Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-18

Robinson had dream In it the unfortunate
man died just as his wife had. Mrs. Robinson was
certain her dream would again come true.
A PRISONERS RUSE.
Her forebodings proved only too correct. The
man died. But the fame of Mrs. Robinson as a
dreamer reached the ears of the police, and ex-
cited suspicion, and they demanded a post
mortem examination 1t disclosed the fact that
he had died of arsenic Mrs. Robinson had pos
oned him, and had invented the story of her
dream so that his neghbors might hear of his
dc7th without astonishment
Women PRISONERS seem peculiarly partial to in
venting dreams in order to divert suspicion from
themselves. A woman found guilty of poisoning
another in Ireland last year spread from one
end OF the village to another the story of dream
she bad had of her contemplated victims death.
Here, again, the story of the dream reaching
the ears of skeptcal detectives excited them to
nvestigation Suspicious facts were quickly dis
covered respecting the dreamer, and her guilt
was brought home to her.
Nothing, indeed, seems to so surely arouse a
detectives suspicion as the fulfllment of super
natural prediction.
81 am certain" said servant girl named Kib.
bier, that something dreadful is about to happen
to mistress"
The woman to whom she uttered that warning
at once pressed her for her reasons for thinking
of such terrible thing Kibbler told her her
story. She lived in the house alone with her
Mistress and she described how, in the middle
Of the night, she had heard strange noises in the
empty corridors. They just as if a number
of people were walking to and fro. These
ghostly footsteps had banished Kibber's sleep
She had opened her bed room door and peeped
out timidly. There was nothing to be SEEN
Over and over again she heard the mysterious
footsteps. 1t was sure sign of death.
wit of holm
correct. Her mistress was taken suddenly ILL.,
but was rescued by the doctors, and Kibbler was
arrested, and charged with having poisoned her
The ghost-hearer was, at Warwick Assizes, con-
victed of having administered poison with intent
to murder her mistress The ghostly story was
told in court, and did much to convince the jury
that Kibbler had planned an awful deed.
A man named Macdonald invented more de-
tailed ghostly business to prepare people in the
neigh borhood of place in the west of Scotland
for the death of farmer in the district. He
declared that he had seen the ghost of the farmer
stretched upon the ground, with the shadow Of
another person bending over him. Apparently
the one phantom had cast the other down. but
what the bent doing the was unable
to tell
HOIST WITH HIS OWN PETARD.
A few weeks later the body of the farmer Yves
discovered on a road. He had been murdered
ana roDDeu Whle coming nome from 1alr. Inc
seer gave all the particulars he could respecting
the phantom he had seen bending over the victim
in his vision. 1t was like no one in the neigh
borhood, but here were footsteps in the earth
beside the murdered man which seemed SUSPECT
ously like the impressions of the seers own boots
The story which he had invented for the very pun
pose of diverting suspicion from himself and
causing the police to search for an imaginary
person, was the very thing which excited the feel
ing OF the police against him, and placed them
on the scent He was convicted and hanged.