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I forgot to add the last bit from the Echo. That has some bearing on the issue about whether the premonitions Mrs Reeves had, had any influence on John Saunders Reeves going down the stairs as a result of them:
""But that night" (Mrs. Reeves added) was a dreadful one. My husband thought of what I told him when he left for work - that I knew something was going to happen - for when he discovered the dead body he was afraid to come and tell me, for fear I should go into a fit. We weren't awoke by screams, but there was a something we could not understand, that seemed to tell us that trouble was at hand. That dreadful murder has disturbed us all here, and it will be some time before we quiet down and forget last Bank Holiday night."
It would seem that the ghosts that had haunted Louisa Reeves´ that night, folowed her husband down the stairs, towards the landing where Tabram was lying. And, more importantly, it would seem that Walter Dew was pretty much correct in what he said in his book on this.
The best,
Fisherman
""But that night" (Mrs. Reeves added) was a dreadful one. My husband thought of what I told him when he left for work - that I knew something was going to happen - for when he discovered the dead body he was afraid to come and tell me, for fear I should go into a fit. We weren't awoke by screams, but there was a something we could not understand, that seemed to tell us that trouble was at hand. That dreadful murder has disturbed us all here, and it will be some time before we quiet down and forget last Bank Holiday night."
It would seem that the ghosts that had haunted Louisa Reeves´ that night, folowed her husband down the stairs, towards the landing where Tabram was lying. And, more importantly, it would seem that Walter Dew was pretty much correct in what he said in his book on this.
The best,
Fisherman
(couldn´t resist that one, David. In all honesty, I had dizzy recollections of it too, but went looking anyway. Good on me!)
) I didn't follow that particular thread when it was around. Apocryphal stories are sometimes fun, but that's probably why I didn't follow the thread. I'm one of the old fart brigade that tends to stick to serious stuff! Really glad you knew where it was though, because it's a great example how true history gets mangled up with apocryphal stories, so thanks for pointing it out.
I should have said, 'there is no supporting evidence that Mrs Reeves told her husband to go down and investigate, other than the press report.' The official story is that he was on his way to work.
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