Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-12-15
Misesllansuus Readins.
DREAMS REVEALED FOUL CRIME
Visions Of Two Men Bring Murder
to Light.


ing been fulfilled but having actually
led to the detection Of crime and the
apprehension Of criminals.
In a small western village a wei
known farmer suddenly disappeared
Foul play was suspected, but the body
Of the farmer could not be found
Two men living in distant villages
had the same dream one night. They
went to a magistrate and told him
that in their dreams they saw the
body Of the farmer lying in a we'll ir
his farmyard.
The men were laughed at, because
no one ever knew Of the existence Of
a we'll at the place mentioned. The
dreamers, however, were determined
and an investigation was made. In
the barnyard a heap Of manure was
removed, revealing a layer of boards
Under this was the we'll and in 1t was
the body just as the dreamers had de-
scribed It, officers were put on the
case anew, and 1t was proven that
two nephews of the farmer had killed
him. They were executed for the
crime.
Charles King and Edward Hayward
were fellow prospectors in western
Canada. One day Hayward was miss
ing. The Northwest mounted police,
assisted by Indian trackers, found
Hayward's remains, burned and char
red; among the ashes Of Kings camp
fires. Hayward's brother, living ir
northern Minnesota, dreamed that he
saw his brother shot. Two days later
he received telegram from the Can
ada police, informing him Of his
brothers death, and asking him te
appear as one Of the witnesses al
Kings trial. King protested his in
nocence, but he was found guilty OF
the murder.
One night a traveller arrived at an
Arkansas town, footsore and very
tired. He went to little hotel and re-
tired. Soon he was dreaming. He
dreamed that he had come to the town
during the middle Of the day and had
walked about the town to see the
sights. He finally went down a by
path and came to dilapidated cot
tage in a yard overrun with weeds
There he noticed an old well, and out
of curiosity peered into 1t. To his
horror and amazement, he saw q
corpse, stabbed in several places
From the wide and deep gashes blood
was still flowing. He attempted tc
scream, but could not, and awoke ir
a sweat.
He tried to go to sleep again, but
his nerves were so unstrung that he
could not sleep. He dressed himself
and went out for a walk. He was
surprised how familiar everything
was to him. There was the ole
church with the Gothic portico and
the by-path. Then he knew he was
realizing what he had dreamed. He
came to the old house and saw the
garden full Of weeds. But he could
not find the well he had seen in his
dreams.
He returned to the inn. and the next
morning asked the landlord for some
particulars concerning the old cot
tage. He was told an old couple lived
in it, but that they were so unsociable
and morose that no one ever took
notice Of them, and they seldom left
their little abode. The traveller was
not satisfied with the explanation and
went to the magistrate, to whom he
told how every fact In the dream had
been verified, excepting the finding OF
the well.
Two policemen were sent with the
traveller to make an investigation
Nothing was found suspicious in the
cottage, and they went to the garden
in search of the well. The presence
Of the policemen naturally attracted
a crowd Of people, and when they be-
gan talking about a well an old wo-
man, leaning heavily upon a crutch
exclaimed:
"A well? Why that has been gone
these thirty years. I remember dis
tinctly when was a little girl drop
ping stones into II and listening Tor
The stranger asked the whereabouts
of the we'll
LAS near as maybe just where you
are standing" was the reply.
|. Picks and shovels were soon
brought, and when the men had dug
about two feet they came upon a row
of bricks. These were quickly re-
moved and disclosed some boards
These, too, were soon removed, and
an old oaken chest was found in which
was the partially preserved body OF
a man.
The old man of the cottage was i'm
mediately arrested, but his wife was
gone. Later she was found in hiding
in the woodshed. She confessed thai
one evening a peddler had called al
their house and asked for lodging. He
happened to mention that he had quite
a sum Of money about him. The old
woman said that every time they
heard a sound they were afraid some
one had come to arrest them, and in
the dead of night they were terror
stricken at the thought Of their crime
The old man at first stoutly denied
his wife's confession, but eventually
he, too, confessed.
A story of a very extraordinary
dream of this nature comes from
across the sea. 1t is the dream of a
Mr.. williams, of Scorrier house. in
Cornwall, who dreamed on May IL,
1912, that he saw man of the name
Of Bellingham shoot the Right Hon.
Spencer Perceval, chancellor of the
eXCneQueT, III Tie lOpDy VI lhS houoS
of commons. Mr.. Williams was great
ly agitated by his dream and told 1t
to his wife. She told him not to wor-
ry and go to sleep. But he soon had
a second dream like the first. He fell
asleep again, only to repeat the
dream. He had never seen any OF
the parties in the dream and had
never been in the lobby Of the house
of commons.
The next day a horse galloped up
to the Williams house. It was Will
liams' son, who brought the news
that Mr.. Perceval was shot, IN the
lobby Of the house of commons by a
man named Bellingham. Mr.. Will
liams at once described the men and
their dress, and his son said the de-
scription tailed exactly. Two months
later Mr. Williams went to London
and visited the house Of commons. He
pointed out the spot where Belling-
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