SEEN" IN A DREAM

Evening Star, Issue 12674, 30 November 1905, Page 3

SEEN" IN A DREAM

SIiNSATIONAL CBIMK TN CANADA. A sensational crime has been expiated at Edmonton, in the new Canadian province ■<' Alberta, where an American named Cbarle.King was hanged for the murder of Kdward Hayward. an Knglishmtui, v.hoso brother aw the tragedy in a dream in England. Tho murder was one of the most sensational ever enacted in the Far North. Nearly two years ago King arrived at Edmonton, accompanied by Hayward, who was a prospector. They said tliey were going into the unexplored north to seek for the mineral wealth hidden there, and are known l-o have camped on the shores of Besser Slave Lake. That was tho last- that was beard of Haywnxd, but in bis plans for securing the En--lishnian's littlo hoard of money, had not counted upon the cunning of tho Indiun. An Indian named Sikachese nobced track.that looked strange to him. and followed them to the lake. Kisanis, another Indian, also noticed the tntcks, and followed them to the camp, whore he saw two men. The Indians watched them, and on September 18, 1903, the third night of their stay, tbey heard a shot in the direcUon of the camp. Kisanis went to the camp in the mornings but conld only see the tracks of one man kcaving the camp, while the other man was nowhere to bo seen. Kventually King was j-eptured by Sergeant Anderson, of the Northwest Mounted Police. Ho said that Hayward liad liiken the. Sturgeon Lake trail, while bo had come on to tho lake. The Indians at ence began to look for the tracks of tho other man, but could find none. At the camp they came across an Indian boy named Moostcos, who, while hunting niuskrats, bad noticed the smoke of an unusually largo camp-fire. He afterwards saw King pass his grandfather's teepee, and connected tbe two circumstances. He afterwards went to find its cause. The ashes were still glowing, and on the sin-face appeared to be Hie remains oi' some garment. He then found a charred button, which fell to pieces iu his bands. Ho told his grandfather and j other Indians of his find. They found a j

\, , , track, which was identified as Kings, leading to a slough, which they searched while others raked among the still smouldering aslics. In the fire were found pieces of bono and flesh, a. gold-filled tooth, n piece of needle, and some shot. In the slough were found two pairs of boots and tbe sole of another. In ono of the boots waa a bundle containing a number ot articles afterwards reeocnised by several witnesses as having belonged to Hayward, und, among other thmgis, a broken needle, wbioh exactly fitted tbe pieco found in the fire. .Some little distance from the tire was found some straw covered with blood and what tho Indians claimed to be brains. Henry Hnyward, a brotlier of the missi"-n.-ii.n, identified a number of tho articles found in tho liro as having positively lielonged to bis brother. King was found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged. One most remarkable feature of this remarkable case was this: On tbe morning of September Id, ISO 3 (the day following the commission of the crime), Henry Hayward, at tlie old home in England, told his sister that during tbe night he had had a dreadful dream, in which he had seen his brother Edward shot and tho remains burned. in a fire. Every detail was perfect. The location was shown, and tbe features of the man who did the shooting were clearly visible to the dreamer, who afterwards identified a photograph of King as tho man whom he had seen in his dream.