In this issue: Re: Crossed wires RE: Crossed wires RE: Crossed wires Re: Today in History -- Sep 30 RE: Crossed wires RE: Today in History -- Sep 30 Svobodas attached to your lapel Re: RE: Today in History -- Sep 30 OT - Night Call Re: Crossed wires Re: Crossed wires Today in History -- Oct 02 Re: Today in History -- Oct 02 ether Today in History -- Oct 03 Today in History -- Oct 04 Etext avail: Julius Chambers' "'7, 7, 7 - City.' A tale of the telephone" "'7, 7, 7 - City.' A tale of the telephone" now dated The telephone in the oratory (an anecdote) Today in History -- Oct 05 TV alert: Lizzie Borden on _Case Reopened_ -----------------------------THE POSTS----------------------------- Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 11:18:08 -0700 From: Jack Kolb <kolb(at)UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: Crossed wires Sorry, Marta et. al: I misread the reference. It's a TZ episode I don't remember. I'd like to put in a plug for "Night Gallery," which among other achievements, dramatized in an unforgettable way Conrad Aiken's "Silent Snow, Secret Snow." Has some cable channel picked it "Night Gallery"? Jack Kolb Dept. of English, UCLA kolb(at)ucla.edu >No, it was a Twilight Zone episode. Night Gallery was more ghoulish, >but this story was never done on Night Gallery. There were many Night >Gallery stories which dealt with the dead rising from the grave, >though. Just not in this fashion. > >Marta > >Jack Kolb wrote: >> >> >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, >> >> "Night Gallery," right? >> >> Jack Kolb >> Dept. of English, UCLA >> kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:26:06 -0400 From: "Marcella, Michelle E" <MMARCELLA(at)PARTNERS.ORG> Subject: RE: Crossed wires For awhile it was on I think TBS or one of the Turner stations. I haven't see it in for some time (about a year or two). I remember one that scared the daylights out of me -- still does to this day -- in which Vincent Price was obsessed with some woman and gave her a broach in the shape of a scarab. The scarab eventually attacked her (still sends chills down my back). I can't, however, recall anything else about it. Does it ring any bells? Michelle Marcella MGH Public Affairs mmarcella(at)partners.org > -----Original Message----- > From: Jack Kolb [SMTP:kolb(at)UCLA.EDU] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:18 PM > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > Subject: Re: Crossed wires > > Sorry, Marta et. al: I misread the reference. It's a TZ episode I don't > remember. > > I'd like to put in a plug for "Night Gallery," which among other > achievements, dramatized in an unforgettable way Conrad Aiken's "Silent > Snow, Secret Snow." Has some cable channel picked it "Night Gallery"? > > Jack Kolb > Dept. of English, UCLA > kolb(at)ucla.edu > > >No, it was a Twilight Zone episode. Night Gallery was more ghoulish, > >but this story was never done on Night Gallery. There were many Night > >Gallery stories which dealt with the dead rising from the grave, > >though. Just not in this fashion. > > > >Marta > > > >Jack Kolb wrote: > >> > >> >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, > >> > >> "Night Gallery," right? > >> > >> Jack Kolb > >> Dept. of English, UCLA > >> kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 11:48:04 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: RE: Crossed wires >For awhile it was on I think TBS or one of the Turner stations. I haven't >see it in for some time (about a year or two). I remember one that scared >the daylights out of me -- still does to this day -- in which Vincent Price >was obsessed with some woman and gave her a broach in the shape of a scarab. >The scarab eventually attacked her (still sends chills down my back). I >can't, however, recall anything else about it. Does it ring any bells? I remember one about a rather rich deformed/ugly man giving a beautiful blonde woman (Sandra Locke) a pin of this tiny rat-like thing. He called it a "Sva-boda" (sounded like). I tried looking it up is why I remember that. She had spurned his advances with distaste. Then that night, walking home in the park it reached forth and bit her and started getting bigger and bigger until the premise was it ate her. Later you see same ugly man persuing another cold blonde. It was pretty nasty. That was Night Gallery, a bit more over the top than Twilight Zone. