________________
252
JAINA GAZETTE. (Aug. & Sept. rate, cannot have been subject to any telepathic influence of the dead person during his lifetime. And such cases are not uncommon. Nor are those other cases, equally inexplicable on this "delayed impression theory,” where a phantasm appears to a large number of people, none of them in any way connected with the deceased, nor at the time of his death with one another, and having severally at that timne no thought of coming to live in the place haunted. For any idea of " delayed telepathy" in such cases would imply an unimaginable prophetic gitt on the part of the dying person.
One case, authenticated beyond all possibility of doubt and investigated with scientific exactness, may be cited as exemplifying both difficulties.
Mr. Myers describes it as “in some respects one of the most remarkable and best-authenticated instances of haunting on record,” and the following is an abbreviation of his account.
The details were supplied by Miss R. C. Morton and her account is supported by independent first-hand statements from sight of other eye-witnesses—a friend, Miss Campbell, a sister and a brother of Miss Morton's, who lived in the house, a married sister, who visited there, and two former servants. Miss Morton herself is a lady of scientific training, and, as will be seep, investigated the phenomena with the calm and pains. taking precision of a series of laboratory experiments.
The house in question was built about 1860, the first occupant being an Anglo-Indian, Mr. S., who lived there for sixteen years, and after the loss of his first wife, one August-year unknown—took to drink. He married again two years later, and his second wife-a Niss I. H.-in trying to cure him of his intemperance, herself took to drink ; and their life together was very unhappy and embittered by frequent violent quarrels, chiefly about the management of the children of the first Mrs. S., and about her jewels, which Mr. S. was most anxious to preserve for them, In fact, he had some of the boards of a sınall front sitting-room taken up by local carpenter, and the jewels inserted in the receptacle so formed. Mr. S. died July 14th,
1876, his wife having separated from him a fow months Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
www.umaragyanbhandar.com
