Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-10-05

once more awakened her she said
Now, | cannot rest; Mr.. Dacre must
not go, for | feel that did he go would
be miserable till his return; the
thoughts of it would almost kill me"
Indeed, on the strength of this dream
Mrs. Griffiths induced her nephew tc
send a note of apology to his friends,
who went without him. We're caught in
q sudden storm and drowned
Here are three historical cases of
murderers brought to the gallows
through dreams: The Rev. William
Smithies, curate of st. Giles, Cripple.
gate, wrote curious matter of fact
account of the appearance in a dream
OF murdered parishioner, one Stock
den. a Grub street victualer, to a Mrs.
Greenwood. showing her likeness of his
murderers and giving her the address
In Thames street of Their home. On
this evidence alone they were arrested
aud upon confession of the crime
hanged
Then there is the red barn case
where the stepmother of Maria Martin
saw in a dream her body buried in the
barn, and its discovery there led to the
arrest. trial and conviction of Corder,
who sixteen months before had first
seduced and then murdered the girl,
disposing of the corpse as the dream
had Indicated
Lastly there is the case which both
Fraser's Magazine and the Quarterly
Review took note of some years later,
that of the conviction of Hugh Mac
leod for the murder of the peddler
Murdoch Grant, chiefly through the ey-
idence of Kenneth Fraser, who, hav-
ing been told In a dream where the
murdered peddler's pack was lying, led
the police to the precise spot.
OF course the best known and attest
ed of all these historical dream visions
is that of the assassination of the
prime minister, Spencer Perceval, by
John Bellingham in the very lobby of
the house as seen In sleep by John
Williams of Redruth. In his dream
Mr.. Williams, being in the lobby of the
house Of commons, saw a small man
enter dressed in blue coat and white
waistcoat. Then he saw a man dressed
In a brown coat with yellow basket
buttons draw pistol from under his
coat and discharge It at the former
who instantly fell, the blood issuing
from a wound a little below the left
breast.
Hereupon he awoke and told his wife
of his dream, of which she made light
Even when he. dreamed 1t a second
time she observed to quote from the
Times of the day, that he had been
so much agitated by his former dream
that she supposed it had dwelt on his
mind and begged him to try to com
pose himself and go to sleep, which
he did. A third time the vision was
repeated. on which, notwithstanding
her entreaties that he would be quiet
and endeavor to forget it, he arose. it
being then between 1 and . o'clock,
and dressed himself. At breakfast
the dreams We're the sole subject of
conversation, and in the forenoon Mr..
Williams went to Falmouth, where he
related the particulars of them to all
his acquaintances that he met"
Six weeks later Mr. Williams, who
had never, except in these dreams, seen
either Spencer Perceval or his assassin,
went to London and to the house of
commons and pointed out the exact
spot where Bellingham stood when he
fired and that which Mr.. Perceval had
reached when he was struck by the
ball and how he fell The dress of
both Mr.. Perceval and Bellingham
agreed even to the most minute par
ticulars with the description given by
Mr.. Williams"
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