"'I was much surprised. It was an absolutely distinct apparition. I had not been thinking of her the previous day, and I cannot tell why she appeared to me. "'The apparition lasted about five seconds. I was not at all frightened, and went to sleep immediately after. "'I was so struck by what I had seen that, next morning, the 6th March, at about 11 o'clock, I wrote a letter to Miss Steele which I handed to Mr. William Watkins, the proprietor of the establishment where I now reside, for him to send to Miss Steele. In this letter I told Miss Steele that I had dreamed that she had appeared to me on the previous night. (Signed) "'CLAUDE BURGESS' "In reply to Mr. Baggally's personal inquiries, Mr. Claude Burgess stated that it was the first time that he had had a hallucination of this kind, and he had not had one since. _Statement by Mr. William Watkins_ "'10 BELGRAVE PLACE, "'BRIGHTON, _13th March 1912_ "'Mr. Claude Burgess delivered to me a letter which he had written to Miss Steele, at about 11 a.m. on 6th March, which I handed to a man of the Church Army Labour Home to take to Miss Steele. The same morning at 8 a.m. Mr. Burgess told me he had dreamt of Miss Steele. "'WILLIAM WATKINS' _Statement by Mr. Baggally_ "'I called on the afternoon of the 13th March 1912 at the offices of the Church Army Labour Home, St. James Street, Brighton, and saw the Secretary, who showed me an entry in their books confirming the fact that, at the request of Mr. William Watkins, a man in their employ had delivered a letter to Miss Emma Steele of 16 Sillwood Place, Brighton, in the afternoon of 6th March 1912. "'I have interviewed all the persons connected with this case, and they confirmed their respective statements. "'W. W. BAGGALLY' "In reply to our further questions as to whether Mr. Burgess's experience was a dream or a waking hallucination, Mr. Baggally wrote to us on 1st April 1912:-- "'I had an interview with Mr. Burgess to-day, and the following is the information I received from him respecting the points you raise. He said to me:--