The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-12-04

foa the table, covers his eyes with
his hands, and describes minutely
what he sees.
q talk Norwegian, and ! explained
to him where l had started from.
Then ! drew rough map for him.
and asked him to describe the trail
Of the elk.
This he did with his eyes closed
ltwas an amazingly circuitous trail,
ending at pool where, he said, the
head and leg bones now lie.
u next asked him to draw a
straight line from the spot where
shot the elk to the pool. This was
the most amazing part Of the per
Torrance.
Without a moments hesitation ne
drew q straight line from one spot 70
the other, with his eyes closed.
marking off with his pencil intervals
OF a hundred yards. He informed
me that the spot where the head lies
is exactly 1900 yards, as the crow
flies, from the spot where | shot
the animal.
Cone of the intervals was triie
shorter than the others. When |
asked him the reason for this he eX.
plained that he was taking into &C.
count a sharp dip in the ground at
this spot. Tais particular dip | know
veil, and | was more impressed By
this little detail in the boys drawing
than by anything else.
''Of course I am having the spot
explored; and in a few days / shall
hear if the elk head is where the
boy saw It! I should certainly not
be surprised ii i. were.
Strangely enough, a few days at
ter Sir Henry made the foregoing
statement, he received word from his
game keeper at the elk forest, that
the head and leg bones had been
found in exactly the SPIT described
by Johann Fl9ettum.
All accounts agree that Johann,
simple minded, honest lad. had no
idea of putting his rare git to his
own pecunlary advantage. He has
seemed to regard as joke several
offers from dime museum and music
hall managers, He seems quite sat
isded with the gratitude of neigh
bors, and visitors from distant
parts of Norway, when his sixth
sense has solved difficulties for
them.
A year ago many farmers Of his
neighborhood complained Of myster-
ious losses Of sheep They went to
Johann about it. He went into his
trance like state and saw the miss
sheep shot and eaten by ripper
(red grouse) hunters, a class of
sportsman who live on what they
can capture.
This verdict, strengthened by the
prestige of the bows fame was cir
culated everywhere, with the result
that no more sheep were missed.
One day in the winter a peasant
came to Johann lammenting the loss
Of his old silver watch. an heirloom
in his family. Young Fioettum
saw" it buried in snow irift
whrre the peasant had dropped it,
| He gave an accurate descrip ion Of
the spot and there the deligted old
man found his property.
A resident of a neighboring town,
man not well balanced menta:iy
disappeared and was searched TO:
in vain, Johann was appealed TO-.
He described a deep pool in run
ming by the town, and there. at the
bottom of the pool, the body of the
demented man was found.
! At the present time most of the
inhabitants Of Norway are exercised
the success or failure to locate Anna
Jensen a young girl stolen from
Cnristiana and carried of by tramps
The boy declared that he saw" tae
girl being carried by tramps to the
sea coast, thence into the mountains
and there concealed in a certain
cave.
"The girl is alive" he said "But
she has suffered terribly and is mach
emacisted,''
He described the mountains and
their location with So much deta!
that there was no diff ,ulty in ident
flying them.
More than two hundred peasants
engaged in the search for the cave
IL Christianna interest in Anna Jen
sens fate was so ioIensc that large
party Of soldiers equipped for
mountain travel, was sent out to
assist in the popular undertaking,
The cave was finally found, just
as it had been described by Johann
Fioettum, but owing to its size and
many winding branches, could not
then be thoroughly explored.
Sir Henry said that when ne left
Norway preparations were complete
for a thorough search Of every par;
of the cavern. and there vas a gen
eral expectation that it would prove
successfui---so fra is the faith of
his countrymen in the occult powers
Of johann Fioetsum.
Naturally, public conf lence in
Johann's ciairvoyant powers has
come to be shared by public officials
in the part of Norway where tn
boy lives. Upon several occasion,
the police nave sought his aid in
solving criminal mysteries usually
with complete success.
Last SDring the police were at
their wits end to account for a So
r;es of robberies committed in g fine
country mansion not far from Sir
Henry Seton-Karr's hunting lodge.
Several tramp5 were arrested, oo.
the rooberics con:inued. Finally |!
Johann was appealed to. He went
into his trance-like state and "sa Y
the confidential man servant OF n
owner Of Of the house stealing rno2-
ey and pate, waicn he hid Until able /
to dispose Of it in Christiana, Con- {
fronted with Johann's statement, !
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