A CURIOUS DOCUMENT.
Theunfortunafe young man who was sent to the Asyluui as a lunatic ' on' : Friday last,has'left; a, curious ',; memontp of his experience with the , policeatGreytown;saystheo , /a)i(/flr(/. ,;i He asked for pencil and paper, and ;|' being supplied with these orticlos, - r ' he laid himself oh tho floorof the oell' and commenced operations.' First ho : , drew a map,sliowing hisi wanderings. The plan is naturally an extraordm- ' ary production and is divided into 11 general" and " detail." Ono refer- ;'. encorends-D. "Herethey tried to decoy mo into the bush, but seeing no house, I was suspicious, ana ; thought it an astral temptation." 4. ; Here I left my trousers. 6. emptied \ my .pockets here. Bi received my last lesson in Thepsophy and refused to join ns a spook," Tlion lib bolted, J and tbeplanissupposedtoshowhow ho dodged tho Mahatmas: and Mesdailies Besant and Blavatsky, and all thoir attendant, spirits who followed, trying to get a shot at his > forehead. ', Accompanying the plan ' ■.■', is tho following written on the back .', of it:— • •'. ; "^, ;;
■"" It is necessary to deliver your life into her hand through tho medium of a third porson to becomo a spook, Mode, at' her command ■ ."*', you lny down on the road in a natural position,whenthottiird person shoots you through the centra of the head, verdict • suicide, to which I objected, and nsyou liavo thrown -:'■ away your own Soul it is dohVored to her. When I started I thought I wbb going to aii ordinary spiritualistic ■,-.,■, meeting, and blio was a dcvil-mc-caro drunken swagger for some purposo ', who was not afraid to risk her life I :.'. for good payment. During tho chaso . ■ . thoy could hoVd killed me dozens of! : .times, in fact at ■ any.) imisuto,'; but \ ;■■ they wished to kill mo in a particular | i : , ; ' ■iiiaiincr, with .a''particular gun, In I ':'■)', fact I do riot think the gun was loaded with .a leaden bullet, but with \ some substance that could riot Imve . vl been found after death. Hence mys- "■>■ ,tory and , good advertisement in >,- Theosophy: which they WAriUtsshe d said, she. had notrly3 :| a .' Spook belonging to She is certainly a wondorful woman . because although I hid myself and allowed the men to walk on top of . the flax, with which I was covered, • sho pointed put my hiding ;placo • -'> sevcial times; when I ,am certain ~:'• she could not bear or see mo, and I >'.;'.;. only saved myself by ovorhearing .', •''. the order for my capture. Although " ,■ I am generally deaf, on that night I could bear tho slightest whißper at ■.''--! tho distance of a chain. I can only ;i atti'ibuto my wonderful escapo to tho . I direct interposition of God, to whom I givo thanks." ' ,7
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4881, 20 November 1894, Page 2
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442A CURIOUS DOCUMENT. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4881, 20 November 1894, Page 2
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