The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-21
DREAMS REVEALED FOUL CRIME
Visions of Two Men Bring Murder
to Light.

There are many people who do not
believe in dreams, and there are some
who have the greatest faith in them.
In quite recent times there have been
instances of dreams not only having
been fulfilled but having actually led
to the detection of crime and the ap-
prehension of criminals.
In a small western village we'll
known former 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 magistrate and told him
that in their dreams they saw the
body of the farmer lying in we'll in
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 layer of boards.
Under this was the well and in it was
the body just as the dreamers had de-
scribed it. Officers were put on the
case anew, and it 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 in
northern Minnesota, dreamed that he
SAW his brother shot. Two days later
he received a telegram from the Can
ada police, informing him of his
brothers death, and asking him to
appear as one of the witnesses at
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
registered. 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
by-path and came to a dilapidated
cottage in yard overrun with weeds.
There he noticed an old well, and out
of curiosity peered into it. To his
horror and amazement, he saw a
corpse, stabbed in several places.
From the wide and deep gashes blood
was still flowing. He attempted to
scream, but could not, and awoke in
q 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 walk. He was
surprised how familiar everything
was to him. There was the old
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
cottage. He was told an old couple
lived in it, but that they were so un-
sociable and morose that no one ever
took notice of them, and they seldom
left their little abode. The traveller
was not satisfied with the explana-
ton 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
III search of the we'll. The presence
of the policemen naturally attracted
crowd of people, and when they be-
gan talking about we'll an old wo-,
man, leaning heavily upon crutch,
exclaimed:
"A well? Why that has been gone
these thirty years. remember dis
tinctly when l was a little girl drop
ping stones into it and listening for
the splash
The stranger asked the where