The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-27
This Is the Question Being Ask
ed About Prof. Berrich.
PROBABLY The StUL
OF the Wife lie Had Just Murdered. i
the Solemn Reply of Science AT.
ter q Series of Remarka.
bic Scientific Elk.
perlments.

perlmente.
Adolph Bsrrloh, agaunt. emaolated
maniac, was captured by the sheriff
and q posse last month ON the prairie,
nine miles from Colorado Springs, Col.
To the physician at the County jail,
where he was first taken, he immo.
diately became an obi cot of intense
interest by revealing himself as q
student Of advanced physics and chem
istry.
8mentary utterarcss indicated
further that the now inmate had q d
from Boston, Mass; that he was
Prof. Adolph Ber1ioh, and that he
had killed his own wife In tho inter
eestS OF science. In a raclblirg way he
has desc. ibed an experiment. with a
huorescenU screen, ultra violet rays
n other apparatus, and o human
soul floating away.
Herrioh's statements were 80 re
markable that a search was made OF
the cave In which he had been lead
Ing s hermita life for years, ia rilc
hope that something moro tangible
might be found OF the soul s sekirg
apparatus TO which he reieried SO CT
ten.
The searchers found nothing CT i'm
p~ortance but q very lengthy manu-
script, very illegible at times. Though
the document IL unsigned its aurnur
Ia IN all probability Professor Barrich,
Tor IL relates In slightly iesa frsgm@n-
tsry form the details OF the gnastly
scientific experiment. on whicl tflG
mind Of the maniac is forever dwell.
Ing.
Considered alone as an u~nsubstan-
tiated d1cu nent, the mauusct ipt OF
Professor BeriiCh III Of little apparent
value, u may be dismissed q, the
irresponsible rawlings OF a lunatio. Bul
IL becomes OF tremendous importance
when considered IN connection with
the experiments which have Just been
completed by Professor Elmer G. tts
h washington scientist. BY the u.s..
or uitrb vlole6 rays Aal)r)soupe ani
other apparatus which b erich ranb
lingly describes over and over again
day after day, Professor Gates Claims
to have dup ca.ed the soul-scnt1g ex-
pSAAblSho vi OhC Hdd IlOtCSeSE IcEC'
rich. He used a dlinR rat in tn,
anal and most successful test, and
detected, 1t Is declared, q shadow
Whion passed. over the specially pre-
pared tc1een and faced away rs the
lite animal did.
Berfich asserts that he saw the
soul OF his own wife In hi3 expert
ment. The discovery by the Wash
angton scientist Indicate that 1T was
NOT impossible for him to havo done
80.
THE AMAZING CONFESSION,
80 It seemed 10 M C.iat what
would be mos worth kuo wing on this
earth would be whether there Is or
not any hereafter. My training H.
n sciences naturally prompted me
to scientific investigation but for year
nay results we're abs ,lutely negaLi We.
Ten years ago / was convinced
that science had no way OF solving
h SUI J c.--1nd indeed, 1t hadn't AZ
that time. / left the United States
and spent several years in ot!. @ ctu1
tries, Into all those r, lies OF super.
Sutton known as the black rats l del
we'd.
After seven years I fell IN love jr
Paris and married q beautiful hut
vain girl much younger than myself
l resolved and promis, d to givo u
my ccaz7 Ideas and live only FOR tive
present, as all animals and most pco
pie do.
We were quite happy for six
months which we spent IN Eurape
Then my old desire crept box upol
me-.
"Egery night my wife knelt by the
bedside and prayed. Al irat sla
prayed out loud for her dead parents
and for herself and for mo. L. was
no uso 10 argue with her that tl.eYc
are no trustworthy evidences OF D. .o1l
and that the hereafter 10 o myth, IN
vented for sin pie minds. SIZE hal It,
admit b strength OF my arguments,
Cnered memo 10 return but kepu on
with her prayers.
"AS soon as the prayer was oytr
she dropped quickly to sleep. / how-
ever was doomed to follow out Till tine
Bm&ll hours the cua!n Of doubt3 aud
blows sngendered BY her pra5 er.
SeVara lines are paItia!iy ob.itcr-
ated by tho weLtder at this EoiOt, but
the sense Is eVAdGnb irCrl the renlaiu-
ing words.
"F,om that moment 1 Dan po?scss
ed by an idea. a txec IDEA, Iayaho!-
ogists Gull 1t. 1 rccqEn,zsdlt, fculAt
againsb IL, criticised l,-apd Tie in
sane do not Criticize Their iueas-ao |
was not insane. Yet the idea grew
upon me each night bnat if / clu.d
XIII B. human ttinK In tie right usy
n be ell prepared l mig ut SEQ Une
human soul.
'lf 1 could but catch a glimpse OF
the soul as IL ftrS)0k Uhe dead bod,
my doubts and misery you'd all be st
an end. / felt that my NE would no
ptaceful ever after AID tha6 [ Wcu6
atone for The murdtr by spreading he
truth q Immortality TO all she wo Id.
That would surely 30 worth ona
life.
Waary Of wtat he had erdu,ed IN
OLD World travels, this narrator OF 3
Eago!t!nE crime, tunLei homenatd
but batter bad I drawn lessons fr,oj
the legends Of Vandsri clttd, 9he
Flying Dulchman," he SAYS ''ol
AhasueIuS, the Wandering Jo2 cur.
aed With perpe ual Youth end ever
sec k!DE an el xtr II dea h..
In my %sIeepicss nights the temp
taGion was terribse to slag tho% coma
who lay brcathnK silently TO d. M
she with her pray rs, was half tn, !
cause Of my misery.