The state herald., 1902-03-21
DO GHOSTS EXIST?
INCIDENTS IN PROOF OF BELIEF,
Extraordinary Premonitlon Of Death
Attributed to Spirit Information.


Attributed to Spirit Information.
Dr. AIinot J. Savage In Ainslee's:
"The history of the world is full Of
reported apparitiOns or ghosts. Do such
things as ghosts exist? l am perfectly
certain that they do. This does not
mean that feel that am ready to eX-
plain their origin or nature. l simply
recognize the fact. Whether they are
purely subjective or whether they rep
resent some objective reality-this is a
question to be settled In each particu-
lar case. have many instances in my
notes; but they must be omitted for the
present
"There is one case, however, which
is of a very extraordinary kind. 1t
occurred about couple Of years ago
here in the immediate vicinity of New
York. There was certain young man
who had been studying abroad. He had
been at Heidelburg university. He was
Of anything but an imaginative tenn
perment. Tall and stalwart in build,
he had n reputation as an athlete. His
favOrite studies We're mathemati tical,
physical and electrical. He had return
ed home from abroad, and, so far rs
anybody knew, was in perfect health.
He was at the summer home of his
mother. 1t was his habit, after din.
ner, to so 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
to his mothers room before she was
up, and laid his hand on her cheek In
order to awaken her quietly. Then he
said, Mother. l 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, Moth
er, l mean just what | am saying. |
am going to die, and very soon.'
when his mother, startled and trou-
bled, pressed him for an explataion, he
said: Last night. when was walking
up and down the piazza, smoking,
spirit appeared and walked up and
down by my side. have received my
call and am going to die The mother,
of course. was seriously troubled. and
wondered whether anything might be
the matter with him. She therefore
sent for the doctor and told him the
story. The doctor made n careful ex
animation, said there was nothing the
matter, treated the whole thing as
bad dream or n hallucination. told them
TO pay no attention to 1t, and said that
within few days they would be
laughing at themselves for letting such
thing worry them. The next morning
the young man did not seem quite as
well as usual. and the doctor was sent
for second time. Again he said there
was nothing the matter, and tried to
laugh them out of their fears. The
third morning the young man appeared
In still poorer condition, and the third
time the physician was summoned. He
now discovered a case of appendicitis
The young man was operated ON and
died In 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 ut once to
be present. and told his mother n whole
series OF very remarkable things. which
by no possibility could the psychic doc.
tor ever have known. Then In answer
TO the question. Who was II that you
saw that nightT Uhc question being
purposely 50 framed ms 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 mar.
ried again"