New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
Dead Mans Tale of Ships
Loss Revealed 10y Medium
Manuscript Put in Bottle as U-Boat Sank Vessel
Figures in Strange Case Now Being Investi-
gated by the Society for Psychical Research,

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assigned to them in the room Sonora
q. @as hypnotised
| This trial had been arranged at ths
request of an Austrian nobleman
| whose name DR.. Prince is not, vet al
liberty to reveal. This man furnished
the sealed documents that formed the
basis OF the experiment.. AS far as DR.
Prince has been able to determine. he
was the only person who knew what
was in the closed envelope, and he did
not attend the trial.
"Dr. Pagenstecher employed small
metal disc for this purpose, and also
made passes before the medium with
his hands," said DR.. Prince. "When she
was in a trance sealed envelope was
placed between the tips of her fingers,
so that the end of each one was in
contact with the paper. Then she went
into state of catalepsy."
DR.. Prince has stenographic record
of Sonora Us vision Of sinking ocean
liner as she recited it while under
hypnotic influence, and also Of her
post-hypnotic impressions.
In deathly stiffness and with all
eyes focused on her slightly twitching
features the Mexican woman began to
speak.
Describes Terror of Crowd
Aboard Great Ocean Linsr
"It is night, between and s o'clock
in the morning." she began. "The
stars do not shine with brllianey, but
begin to pale. feel certain halanc-
ing movement which provokes nausea
and the sensation of scaeickness, which
leads me to suppose am on board a
ship. I t Is indeed so. ! am on an
enormous boat. On deck | see hun
dreds OF persons, some fully dressed
others half dressed and some almost
naked, but all of them in state of
terror, trembling, their eyes wide open
with fear. 1t seems that they are ex-
pecting something terrible to happen,
Judging by their behavior.
II see women fsinting, others clasp
ing their arms around their husbands
or their children. Others are on their
knees, praying or lifting their arms to
God. The men appear more calnl---or
possibly more selfish~--as they hurried
ly try to put the life preservers around
themselves. But there are some rnen---
a few--who appear to try to comfort
the women and to calm the children,
most Of whom, although unconscious
of the imminent danger, are terrified
by their mothers screams of fright
and despair.
'To judge by their attitudes some OF
the passengers must also indulge in
imprecations, but / cannot understand
them, as most all speak English. Be-
tween the groups see officers in navy
uniforms passing hurriedly giving or
ders to the crew, which strives ia
lever the lifeboats as quickly as pos
sihle. Every now and then blue and
red fire rockets are sent way up in
the air, apparently calling for help.
But why do they call for help?
Il cannot exactly understand what is
going on, but, anyhow, | see enough
to conclude that something exceeding
ly grave is about to happen, in spite
of the apparent lack Of danger; the
sea is calm, the weather is clear, and
not the smallest cloud is to be seen as
messenger of the impending danger of
storm; in one word, do not see
anything far or near which could in
dicate danger for the boat and Its
passengers and crew so far.
| Opposite to me stands a man. tall
broad, fair, skin, large, black, heavy
eyebrows and black hair, high fore
head, nose slightly aquiline, with
mustache and full beard, Of about
thirty-five to forty years of age and
pronounced Spanish type.
above the right eyebrow there is a
big scar
HE is one of the few who are com
pletely dressed, wearing white trousers
and shoes, gray coat and gray can,
| PA"eCA oS eHV VAIN Oh AIS HeaI, he dD-
| pears energetic and calm and is look
| ing steadily toward the sea. At this
moment he tears piece of paper from
notebook and, taking pencil from
the left breast pocket of his coat, he
writes something on the paper, hold
ing same against the wall of a cabin
under the light of an electric bulb
darkened on the outer side.
"All of q sudden strong detonaton
is heard, followed by many other minor
ones, as of rifles or machine guns,
while the entire boat trembles and
creaks as if it were going all to pieces.
Sees Many Passengers
End Agony by Suicide '
The moment the Spaniard hears the
explosion he stops writing and looks
eagerly toward the sea for an instant,
and then writes few more words
rolls the paper between his fingers and
slips it into bottle taken from the
rlght-hand side pocket Of his coat. He
then closes the bottle tightly with a
cork by pressing it hard against the
wall of the cabin. He now takes the
bottle by the neck and throws it with
force into the sea, as Ear from the
boat as possible, at the same time