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 13:51:16 -0500 From: Moudry <Moudry(at)uab.edu> Subject: Re: Today in History -- Sep 30 At 10:47 01-10-99 -0500, A.J. Wright wrote: >Under "Events Worth Noting:" we read > "In 1846 William Morris first uses ether in the first tooth extraction > under anesthesia at Charlestown, Mass." > >Ahem...that should be William (Thomas Green) MORTON and "..the first tooth > extraction under ETHER anesthesia..." > >Dentist Horace Wells had one of his own teeth extracted under nitrous oxide >administered by John Riggs in Dec 1845...there is also some evidence that >William Clark of Rochester NY extracted teeth using nitrous oxide earlier in >the 1840s...futher events in anesthesia history can be found at > >Anesthesia History Calendar >http://www.anes.uab.edu/aneshist/calendar.htm > >going back under, now.... > >AJ Wright >Dept of Anesthesiology Library >School of Medicine >University of Alabama at Birmingham > >a.j.wright(at)ccc.uab.edu > >Medical History on the Internet >http://www.anes.uab.edu/medhist.htm Way to go, A.J.! I was wondering how Wm Morris would give up a prestige profession like dentistry in the New Nited States, hop a boat back to the UK and spend the remainder of his life designing wall paper and writing heroic fantasies... (Hope that the big wink & grin came across). Saturnally, Joe Moudry Technical Training Specialist & SOE WebMaster Office of Academic Computing & Technology School of Education The University of Alabama (at) Birmingham E-Mail: Moudry(at)uab.edu MaBell: (205) 975-6631 Fax: (205) 975-7494 Snail Mail: 901 13th Street South 149 EB Birmingham AL 35205 USA Master of Saturn Web (Sun Ra, the Arkestra, & Free Jazz): <http://www.dpo.uab.edu/~moudry> Producer/Host of Classic Jazz (Armstrong -> Ayler ->)on Alabama Public Radio: WUAL 91.5FM Tuscaloosa/Birmingham WQPR 88.7FM Muscle Shoals/NW Alabama WAPR 88.3FM Selma/Montgomery/Southern Alabama
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:55:10 -0400 From: "Marcella, Michelle E" <MMARCELLA(at)PARTNERS.ORG> Subject: RE: Crossed wires That's the one!! It still gives me nightmares, particularly the part where the women walked with the pin attached to her. If I remember correctly, once the pin was attached it couldn't be removed, though why she accepted it in the first place is beyond me. 9-: Thanks Deborah, this one's been eating away at me (sorry, couldn't resist) for a long time. Michelle > -----Original Message----- > From: Deborah McMillion Nering [SMTP:deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com] > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:48 PM > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > Subject: RE: Crossed wires > > >For awhile it was on I think TBS or one of the Turner stations. I haven't > >see it in for some time (about a year or two). I remember one that > scared > >the daylights out of me -- still does to this day -- in which Vincent > Price > >was obsessed with some woman and gave her a broach in the shape of a > scarab. > >The scarab eventually attacked her (still sends chills down my back). I > >can't, however, recall anything else about it. Does it ring any bells? > > I remember one about a rather rich deformed/ugly man giving a > beautiful blonde woman (Sandra Locke) a pin of this tiny rat-like > thing. He called it a "Sva-boda" (sounded like). I tried looking it > up is why I remember that. She had spurned his advances with > distaste. Then that night, walking home in the park it reached forth > and bit her and started getting bigger and bigger until the premise > was it ate her. Later you see same ugly man persuing another cold > blonde. It was pretty nasty. That was Night Gallery, a bit more > over the top than Twilight Zone. > > Deborah > > Deborah McMillion > deborah(at)gloaming.com > http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:52:12 -0500 (CDT) From: MEDS002(at)UABDPO.DPO.UAB.EDU Subject: RE: Today in History -- Sep 30 Lots of info on Morton/ether/MGH in Keys, History of Surgical Anesthesia and various bios/articles about Morton...contact me privately for specific cites if you need them..aj wright a.j.wright(at)ccc.uab.edu
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 14:27:38 -0700 From: Deborah McMillion Nering <deborah(at)alice.gloaming.com> Subject: Svobodas attached to your lapel >That's the one!! It still gives me nightmares, particularly the part where >the women walked with the pin attached to her. If I remember correctly, once >the pin was attached it couldn't be removed, though why she accepted it in >the first place is beyond me. From what I remember he worded it as a gift like "well, if you don't like me at least take this" and she couldn't refuse graciously so she took it but as she got out of sight she tried to take it off and it wouldn't come. When she tried to pull it off she got bit/cut and at first blood, well, the thing started growing. It was pretty horrible. As you can see I remember it well, too. I thought it was worse because the guy was just starting all over again. Deborah Deborah McMillion deborah(at)gloaming.com http://www.gloaming.com/deborah.html
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 18:07:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: RE: Today in History -- Sep 30 In a message dated 10/1/99 6:23:29 PM, you wrote: << Does anyone have any additional information about this fact?>> Morton is buried by the campanile at Mt Auburn. Nice epitaph on the tombstone. phoebe
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 15:10:16 -0700 From: Alan Gullette <alang(at)creative.net> Subject: OT - Night Call Checking my Twilight Zone Companion... "Night Call" aired 2/7/64 and was based on Richard Matheson's "Long Distance Call", included in his collection SHOCK! I believe Matheson has already been praised OffTopic so I'll desist...
