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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
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Andrew Lang
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NOTE
"PERCEVAL
MURDER."
Times,
25th
May,
1812.
"A
Dumfries
paper
states
that
on
the
night
of
Sunday,
the
10th
instant,
twenty-four
hours
before
the
fatal
deed
was
perpetrated,
a
report
was
brought
to
Bude
Kirk,
two
miles
from
Annan,
that
Mr.
Perceval
was
shot
on
his
way
to
the
House
of
Commons,
at
the
door
or
in
the
lobby
of
that
House.
This
the
whole
inhabitants
of
the
village
are
ready
to
attest,
as
the
report
quickly
spread
and
became
the
topic
of
conversation.
A
clergyman
investigated
the
rumour,
with
the
view
of
tracing
it
to
its
source,
but
without
success."
The
Times
of
2nd
June
says,
"Report
without
foundation".
Perth
Courier,
28th
May,
quoting
from
the
Dumfries
and
Galloway
Courier,
repeats
above
almost
verbatim.
"
.
.
.
The
clergyman
to
whom
we
have
alluded,
and
who
allows
me
to
make
use
of
his
name,
is
Mr.
Yorstoun,
minister
of
Hoddam.
This
gentleman
went
to
the
spot
and
carefully
investigated
the
rumour,
but
has
not
hitherto
been
successful,
although
he
has
obtained
the
most
satisfactory
proof
of
its
having
existed
at
the
time
we
have
mentioned.
We
forbear
to
make
any
comments
on
this
wonderful
circumstance,
but
should
anything
further
transpire
that
may
tend
to
throw
light
upon
it,
we
shall
not
fail
to
give
the
public
earliest
information."
The
Dumfries
and
Galloway
Courier
I
cannot
find!
It
is
not
in
the
British
Museum.
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