Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-04-08
Strange STORY Relating TO
HISTORY Of M0NT0UR Co. FAMILY

While suffering from these ailments
on several occasions the girl fell into q
trance becoming olairvoyant. On awak-
ing on each occasion she told of the
strange visions she had beheId. often
describing accurately things that she
was supposed to have no knowledge
Of. so that finally the family could
not doubt but that while in trance
she had the power of discerning things
not present to the senses.
Finally, after Jacob Rishel had been
missing twenty four years, and all
hope of ever seeing him alive had
been abandoned, Mary Kidder on
awaking from one of her frances
amazed her parents by telling them
that she had seen her grandfather and
that he was alive. She had been car
ried, she said, to hamlet in the noun
tains of California aud there had seen
her grandfather, Jacob Rishel. He
was standing among piles of boxes and
was ready to move from that region.
The girl had never seen the grsndfath-
er in the fesh and had only heard OF
him in casual way.
After this strange revelation hope
was rekindled in the bosoms of the
Kidder family; all others. however
remained firm in the conviction that
the man was dead
JACOB RISHEL HEARD FROM.
There were still many years of wait
ing; then less than three weeks ago,
like bolt of Lightning from a clsar
sky, came the positive information
that Jacob Rishel was alive. A letter
from the missing man, now SO years
of age, addressed to Brady township
fell into the hands OF Jacob Rishel.
Que of the sons who had continued to
reside near. .Vicksburg. The old man
stated that he was fast losing his eye,
sight and that he longed to return to
his old home He was living at Delta,
Col. He had removed from California
about the time that he was seen by
Mary. Kidder in vision, surrounded
by pile of boxes ready to move.
DIES BEFORE SONS ARRIVAL.
AS soon as Jacob Rishel received the
letter from his father he left for Del
ta, Col 1t was now believed that the
great mystery would be cleared up
that the cause of Jacob Risheps dis,
appearance would be made known aud
that light would be thrown on his
subsequent career. But alas. no sooner
| had the son stepped from the train at
Delta than he was informed by a res.
ident that the elder Rishel was dead
that he had died only fifteen minutes
before the trains 5 arrival.
The day before he was assisting ia
remove some furniture preparatory &c
returning to Vicksburg with his sou
when he slipped on the stairs AMI fell
heavily to the floor. The shock proved
fatal. Thus the mystery will never be
cleared
Tie sou found that the father was
living in good circumstances. Hie
former thrift had followed him aud
he had nice bank account He had
changed but little in appearance and
the son, who was Young when the
father left home, easily recognized
him from photographs. The body was
shipped to Michigan and the funeral
was held from the old home at Vicks.
oarg on Sunday, March 2S.h
Former County Commissioner Gee.
NJ. Leighow, whose wife is first
cousin of the msu whose strangely dis.
appeared, yesterday stated that he
was an intimate friend and associate
OF Jacob Rishel. before the latter re-
moved to Michigan and that in the
year of his departure the two were
working together all winter.