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 18:57:18 -0700 From: Marta Dawes <smdawes(at)home.com> Subject: Re: Crossed wires SciFi channel shows it every day, sometimes twice a day. Columbiahouse has put out 10 videotapes so far, with uncut episodes on them, which are fantastic. I've got them all so far, and recommend them to anyone who's a fan. Marta "Marcella, Michelle E" wrote: > > For awhile it was on I think TBS or one of the Turner stations. I haven't > see it in for some time (about a year or two). I remember one that scared > the daylights out of me -- still does to this day -- in which Vincent Price > was obsessed with some woman and gave her a broach in the shape of a scarab. > The scarab eventually attacked her (still sends chills down my back). I > can't, however, recall anything else about it. Does it ring any bells? > > Michelle Marcella > MGH Public Affairs > mmarcella(at)partners.org > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jack Kolb [SMTP:kolb(at)UCLA.EDU] > > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:18 PM > > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > Subject: Re: Crossed wires > > > > Sorry, Marta et. al: I misread the reference. It's a TZ episode I don't > > remember. > > > > I'd like to put in a plug for "Night Gallery," which among other > > achievements, dramatized in an unforgettable way Conrad Aiken's "Silent > > Snow, Secret Snow." Has some cable channel picked it "Night Gallery"? > > > > Jack Kolb > > Dept. of English, UCLA > > kolb(at)ucla.edu > > > > >No, it was a Twilight Zone episode. Night Gallery was more ghoulish, > > >but this story was never done on Night Gallery. There were many Night > > >Gallery stories which dealt with the dead rising from the grave, > > >though. Just not in this fashion. > > > > > >Marta > > > > > >Jack Kolb wrote: > > >> > > >> >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, > > >> > > >> "Night Gallery," right? > > >> > > >> Jack Kolb > > >> Dept. of English, UCLA > > >> kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 19:06:32 -0700 From: Marta Dawes <smdawes(at)home.com> Subject: Re: Crossed wires That episode, "A Feast of Blood", is on 10/7 at 12:00pm on the Scifi channel. Just in case you want to get scared all over again.;-) Marta "Marcella, Michelle E" wrote: > > For awhile it was on I think TBS or one of the Turner stations. I haven't > see it in for some time (about a year or two). I remember one that scared > the daylights out of me -- still does to this day -- in which Vincent Price > was obsessed with some woman and gave her a broach in the shape of a scarab. > The scarab eventually attacked her (still sends chills down my back). I > can't, however, recall anything else about it. Does it ring any bells? > > Michelle Marcella > MGH Public Affairs > mmarcella(at)partners.org > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jack Kolb [SMTP:kolb(at)UCLA.EDU] > > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 2:18 PM > > To: gaslight(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA > > Subject: Re: Crossed wires > > > > Sorry, Marta et. al: I misread the reference. It's a TZ episode I don't > > remember. > > > > I'd like to put in a plug for "Night Gallery," which among other > > achievements, dramatized in an unforgettable way Conrad Aiken's "Silent > > Snow, Secret Snow." Has some cable channel picked it "Night Gallery"? > > > > Jack Kolb > > Dept. of English, UCLA > > kolb(at)ucla.edu > > > > >No, it was a Twilight Zone episode. Night Gallery was more ghoulish, > > >but this story was never done on Night Gallery. There were many Night > > >Gallery stories which dealt with the dead rising from the grave, > > >though. Just not in this fashion. > > > > > >Marta > > > > > >Jack Kolb wrote: > > >> > > >> >That's "Night Call", which is pretty good as a Twilight Zone, > > >> > > >> "Night Gallery," right? > > >> > > >> Jack Kolb > > >> Dept. of English, UCLA > > >> kolb(at)ucla.edu
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Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 01:07:46 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Oct 02
Interesting things that happened October 2nd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1851 Ferdinand Foch, believed to be the leader responsible for Allies
winning World War I
In 1869 Mohandas K. Gandhi (at Porbandar, Kathiawad, India), pacifist
In 1871 Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State, lowered tariffs (Nobel 1945)
In 1895 Groucho Marx, comedian
In 1904 Graham Greene, prolific English novelist (Brighton Rock)
In 1921 Robert Runcie, archbishop of Canterbury
Events worth noting:
In 1833 New York Anti-Slavery Society organized.
