Show A STRANGE STOY A ALAD LAD TUAT THAT SHE i new york oct ll 11 1 A strange story of ghostly interference in the affairs of men comes from miss lens lena herman heiman on whose authority it is offered to the readers of the globe democrat it will form another lint link in the chain of evidence fo last fast for iDlas irom from all sides that there is a spirit world and that spirits do love their friends aho who vho are dwellers upon earth in the flesh and that they do undoubtedly appear to us as when there Is sufficient cause tor for their appearance miss hiss her herman M a a was wa t a warm friend of the murdered mrs lena reice who was so foully slain by her husband adelph reice at at norfolk street la ii this city on the night of april last miss herman 11 erman bad not seen mrs retch reich for several months prior to the murder and at the was living in abston she bhe has recently moved to brooklyn she says when I 1 way wan visiting mrs reich last january she was in a grest rest deal of trouble about her bus husband band she had bad been obliged to have ahrn bound to keep the peace which however he be dill did not do but abused her dalef ally bone ane day she said aid to ma while we were n darning mone come stockings 0 1 I ought D d ne never ver to have ave in married arr iedA dolph it was 4 myS wy tault fult and I 1 did it U with my eyes open for i i T i WAS WAR WARNED NED that tie be would murder me it nap pr p bened ed title way adolph had aad been g courting in me for borne time timea and od I 1 kev that I 1 14 loved him one nighta terrible daik winter night he told me that be loved me and offered himself to me I 1 acknowledged ged thelt that I 1 was not in indifferent to him but asked a few days to think I 1 ver ever the buat mutter and consul my friends adolph A not like this delay and tried to reason out 0 of o it but I 1 was 0 tali and carried my point bew wew desat we sat up very ay iy late that night together no one ilse else but ourselves bein in the room when he left was past midnight and the weaker was very cold lo eo I 1 fixed up the mike make me a cyp cup af pf tea to quiet mj gervea and warm me up before gulai to be bed I 1 was a little sorry I 1 had bad jep so positive to adolph about tle the ti awe e as 1 loved him and I 1 thought I 1 M might i as well say yes apy any i way so thamm that 4 would have gone home so much happier it i As ka I 1 poured out my ay cup of 01 tj said aloud to ayin yes yea I 1 joep 10 lo adolph P 1 fast then I 1 a nois W the stairs and thinking some one waa going eoin by my door I 1 turned off maiga because because I 1 did not want any oneto know I 1 was keeping such late board As the tire fire in the stove gave oat ruddy light and the half dirk darkness neg of the room seemed so bo and PM 4 suited my mood of mind so well 1 old not liecbt the gas again but bat sal IM and sip sipped ed my tea in the dar darkness knes 84 swing in litt little r e things to td v myself aloud dudu suddenly however I 1 heard ds a slight mlle behind me and at the same time I 1 lia li A the church clock strike the hour WT of I 1 well I 1 looked around without a thought of anything strange and 0 well what i 1 saw raw almost brozer afroz al j blood I 1 drew back faint too toi rifled to swoon it IL was a gfrost yes it was a grost sad that of ofa mau inn who had bad boid told me his love and whom I 1 had bad loved it was my earnest you yon know inow she had bad been engaged to marry a young german who died before the ceremony was performed almost at the altar he was dressed in the same clothes as when I 1 saw him last his wedding suit alt tor for we were going to our wedding wh when en he died of heart disease his face was pale and bloodless his hair ion long K and his cheeks looked hollow and a grave like swe awe seemed to surround him his terrible eyes dull and without expression seemed to lower on me I 1 shrieked and tried toly to fly from the room but he be spoke do not move lens lena I 1 win will not mot barm you it is by your medium ship hip that I 1 appear and even it you go from here bee 1 I too loo must go I 1 come because I 1 love you and because I 1 pity jou lena I 1 if you marry adolph veth belch you on will live the the life of a dos dog he willbe will be cruel and jealous and unreasonable and worse than all he will murder you in the end yes he will murder jou YOU stay I 1 I 1 see the scene scena now ite he grasps your hair tie lie holds a sharp carving knife in the other hard hand you reach out tor for the knife and seize it when with a terrible oath he draws the keen blade out of your jour grasp and almost severs severe your fingers in doing so oh he be liar has you down on the bed he draws the knite you struggle and scream but its so BO use lie he strikes keb ob it takes effect the blade he has plunged into your neck meek your beautiful neck 1 he pulls the knite knife so as to make the cut greater you straggle gle more violently and escape with the blood arting spurting pr ting from your wound you run from the room and fall in the hall and the villain escapes 18 8 carrying the knite knife with him oh ter terrible terrible then there was a silence ernest id no more for some minutes and I 1 was too much horrified to speak but gain again he isaid lena I 1 love you as I 1 ever did and it wont be bc long ions now before you join me here and we shall be happy again oh do not marry reich as you value your life and soul I 1 farewell god help you and he was gone well I 1 did not sleep that night but next day adolph came and I 1 told cold him I 1 had bad made up my mind not to marry now as we were too poor this leato led to a ion lonz argument and some how I 1 dont inow know how it was I 1 save gave in at last I 1 loved him well we became engaged and in time were mai ma ried I 1 have been miserable ever me since and although I 1 have never see seep the ghost again I 1 often leel feel as blough there were spirits around I 1 do believe that adolph awill ill kill me yet I 1 dream of tho terrible scene that the ghost described and it makes we me sick licked and haunts me for days af afterward ter poor woman the warning was only too well fulfilled adolph did murder her in inthe the end and ex acely as the ghost said tie he would on the morning of april 20 she was found dead in the hall ball before her door official investigation brought out thle the complete narrative and a clear case of deliberate purpose that made the jury find guilty of murder mardir in the first degree and resulted in his being sentenced Benten ced to pay the penalty odthe of the law which he did st at louis globe democrat |