The Detroit times., 1909-12-09
DREAM OF MOTHER
LEADS TO FIJI O|NG
SON IN GRAVE
Hears Him Cry and Sees Him Lying
on Ground, MISUNDERSTANDING
Shows He Was Buried in Pot
ters Field After Accident.
Body of Boy, Long Missing, Will BE
Removed From Nameless Grave
and Given Proper Burial.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 9.-Through
vision which came to a distracted
mother as she slept. the identity or
the 1J-year-old boy who was killed by
IA street car ON the Southwestern
railway on the night of last Memoir
al Day has been established
The boy was Robert Adams. VINO
had left his home 1t 337 Carre-st',
Essington two weeks before his
death. 10 make his own living. 10
lie was run over while lying between
the rails Of the car track, apparently
asleep. The body was brought To
this city and an energetic search was
made To find out who he was.
AT last, when all likelihood of os-
tablishing his identity seemed past,
he was buried in potter's field.
II is a peculiar feature OF the case
that for several months the detectives
OF the city have been searching for
a trace OF the youth. His father tr1cd
every means In his power TO find
where his son had gone. But for the
dream or vision, Roberts fate would
always have remained a mystery.
Now the body is To be removed
from it's nameless grave and Will be
buried In Mount Moriah cemetery.
Perhaps, if Robert had not left
home before, an earlier search would
have been begun for him, but twice
ne had gone away. each time return
ing with gifts for the folks at home
One of these was little piece OF
glassware, which he gave TO his moth
cr. And so, when he gaily Announced
one afternoon as he ran past the
he a
some money to help pop" the mother
was the only one who worried.
Confidence Is Shattered.
The father believed that il only
would be a few weeks until the hoy
would turn up again. He advised the
mother 10 be calm and patient and not
to worry, assuring her what he him
self thought: that the boy had mere
ly tired OF home restraint for a while.
and would soon come 10 take up his
customary life.
But as the months passed and
Robert did not come back, the faith
of the mother began 10 wane. Her
nights were sleepless with Thoughts
OF her boy. Always her husband
colmed her
Just wait until the cold weather,
mother" he said. Hell be glad to
come then"
II was not until along in midsummer
that he began to be worried, and then
II was more for his wife than FOR
his boy The boy was strong and
well able To look after himself. he
reasoned. but the weight OF grief and
worry was telling on the mother.
And So one day. he went to city
hall and gave description OF the
bov. and the police in all parts Of
the city were notified 10 look for him.
At the time the body was in the
potter's field, and as the accident on
the Southwestern railway had &C.
CURED long before 1t had been for
gotten.
FondIes Small Present.
There followed other weary days
OF waiting The mothers worry in
creased. The only comfort she had
was in fondling the pretty piece CT
glass which her boy had brought from
ono OF his former wanderings. Still
the father urged her To wait until
cold weather." but her fears Were
too great now TO be allayed.
It was in the middle of the night
that the vision came. She went to bed
thinking OF her boy and finally drop
ped asleep. Then she saw, or Thought
she saw, her boy in great danger.
Just what threatened she could not
determine, but she heard him cry out
and then saw him lying pale on the
around, motionless. Then she awak-
ened and for the rest OF the night
subbed to herself
This morning she told her husband
of the dream and pleaded with him
to make another search. She told
him OF her conviction that the boy
was either dead or seriously hurt. He
tried again to soothe her. but hardly
had he left for his work in the city
before she was dressed for the
street
She came to the city and went 10
the cUroncr's Office in city hall More
10 calm her than because he expected
10 discover what she sought. the
deputy went over the records OF un.
identified dead boys.
AS he described one after another
she shook her head That's not my