In 1836 Darwin returns to England aboard the HMS Beagle.
In 1870 Italy annexes Rome and the Papal States; Rome made Italian capital.
In 1889 First Pan American conference.
In 1908 Addie Joss perfect game stops Ed Walsh 1-0 who won 40 in a row.
In 1916 Grover Cleveland Alexanders 16th shutout of the year.
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Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 01:36:19 -0400 (EDT) From: Zozie(at)aol.com Subject: Re: Today in History -- Oct 02 In a message dated 10/2/99 5:14:21 AM, you wrote: << In 1869 Mohandas K. Gandhi (at Porbandar, Kathiawad, India), pacifist>> wow. Pacifist doesn't quite seem to label him, does it? All those influential people in the 20th century, the ones who changed our world -- the Hitlers and the Bill Gates and the Einsteins -- warlords and scientists, recycles really -- and then there is Ghandi. One man against the Empire. (And yes yes, I know about the FLAWS... but even so...) Happy birthday! phoebe
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Date: Sat, 02 Oct 1999 15:41:29 +1000 From: Lucy Sussex <lsussex(at)netspace.net.au> Subject: ether Interesting note about the ether - I just came across a report of a dinner held by Dr James Young Simpson in Edinburgh in 1847, in honour of Hans Christian Andersen. Several of the guests took ether, something which the bemused Andersen noted in his diary. Some months later Simpson held the first public trial of chloroform... Lucy (working from memory, as I can't find my notes)
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Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 02:42:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Oct 03
Interesting things that happened October 3rd:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1800 George Bancroft, historian
In 1803 John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration
In 1804 Townsend Harris, first Western consul to reside in Japan
In 1814 Mikhail Lermontov, leading Russian Romantic poet, novelist
In 1859 Elenora Duse in Italy, actor
In 1888 Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist, pacifist (Nobel 1935)
In 1899 Gertrude Berg - Molly Goldberg
Events worth noting:
In 1862 Battle of Corinth, Miss.
In 1863 Lincoln designates the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving
Day.
In 1913 Federal Income Tax is signed into law (at 1%).
In 1920 NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays first games.
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 01:42:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Oct 04
Interesting things that happened October 4th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1822 Rutherford B. Hayes (R), 19th pres (1877-81)
In 1850 John W. McGraw (R), governor of Wash (1893-97)
In 1880 Damon Runyon, writer
In 1895 Buster Keaton, silent movie actor (The Navigator, Steamboat Bill,
Jr.)
Events worth noting:
In 1824 Mexico becomes a republic.
In 1862 Battle of Corinth ends.
In 1883 The 'Orient Express' begins its first run, linking Turkey to Europe
by rail.
In 1916 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for first time (San Francisco,
CA).
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 10:41:31 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: Etext avail: Julius Chambers' "'7, 7, 7 - City.' A tale of the
telephone"
(777CITY.HTM) (Nonfic, Chronos)
Julius Chambers' "'Seven, seven, seven -- City.'
A tale of the telephone" (year?)
777city.sht
As promised, here is the mystery story involving
crossed wires in the early days of the telephone.
The story drops hints that it was part of a series
of adventures about a newspaper reporter, printed in
the _London Magazine_. Unfortunately, I've left the
dates at work, but I will announce it. My edition
of Hubin (1984) does not mention that Chambers
published them in book form.
To retrieve all the plain ASCII files send to: ftpmail(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
with no subject heading and completely in lowercase:
open aftp.mtroyal.ab.ca
cd /gaslight
get 777city.sht
or visit the Gaslight website at:
http://www.mtroyal.ab.ca/gaslight/777city.htm
The graphics will be added later this week.
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 11:32:14 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: "'7, 7, 7 - City.' A tale of the telephone" now dated
This story of crossed wires was first published in November of 1903.
Stephen D
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Date: Mon, 04 Oct 1999 13:06:43 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: The telephone in the oratory (an anecdote)
Since we've been discussing early telephones, here's a related excerpt:
from _LORD HALIFAX'S GHOST BOOK_ (1936)
subtitled "A collection of stories made by
Charles Lindley, Viscount Halifax", these
were edited by his son, the Earl of Halifax.
