick than drunk.
He moaned in pain and tossed about,
and while stood looking at him he
Z shivered as with cold and was dead.
Then two men came into the room and
searched his pockets and took out a
large roll of bills. They went out for
few minutes, and when they returned
they carried the body down stairs, out
through back door. and they were
crossing the yard in the direction of
the river when | woke up. You may
call me silly. sir but I'm sure murder
has been done in that house."
The womans earnestness impressed
me, but policemen are hard headed
lot. To arouse one Of the sleeping ex-
tras and send him out to investigate a
dream was an absurd idea. had told
the laundress that | could do nothing
In the matter and had tried to make
light of her fears when a couple of
reporters sauntered in. l had the
woman relate her dream to them and
suggested that there might be a good
item In it for them. They could take
longer chances than l could, and
after talking the matter over they
agreed to go out to the street and hotel
in company. Before doing so they
questioned the dreamer as to the look
of the street and the house named. TO
our surprise, she gave accurate de-
scriptions. | felt positively sure that
she had never traversed the street in
her waking moments, but yet she
located coalyard, cooper shop, a
heap of building material and other
things which she had seen in her
dreams. She described the hotel as of
brick with a green front. She said
there were eight bedrooms on the Sec
Ond floor and that the doors and other
woodwork were painted slate color
felt considerable interest in the mat.
ter before the reporters got away and
called up the patrolman on that beat
and ordered him to render any assist.
ance he could.
1t was long ride to the place, and
the reporters did not reach 1t till 2
O'Clock in the morning. Hotel and bar
were then closed or appeared to be-,
but after a vigorous assault on the
door it was opened by the. landlord,
who cursed them for their impudence
and would have slammed 1t in their
faces but for the presence of the Off
Ger. When they insisted on going up
to room No. z he declared that there
wasn't guest on that floor, and before
they had carried their point the officer
had to make a prisoner of him. The
row brought out half a dozen toughs,
and had not the reporters been armed
they would have had hot time of it.
When room No. was reached, they
expected to find it empty, as the laun-
dress had seen the dead body borne
down stairs but, to their amazement,
the figure of man was lying on the
bed. He was fully dressed, and for a
minute after they entered he gave no
sign Of life. Then he sighed and groan-
ed and tossed about as If in great pain.
There were the stand and the glass
and the whisky, and one had only to
sniff at the contents of the glass to feel
sure that it was case Of drugging.
doctor was sent for. and for the next