The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-01-20
PREDICTIONS
ALL COME TRUE.
Blind Gypsy DOESN'T Know How
Sha tOr0.sIIS Oea.h.
COMING EVENTS PICTURED.
In Her Mind, Gjidai, Young and Lem
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COMING EVENTS PICTURED.

Louisville. Ky. Jan. 2o.-"Lou" Mona
han, the aged and bind gypsy who pre-
dicted the death OF William Goddard,
society man who died recently as the re-
suit OF shotgun wound. after securing
heavy Insurance I'm several companies
because he is supposed 20 nave believed
the old woman, mho foretoid the death
Oh stuart louns, the eN-city treasurer,
suicide "A Iow weeks ago, and VINO
truly toid Dr. LtmDuIser. a weil known
physician. ot has approaching death, has
attracted so much attention. by her un-
canny prophecies mat snc rs never ssen
outside the tiny cottage I'm Fliteentn
street, In the rear of winch she nves
A correspondent IOuuu her today, al
most hiaden unuCr the covers OF "A rough
bed. Sne said she was iii, and appeared
10 be nervous because OF the success
of her recent disclosures as 10 death.
She Is a small dred up creature, and
taiks In hIsh, thin Voice.
Il couidn heap IT, she said. ''It was
just So 4 never ask the names of people
who come 90 me. out A KNOW them .NCiy
time. 1t was early in December when
the little man with the crooked ann
came. | told him his name was Mill
Goddard. and that evil influences were
struggling about him.
IL told HIM that he might be married
I'm two weeks, but that ne surely would
die quick death in a month. He said
1 was an oid bund 1901, that he was sure
he wasn't going 10 get married and he
was sure that he would not die.
How can tea? 4 uOn Ano". just
always could do H. They come in the
room and then something that watches
f.aflu
the past iiie, and after a while 1 see the
future Just as plainly as II . had two
good eyes looking at a picture OF II.
They don't always like IL, but IL Is
always true. Sometimes ] see the dead.
but not often. 1t is only when the dead
person was a very strong-willed man or
woman on earth
"Once a girl came 10 me- / told her
her name was Alice and then as | sat
there | got awful scared as j heard far
of popping, popping, like fre-crackers,
or hundreds OF men cracking whips. l
smelt something powder like and then,
all of a sudden ] saw a great big man I'm
a yellow rain coat and a slouch hat.
walking up and down behind a hill OF
men laying on the ground.
'"They lay there shouting across "A little
river at a wall and a tower that spit
fire. As / looked the man staggered and
fell. Then the whole thing faded away.
In a minute ] saw the tall man again.
He had on a uniform instead of the yell
low coat, and he was awful pale. He
just said: Tell Alice TO tell Mamie TO
bring Mamie up right
The soldier was General Lswton.. Re
latives OF General Lawton who we're at
the seance tell the same story. The re-
porter asked Lou Monahan about the re-
los f.,
He came alone last summer" she
said. II told him only to set his offices
In order, for he would soon die"
''IIe laughed, and then / said: You
will die by violence.
Now the blind gypsy became excited.
People blame me. she cried. "a only
tell what l see. Some l can tell moth
ing; some everything. II all depends"
Young Goddard was visiting his uncle
near Paducah, on a hunting trip. On the
night OF Dec. 81 he went upstairs 20 pack
up for "A return home. The family heard
a shot and rushed upstairs. Goddard
lay dying on the floor with "a load OF No
6 shot i'm his heart. lie was before the
muszle of the gun which lay on the bed
His uncle thought he had caught the
muzzle of the gun TO draw the weapon
to him. and the trigger catching in the
bedclothes had set IL off.
Up to date the Manhattan Insurance
company OF New York Is the only one
to refuse TO pay. The Manhattan claims
that Goddard applied for his insurance
of 5000 on Christmas Eve. He deposited
500 at the time. Colonel Woods. agent
OF the company. says that the Manhat-
tan had decided on deliberation not 20
take Goddard as a risk.
The family deny this and suit will be
filed for the $4,000 within a few days
The other insurance will be paid, accord
ing 10 statements made today. a was
distributed follows: New York Life
5000: Mutual Life. Of Kentucky. 5000
Union Casualty and Surety company. OF
st. Louis. 5000; Royal Arcanum. 5000:
Union Central. of Cincinnati, $1,000