"THE TELEPHONE AT THE ORATORY"
This story is prefaced by a letter to Lord
Halifax from the priest who had the experience
described.
"It is quite true," the priest wrote, "that I
did receive a very mysterious sick call in the night
to Mrs. P----, but the solution of it I do
not pretend to give. Many thanks for your kind
invitation, but I am afraid we are not allowed
to take meals out of the Community. Perhaps it
will answer as well if I call to-morrow
(Monday), on my way to Archbishop's House at
2.30, and take my chance of finding you at
home."
It would seem that at their meeting on Monday,
March 17th, 1919, Lord Halifax persuaded the
Oratorian to give him a record of his strange
experience. The account in the Ghost Book is
dated April 2nd, 1919, and signed by its author,
who declares that "the above narrative is
correctly and truly stated."
One afternoon a short time ago I was asked to
visit a lady (a Mrs. P----) who was ill. The
house was in Montpelier Square, and when I
arrived there I was met by the doctor who begged
me not to administer the last rites at that
particular moment, but to be satisfied with
giving the patient a few cheering words and
urging her to make an effort to recover; in
fact, not to give herself up. I consented, but
when I saw the lady I greatly regretted my
promise and the fact that the doctor should have
made such a request, as I feared the patient was
much worse than I had been given to understand.
However, the promise had been given, so I
arranged that I would come back in the morning
and administer the Last Sacrament. Before I left
the house, however, I gave the nurse our
telephone number and asked: her to ring me up if
her patient should become suddenly worse.
That night, as usual, the telephone was
switched on to the room of one of the Fathers,
in case a sick call should come through. I went
to bed at my usual time, and in the early
morning was awakened out of a deep sleep by the
opening of my bedroom door. By the light of the
moon, shining through the uncovered window, I
saw a figure standing by the door. I understood
the person to say something about a sick call. I
sat up in bed and said, "Speak more clearly. I
don't hear." As I spoke I saw, as I thought, by
the light of the moon, the white collar of the
Father-in-Charge.
This time he spoke more clearly. "There is no
time to lose. There is a telephone message."
The word "telephone" brought back to me in a
moment my visit of the previous afternoon. I did
not, therefore, ask for the address, but sprang
out of bed, the door closing as I did so.
Turning on the light, I observed it was just a
quarter to four. I quickly dressed and went to
the Chapel, noticing on my way there that the
Father who had called me had forgotten to turn
on the light. Going as fast as I could across
the space between the house and the gates that
shut it off from the main road, I found to my
surprise that the gates were locked, so that I
had to knock up the lodge porter to let me out.
Within a minute or two I was well on my way to
the house I had visited in the afternoon.
On arrival I noticed that there were lights in
the windows, and after my first ring I looked at
my watch and saw that it was five minutes to
four. I rang again and again and presently a
clock in the neighbourhood struck the hour. Once
more I rang, thinking it strange that after they
had telephoned for me no one should be there to
answer the door. Still no one came, and my
regrets of the previous day came upon me with
redoubled force. I banged at the door, making
enough noise, as it seemed to me, to waken the
whole household. I could see that the electric
light was on in the hall and on the staircase,
and I remembered that there were only six people
in the house, the sick lady in one room, her
husband, who was also seriously ill, in another,
and the nurses. Evidently, I thought, the two
day nurses must be asleep and the two night
nurses must be in attendance on the patients. On
the other side of the road, at frequent
intervals, a cat was squalling horribly.
I still waited on. It was impossible for me to
go back after the telephone call, but it seemed
more and more strange that I should be kept
waiting in this fashion. I again rang furiously,
the peals reverberating through the whole house.
I looked at my watch and it was twelve minutes
past four. At last I thought I would get a stone
and throw it at one of the lighted windows, but
just as I was about to do this, the cat again
made its horrid noise and I threw the stone as
hard as I could in its direction.
At that moment, the clock chimed a quarter
past four and to my great relief the door
opened.
I did not wait to ask any questions, but went
straight up to Mrs. P----'s room, where I found
the nurse kneeling by the bedside saying some
prayers. I noticed that she was startled as I
entered and I also heard Mrs. P----'s voice
saying, "I do wish Father C---- would come."
I was told afterwards that for the space of
about half an hour before my arrival she had
been expressing a wish to see me and that in
consequence the nurse had asked if she should
read some prayers. I begged the nurse to leave
the room for a few minutes, heard Mrs. P----'s
confession, and administered the Last Sacrament.
