The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-04-12
DO GHOSTS ExISTl

reported dppdIlllOnS OI SuOStS, says
DR.. Minot J. Savage in AinSlee's.
"Do such things as ghosts exist? I
am perfectly certain that they do.
This does not mean that l feel that
am ready to explain their origiu or
whether they are purely subjective or
whether they represent some objec-
tive reality-this is question to be
settled in each particular case. 1
have many instances in my notes, but
they must be omitted for the present.
There is one case, however, which
is of very extraordinary kind. 1t
occurred about a couple of years ago
here in the immediate vicinity of New
York. There was a certain young
man who had been studying abroad.
He had been at Heidelberg universi-
ty. He was of anything but an imag-
NATIVE temperament. Tall and stall
wart in build, he had a reputation as
an athlete. His favorite studies were
mathematical, physical and electrical.
He had returned home from abroad
and so far as anybody knew was in
perfect health. He was at the sum-
mer home of his mother. 1t was his
habit after dinner to go out on the
piazza and walk up and down while
smoking his pipe. One evening he
came quietly in and without talking
with anybody went up to bed. The
next morning he went into his moth
er's room before she was up and laid
his hand on her cheek in order to
awaken her quietly. Then he said
Mother, I have something very sad
to tell you. You must brace your
self and be strong to bear it. Of
course she was startled and asked
him what he was talking about. He
said: Mother, I mean just what I
am saying. l am going to die, and
very soon.
when his mother, startled and
troubled, pressed him for an explana
ton, he said: Last night when I
was walking up and down the piazza
smoking spirit appeared and walked
up and down by my side. have re-
ceived my call and am going to die.
The mother, of course, was seriously
troubled and wondered whether any,
thing might be the matter with him.
She therefore sent for the doctor and
told him the story. The doctor made
careful examination, said that there
was nothing the matter, treated the
whole thing as a bad dream or an
hallucination, told them to pay no at
tention to it and said that within a
few days they would be laughing at
themselves for letting such a thing
worry them. The next morning the
young man did not seem quite as
we'll as usual, and the doctor was
sent for a second time. Again he
said there was nothing the matter and
tried to laugh them out of their fears.
'The third nornipo the vonpg
man appeared in still poorer condl-
ton, and the third time the physician
was summoned. He now discovered
case of appendicitis. The young
man was operated on and died in a
couple of days. From the time of
the vision until his death not more
than five days had gone by. Some
time after this experience the mother
visited psychic here in New York.
She made no previous appointment,
but went as perfect stranger and
waited her turn. The son claimed at
once to be present and told his moth
er whole series of very remarkable
things which by no possibility could
the psychic ever have known. Then
in answer to the question, Who was
it that you saw that night?' (the
question being purposely so framed
as not to seem to refer to anybody
out of the body he at once replied,
1t was my father The father had
been dead for some years, and the
mother had been married again.