The Washington times., 1905-07-12

News of a murder. conveyed to the
murdered mans relatives by spirits, and
the clue to the murderer's Identity FUR
nished by the game mysterious agency
this is the miraculous situation brought
to light in this proSaic century by the
death of Walter Wayson Daniels. who,
it is believed, was the man whose BODY
has been discovered in a lonely ravine
on the Birkhead estate near Laurel. Nd.
Although the identification of the nor
rihly mutilated remains has not been
made complete, il is now certain that
The body is not that of Griffin nor that
of Bryant. as was at different times
supposed to be the case.
Body of Missing Plumber
Instead. it is confidently believed to be
the earthly remains OF Daniels. a young
plumber OF 413 / street northeast, who
| left his wife and three little children
Sunday morning. June TO go TO Bal
! timore for a game of poker, and who
never returned to this city although he
/ had promised to take his wife driving
| that very Sunday evening.
/ w w Daniels sr., and his wife live
at Florida avenue and Fourteenth street
northeast. There in the modest little
home this morning they told Times
reporter the story of how the warning
was brought of the murder. They spoke
| Of the voices of spirits and the visions
/, Of calamity shown by the heavenly
agency. In their voices rang the note
! of conviction, and they knew what they
said was true.
Saw Face in a Feather.
Before the interview had started. Mrs
! ;- he
mother. went to the mantei shelf In the
sitting room and took from vase q
huge buzzard's feather.
This feather" she said simply, "fel
| from one of the vultures that preyed
upon our boy. In it, near his grave IT
| Maryland. Yesterday ! saw his image
photographed. The spirits showed It tc
me- That dead body is the remains o.
our boy. I know it. because the spirits
have shown it to me-
Stepmother Medium.
There fell a silence as the old lady
teazed with intentness at the feather II
the room the drop of pin could have
been heard The father of the deaC
man sat in a low rocker. smoking hi
pipe. from which the smoke curled up
ward to sign displayed on the wall
giving his wife's name and displaying
|
the legend:
..Materializing trumpet medium-carc
reader
Mrs Daniels walked back to the man
tel, her slow footsteps sounding loud
~ against the floor through the THU
carpet
From the very first she said. sit
, wall that showed grinning skull
gainst a dark background. II knew
that Walter had been foully dealt with
am medium and the spirits CAV
: me warning.
Wa1Eei Three Days After.
when did you receive your frs
warning?" she was asked.
.On June 7, three days after he ha
left" she answered without hesitation
= u was sitting here in the evening and
all of a sudden the spirits showed m
three pictures of the tragedy, the it'll
, white house near the scene OF the mur
5 der. the big house OF, and the ravin
s | in which the body was found
since then the warnings nave bee
g insIstent and unceasing, coming by da
and by night many. many times Fo
2 a long time we did not know what I
do Then the news came in the paper
s that the body bad been found in Mary
3 land. ard / knew whose il was
S MY husband was not so positive {
: 1t. bat finally he became convinced Z
: the necessity OF invcstisa ting the maj
q ter SO Yesterday we went to whore III
/ murder had occurred and where I'll
= BODY had been buried. We had il @,
burned and / know that that body
V that of our dead boy.
$ Partially Identifies Body.
r Here the father of the vanished yout
: spoke up-
T Il identified his suspenders. the coz
g and part Ct tic underwear" he e.
. planned. II am now rrettE sure it w
nay son bat I could not swear to it. 4;
day. This afternoon or tomorrow sha
go back to Maryland and nave the bod