Within an hour or two she became unconscious
and, after reciting the Prayers for the Dying, I
was preparing to leave the house when the nurse
began to thank me for coming. " You know, you
quite startled me," she said.
I replied: "On the contrary, my thanks are due
to you for telephoning."
"But I did not telephone," she answered.
"Well," I said, "somebody did. Perhaps it was
Mrs. P----'s sister."
The next morning, on going to speak to the
Father whose duty it was to answer the
telephone, I said: "I am sorry I spoke to you so
sharply last night."
"What do you mean?" he asked.
" Why," I replied, "when you came to call me."
"But I never did call you last night," he
answered.
"Oh yes, you did," I said. "You came to my
room at a quarter to four this morning and told
me there was a telephone sick call."
He answered: "I never left my room last night.
I could not get to sleep, and as it happens I
know that I was awake at that very time as I had
my light on. What is more," he added, "there was
no telephone call last night."
On enquiring at the telephone exchange I was
informed that there was no record of any call to
the Oratory on the night in question.
(End.)
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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 00:48:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Champ <rchamp(at)polaris.umuc.edu>
Subject: Today in History -- Oct 05
Interesting things that happened October 5th:
Birthdays on this date:
In 1829 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-1885)
In 1864 Louis Lumie?re, with brother Auguste made first motion picture
in 1895
In 1882 Robert Hutchings Goddard (in Worcester, MA), father of modern
rocketry
In 1887 Ren? Cassin (Nobel Peace Prize 1968)
In 1905 Ray Kroc, restauranteur who gave Ronald McDonald a job
In 1908 Joshua Logan, Broadway producer
In 1919 Donald Pleasance, actor
Events worth noting:
In 1813 Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British.
In 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone.
In 1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street opens (San Francisco, CA).
In 1877 Chief Joseph surrenders, ending Nez Perc? War.
In 1892 Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup.
In 1907 Interprovincial Rugby Football Union plays first game (Mtl 17, Tor
8).
In 1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey.
In 1910 Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic.
In 1921 First radio broadcast of the World Series -- Yanks beat Giants 3-0.
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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 1999 08:59:59 -0600
From: sdavies(at)MtRoyal.AB.CA
Subject: TV alert: Lizzie Borden on _Case Reopened_
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I received an announcement this a.m. that a series on The Learning Channel (TLC
in the U.S.) will ask well known crime writers to pose solutions to famous
unresolved cases. This month will see the following epsiodes:
Forwarded from Gaylen Gawlowski <ggawlowski(at)filmgarden.net>
Subject: Case Reopened
Dear Sir or Madam,
My production company, Film Garden Entertainment, recently completed a series of
true crime documentaries for The Learning Channel. I have enclosed information
on each of the three shows in the series. We would appreciate any publicity you
can give to the shows. I have also included below an email for you to send to
those on your email list as well as any family and friends who might be
interested. Please visit our website if you would like more information on the
series (www.casereopened.com). Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Gayle Gawlowski
Associate Segement Producer
Case Reopened
Subject line: We challenged Lawrence Block, Ed McBain, and Joseph Wambaugh
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Learning Channel (TLC)
The Zodiac October 10th =
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Lizzie Borden October 10th =
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Gayle included synopses of the episodes with her post, but they are in Mac
files which I can't open.
Here's a blurb from the Case reopened website:
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"A jury acquitted Lizzie. In a crime novel, someone would
say, 'the killer is still loose out there
somewhere!'
Okay, which killer? And where?"
-Author Ed McBain on Lizzie Borden
Lizzie Borden took an axe,
and gave her mother 40 whacks.
When she saw what she had done,
she gave her father 41.
Or so goes the nursery rhyme. But a hundred
years later
how many people know the real story of Lizzie
Borden?
Guilty in the minds of many, Lizzie was tried,
but never
convicted of the gruesome hatchet murders of
Abby and
Andrew Borden.
It is a fascinating murder-mystery, reminiscent
of an Agatha
Christie novel. Once we reopen the Lizzie Borden
case, the
nursery rhyme may no longer sound as convincing,
especially when we hear the shocking "solution"
to the case,
posed by one of our best-known crime fiction
writers, Ed
McBain.
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The website will have an interactive feature after each episode airs
whereby viewers can cast their vote for whom they believe to be the real
culprit. The website shows several alternate suspects beyond the obvious ones.
Stephen D
mailto:SDavies(at)mtroyal.ab.ca
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