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<v Speaker 1>Unsolved mysteries. Active providence is a phrase so carelessly used

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<v Speaker 1>today as to have almost lost the very significance of

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<v Speaker 1>its meaning. But at no time has it held so

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<v Speaker 1>much meaning as in the true historical case of the

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<v Speaker 1>Crown versus John Applegate, as reported in the Newgate Calendar.

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<v Speaker 1>The scene is the Sessions court of the County of Middlesex.

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<v Speaker 1>The courthouse sprunts, the village green and hold, the attire

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<v Speaker 1>of the villagers, the laughter of children, and the entire

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<v Speaker 1>atmosphere is one of gaiety, a gaiety almost beyond our comprehension,

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<v Speaker 1>since the occasion of it is a murder trial. Laughter

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<v Speaker 1>gives way to excited chattering name. Rumor has it that

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<v Speaker 1>the jury have reached a verdict. Justice Selden White, wigged

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<v Speaker 1>in the black gowned, mounts to the bench. The small

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<v Speaker 1>square of black cloths lying ready to the session's clerk's hand,

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<v Speaker 1>rivets the prisoner's eyes as he is marched to the dock.

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<v Speaker 2>Y Hey the schon call of the County of Middlesex,

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<v Speaker 2>no inciti she Justice Solden presiding, all signed.

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<v Speaker 3>While a justice and the.

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<v Speaker 2>Jury have taken their places in the port Louis.

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<v Speaker 4>Then John Applegate that she must face the jury and

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<v Speaker 4>prepare to abide by their verdict. I'll say you, gentlemen

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<v Speaker 4>of the jury, you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty.

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<v Speaker 5>We find the prisoner Dan Applegate guilty.

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<v Speaker 3>Of murder as charged in the indictments led by the

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<v Speaker 3>Sesson's Clock.

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<v Speaker 4>John Applegate, you have heard the verdict returned against you.

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<v Speaker 4>Have you anything to say why the sentence of death

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<v Speaker 4>should not be carried out upon you? Your honor.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not guilty, I swear it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was never at the Rose and Thistle tavern.

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<v Speaker 4>I never saw the murdered man.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm not guilty. I'm not guilty.

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<v Speaker 4>Five men and four women have identified. Yet you say

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<v Speaker 4>that you spent the night in company with the gentlemen

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<v Speaker 4>of quality, But no gentleman, either quality or of the common,

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<v Speaker 4>has come forward to.

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<v Speaker 5>Bear your weakness. I don't know was your honor. I

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<v Speaker 5>never saw it before. I only know.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm not guilty, John napplegad Here this the sentence of

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<v Speaker 4>death is to be carried out upon you. You shall

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<v Speaker 4>be taken from this place to the place when you came,

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<v Speaker 4>and thence to the public gallows, where you shall be

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<v Speaker 4>hanged by the neck until you be dead, dead, dead,

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<v Speaker 4>and may Almighty God have mercy upon your soul.

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<v Speaker 1>In those days, public hangings were regarded as a legitimate entertainment,

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<v Speaker 1>and the old men loitering around the gallows being erected

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<v Speaker 1>by the public executioner and his assistants discussed previous hangings

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<v Speaker 1>they had attended. In his dank cell, John Applegate prays

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<v Speaker 1>incessantly for deliverance, his stuttered, broken sentences punctuated by the

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<v Speaker 1>dull ominous thud of the carpenter's hammers, as the gallows

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<v Speaker 1>grows stick by stick, beam by beam, and nail by nail.

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<v Speaker 4>All p.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time to get up, eh, eh, what's that?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Oh?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, time to get up, odd fish. It's still dark.

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<v Speaker 6>He said to you, said three o'clock.

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<v Speaker 5>I did, did I?

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<v Speaker 1>So?

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<v Speaker 5>I don't remember where am I going? That I must

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<v Speaker 5>need rise this early.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know this, but he did say so that

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<v Speaker 6>you had to get to the dinner's earlier.

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<v Speaker 5>Shall be it? Shell be it? If I did, I

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<v Speaker 5>did it, But I swear that it's beyond me. I

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<v Speaker 5>don't know a thing of it.

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<v Speaker 6>Sadie, Sadie. Have you wake the master? Yes, mister it

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<v Speaker 6>he'll be down directly. I don't know what's wrong, is he,

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<v Speaker 6>Miss Katie? What do you mean, Wench? He swears that

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<v Speaker 6>he doesn't remember giving up order to wake him, and

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<v Speaker 6>now he's half asleep. Yet wait till he wakes, he'll remember.

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<v Speaker 6>Come now hurry and said table, yes, miss Jenny's and

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<v Speaker 6>remember Wench, though breakfast be in the middle of the night,

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<v Speaker 6>tutor must be clean caple it.

