Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-04-22
SPIRIT SEEKS VENGEANCE,
Occult Leader TeIlst Of Visit Follow
ing Murder.

Occult Leader Tells5 Of Visit Follow
ing Murder.
Through spirit communication he
has just received James D. Twynham.
director Of local society, at Green's
boro, N. c.. devoted to the study Of
spirit return, divine healing and tele-
pathy, believes that he is in a fair
way Of clearing up murder mystery
that has perplexed the authorities OF
Wayne County for weeks. Mr.. Twyn-
ham says the spirit has given him the
name Of the slayer and related the
circumstances Of the killing in detail.
The slain man was Makajah Wig
gins, 4 farmer, who was found dead
near his house, short distance from
| Goldsboro. He had been shot twice.
A coroner's inquest was Immediately
held, but though sixty or seventy per-
sons were present, not one would give
the authorities any information which
might lead to arrests in connection
with the case.
I'm all my experience with murder
cases." Coroner c.. c. Baker declared,
II have never run up with such a
know nothing bunch of persons" The
very fact that no one seemed to know
anything about the shooting, added
much to the mystery.
Witnesses Retdetant to Talk.
II stood near the body during the
inquest" Twynham says, land realiz-
ing that nothing could be done to
avenge the murder of the good citizen,
I decided to see what could do about
finding out something. But every one
approached with questions blanched
as if with fear. There was something
decidedly queer about it all. That
evening went home much disturbed
about the whole matter.
Scarcely had'I entered my room
than I realized something was wrong.
thought perhaps there was bur-
glar present so I turned on all the
lights and even looked in the closet
| and under the bed. There was 70 one
to be seen. But when finally settled
down into a chair gradually the spirit
form of Makajah Virgins became
visible
1--WE stood staring at each other a
few minutes. the cold chills running
up and down my spine.
"'What do YOU want?',I finally man
aged to ask.
at want you to avenge my murder,
he answered.
"Then asked him to tell me about
it. He said that a few weeks ago he
informed Federal authorities about an
illicit liquor joint in one of his
neighbors houses. The moonshiners
heard about it and told him to leave
the country or he would be killed. He
said he bought a house in town not
far from here and was going to move
into it the following day. That even
ing one Of the moonshiners approach
ed him as he was walking to his house
from the field.
Spirit Tells of Killing.
"'Well, Kagah,' he said the moon
sinner asked him, so you're goin' to
move tomorrow"
"Wiggins replied that he was.
"'No, Kagah' he said the man an
swered, you're goin' to move now,
d.-n YOU and shot him twice.
"Wigglns' ghost then told me how
he ran to the house, but didn't quite
make it, and fell about a hundred feet
from the back porch, where later his
wife found him dead
AFTER I was dead the ghost con-
tinued I could see my body lying
there on the grass. I saw you stand
ing there in the crowd and knew you
wanted to avenge my death; so I de-
cded to come down to earth and help
YOU
Then moving close enough so that
could have touched him if he had
been a materialized body" Twynham
continued, "hc whispered the name of
the man who shot him. He said that
lots of persons around that part of the
country knew that that man had shot
him, but would never testify they
knew because the murderer was q
mcmbc: Of a large gang OF moon
sinners who would kill the first per-
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