Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1913 — PSYCHIC AIDS GIRL [ARTICLE]

PSYCHIC AIDS GIRL

Brings. Brother and Sister Together After Many Years. , \ Kin Who Were' Separated by Kidnapers Over Forty-eight Years Ago, Meet Again In Bt. Louis—Case Startling One. St. Louis. —A startling and seemingly supernatural case of divination by a student of psychic research resulted in the runion in SL Louis of a brother babyhood and who never had seen or heard of each other in 48 years. In 1865 a pretty little curly-haired girl wandered across the street from her home in Davenport, lowa, and entered the home of a neighbor. The next morning tbe neighbor, who had previously manifested much liking for the child, secretly departed and a search instituted by a frantic mother, who arose from a sick bed to conduct it, failed to develop further trace of the little one. At a meeting of students of psychic phenomena and the occult at Dayton, Ohio, last February, the little girl, now Mrs. George Albright of that city, heard a famous psychic offer to demonstrate her powers. With a hazy memory of her childhood days, Mrs. Albright wrote on a piece of paper: "Where is my brother?" and concealed it from view. The psychic answered: “Write to a boy named Bob, on the Chronicle at 8L Louis.” , \ Now Edward B. Holley, 4856 Kennedy avenue, is rejoicing over the Arrival from Dayton of his sister. Edward B. Holley was but three years old when his sister, Minnie, then six years old, cU*&ppeared from the home of their parents in Davenport. 48 years ago, and knew her only through description by his parents and a photograph taken shortly before her disappearance'. A few years after the child disappeared his parents removed to Peoria where hie father

died. His mother tben brought him to St. Louis where he was educated, obtained employment with a local hardware firm, married and reared a family. Through all these years be and bis mother, who died two years ago at the age of seventy-four years, treasured the photograph of her missing littld girl. It was enlarged and framed and was tbe source of constant speculation as to his sister’s fate among the members of bis family. His mother, however, years ago gave up hope of ever seeing her daughter again. “Minnie is dead or she would have found her mother long ago,” she said, shortly before her death. Robert Holley, now employed as a solicitor for the Klnloch Telephone company, received this letter, postmarked Dayton, Ohio, and addressed to “Bob Holley, care Chronicle, SL Louis." He opened It and read: “For inform matlon as to your sister, from whom you were separated when quite young, write to Joseph L. Batter. 334 Sherman street, Dayton. Ohio.” Its significance In connection with, the story of his father’s lost sister struck him, but fearing to arouse false hopes, he answered it himself, giving the details of his aunt’s disappearance as he had heard them so often from his father and grandmother. A letter received in reply disclosed that Batter is the husband of an adopted daughter of Mrs. Albright and Inclosed Mrs. Albright’s picture, with the details of her life as she remembered them. Tbe remarkable resem* blance between tbe pbotograph and that of the little girl convinced young Holley they were tbe same person.