A STRANGE STORY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1135, 18 March 1872, Page 2

A STRANGE STORY.

The Victorian police have recently been; investigating a case, the chief peculiarity : , of which is that they have been , aet; in^ motion, by an alleged communication from ; the spirit world. Some 20 or 21 years ago there was a man named Waugh re? siding in Melbourne, whose avocation was,. that of a carrier. Returning from a trip to the country j he found that his daughter^ had got married in his absence, and he „ was greatly annoyed thereat, as she was only a girl of 15 or 16 years of age. How- : ever, his resentment wa3 not of long duration^ He was reconciled to his f ■ daughter and her husband, and promised- - to start them in business. He left them ■ T shortly after the reconciliation,, and. was , never more seen by them— all they kney of his intended movements being that he was to sleep that night at the house of his sis*er, in Bqurke;street west, near Goldsborough's wool stores. His: sister's ac- r count was, that Waugh went on business to Dunsford's station (now Lancefield), % and that-whilsi riding from there, to Kyneton he was accidentally throw^ from ; his; "horse, . and; killed. She diapos^. of ,/■^ a quantity of personal property belonging to her brother which was in her possession, the curator of intestate estates: ; being Beldora troubled iv those days, and in> the excited times which followed, Waugh'sl ; disappearance was soon forgotten. Recently, a man named Campbell has informed the police that he has received j| a communication from-Waiigh's spirit to P -the following effect:—"! ,was r muidete4^^ by Lift (his sister) with a poker, lMg| four feet under the ground at the ,reaj of her house and you will find my body;? Taking into account Wa.ugh's mysterious " ' disappearance, and the fact that no authentic record can be found of his death, the police have considered themselves bound to make inquiries to test the value of 5 this information, So farj we' '. believe, they have been unable to jfind '■■' any confirmation of the reported accident by which Waugh was said to have lost his life. Whether they have searched the premises in Melbourne, we are not aware,':, although, we understand, they have received permission to do so.;; It may be : added that both Waugh's. sister and her husband committed suicide by cutting their throats." : : ■ " ; •. .;;; r Y ;