The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1906-04-26
This Is the. Question Being Ask.
ed About Prof. Berrich.
PROBABLY THE SOUL
OF the Wife He Had Just Murdered. is
the Solemn Reply Of Science Az
ter a Series of Remazka.
BILE Scientific Ex.
..periments.

e Bile Scientific Ex'
periments.
Adolph Berrich, a gaunt, emaciatet
maniac, VAS captured by tie sheriff
| and q posse last month on the prarie
/ nine miles from Colorado Springs, Col
TO tho physician at the O'unty jail
where he was first taken, be fmme
distely became an effect OF intens'
interest by revealing himself as &
student of advanced physics and chem
istry.
Frasmentary utterar css indicated
further that the new inmate had dec
from Boston, Mass; that be was
Prof. Adolph Bsrrioh, and that nc
| oed killed bis own wife in the inter
ests of science. In rambling way be
mas described an experiment. with a
duorescent screen, ultra, violet rays
and other apparatus, and Q human
soul floating away.
Berrich's statements were 30 re.
uarkable that a search was made Of
The cave in which he had been lead
ing q hermits life for years, IN the
| 1ope chat something more tangible
might be found Of the soul seeking
apparatus to which he referred SO OF
en-.
The searchers found nothing of i'm
rortance but a very lengthy manu-
script, very illegible at times. Though
;he document is unsigned, it's aurhof
Is in all probability Professor Barrich,
.or it relates In slightly less frsgmen'
5sry form the details Of the ghastly
scientific experiment. on which the
mind OF the maniac is forever dwell
ing. -.
Considered alone as an unsubstan'
lated document, the manuscript OF
Professor Berrich is Of little apparent
value, and nay be dismissed as the
Irresponsible rawlings Of lunatic. But
| Ii becomes of tremendous importance
when considered In connection with
The experiments which have just been
completed by Professor Elmer Gates,
| the Washington scientist. By the use
# ultra violet rays q f horoscope and
other apparatus which Berrich rsmb
ingly describes over and over again
lay after day, Professor Gates claims
20 have duplicated the soul-seeing ex'
oeriment OF the mad Professor Bsr
rich. He used dying rat In Ght
final and most successful test, anc
detected, it is dsclared, Q shadow
which passed over the specially pre-
cared screen and faded away as tht
little auimal died. "
Bsrrlca asserts that he, saw. th'
soul Of bis own wife in his expert
uent. The discovery By the Wash
ington scientist indicates that 1t va
not Impossible for him to have dom
20. =.
THE AMAZING CONFESSION.
$50 it seemed to me that wha
would be nost worth knowing on thi
earth wcuia 10 whether there is o.
not any hereafter. Ny training ii
the scleloes naturally prompted mi
10 scientific investigation but for year
nav results Were absolutely negative.
"Ten years ago I was convince'
thst scier CO had no way Of solving
the suf c.-and indeed, 1t hadn't q
.shat time. / left the United State
and spent several years In other couD
srles. Into all those relics OF super
tteion known as the black rats del
ved. <-.
After seven years I fell III love IL
Paris and married beautiful bu
vain girl much younger than myself
resolved and promised to give VI
nv crszy ideas and live only for thu
present, 90 all animals and most peo
| ple do.
I'VE were quite happy for sil
months which we spent in Europe
Then my old desire crept back upor
me.
Every night my wife knelt by tnt
bedside and prayed. At first sh'
orayed out loud Tor her dead parent
and for ters. and for me. 1t wa
20 use 10 argue with her that there
are 70 trustworthy evidences OF asou
md that the hereafttr is a myth In
.pted for sin pie minds. She had Il
,dmit the strength Of my arguments
ff red ntne in return but kept or
18th her pray ers.
"As so u as the prayer was owe
he dropped quickly to sleep. l hoN
var was doomed to follow out Till th'
mall hours the chain Of d ub's ant
blows engendt ren by her prayer.
Several lires are partially obliter
..sd by the we .tner at this point, bu
the sense is ev!dant from the remain
az words
"Ffcm that n omant I was possess
d by an idea. A fixed idea, psyche:
,gists cal! it. I rec gn'zed 1t, fough'
galnst 1t, criticised land the In
ane do not criticise their ideas-so
van not insane. Yet the idea grew
UPON me each night that II l coult
iii a bumsu being in the right way
nd be all prepared l might see the
human soul.
It'll cou,d hut catch glimpse Of
he soul as 1t fjrSook the dead bod
nv doubts and misery would al be al
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