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, Miss Jenny. I swear I don't know what this

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<v Speaker 5>is all about. I never said that I wanted to

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<v Speaker 5>be about at three in the morning.

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<v Speaker 6>Hi, you've forgotten, sir. He came to my room last night,

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<v Speaker 6>wake me and said, Janet, I want breakfast at three.

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<v Speaker 6>I must needs get to the village before nine.

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<v Speaker 5>But I have nothing to go to the village for you, Katie.

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<v Speaker 5>When did I tell you that I must rise early

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<v Speaker 5>last night?

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<v Speaker 3>Sis?

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<v Speaker 5>Late? It was sy oh.

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<v Speaker 6>I was fast asleep and you came and knocked on

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<v Speaker 6>the door. He said, Katie, I must be up and

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<v Speaker 6>about at dawn. I'll break fast at three. You've forgotten, sir,

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<v Speaker 6>Come master.

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<v Speaker 5>That this is ready? What feesh, I haven't forgotten it,

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<v Speaker 5>I tell you I I've not to go to the

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<v Speaker 5>village to day, or be saddled and ready. Master? What's

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<v Speaker 5>this you too, Jacob? Mad too? What ails?

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<v Speaker 3>Ye?

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<v Speaker 1>Master?

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<v Speaker 5>Did I waken you two in the middle of the

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<v Speaker 5>night and tell you that I must be to the

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<v Speaker 5>village this morning early? Indeed that you did?

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<v Speaker 3>Master, Don't you remember I told you it was foolish

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<v Speaker 3>like to be coming out of the stables and the

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<v Speaker 3>cold of the night with no coat on your back.

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<v Speaker 5>Arts, fish that it seems that I must have done.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, Master, you said that the best horse must be

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<v Speaker 3>saddled and ready for the road at free.

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<v Speaker 6>Come, Master, you're not eating enough. If you're for the road,

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<v Speaker 6>you can set saddle better on a full stomach.

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<v Speaker 5>Jacob, Yes, Master, I never go to the stables and

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<v Speaker 5>my slippers. No, Master, Then if I did last night,

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<v Speaker 5>there will be traces on the slippers. Bring them to me. Yes, Master,

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<v Speaker 5>it seems that I must. Whether I will or not

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<v Speaker 5>be off to the village. I would that the good

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<v Speaker 5>Lord would tell me what for? For I have no idea.

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<v Speaker 6>Aye, but you'll remember, the master when you're on your way.

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<v Speaker 5>Ohs, be act as if my memory were leaving me

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<v Speaker 5>the slippers, Master, and clean as a home, much tooth

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<v Speaker 5>and dry as a bone. I'll be bound yes Masday.

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<v Speaker 5>This smacks of witchery, but I'll go. I'll go to

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<v Speaker 5>the village and see what befalls.

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<v Speaker 1>Come This up good, down the dark highway, rides Kingsley,

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<v Speaker 1>a strange feeling, half fear, half anxiety drives him on

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<v Speaker 1>and ever and anon. He mutters to himself about the

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<v Speaker 1>foolishness of the journey. Three hours later, the horse's pace slackens.

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<v Speaker 1>The horse knows that around the next turn is the

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<v Speaker 1>toll bridge, which he must cross to complete the journey

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<v Speaker 1>to the village.

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<v Speaker 5>What a fool I am. The bridge will be closed, locked, tight,

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<v Speaker 5>and old Jerry doesn't open it too nigh.

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<v Speaker 2>On nine for the kingly sir, mister Kingley, is that you, Jerry?

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<v Speaker 5>Jerry?

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<v Speaker 6>Hit it you, Jerry?

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<v Speaker 5>Quiet on, master, right on? The bridge is open.

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<v Speaker 2>There he is there, he is riding a horse. The man,

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<v Speaker 2>the gentleman of quality. I was with the Knight of

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<v Speaker 2>the murders. For praises to God, Sir, you've saved my life.

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<v Speaker 1>And so John Applegate did not hang mister Kingsley. Gentlemen

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<v Speaker 1>of quality identified Applegate as having been with him far

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<v Speaker 1>from the scene of the murder. So firmly did Applegate

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<v Speaker 1>believe that Providence had intervened because of his prayers, that

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<v Speaker 1>he forsook the world and retired to a monastery well

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<v Speaker 1>until his death he was called Brother Jonathan, the man

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<v Speaker 1>whom God had saved. Out of deference to people who

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<v Speaker 1>may still be living, character names in some of these

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<v Speaker 1>unsolved mys stories have been changed in as much as

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<v Speaker 1>any solution must have necessarily be supposition, liberties of time, place,

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<v Speaker 1>and characters have been taken. In just a moment, you

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<v Speaker 1>will hear a solution to the toll Bridge mystery, Ladies

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<v Speaker 1>and gentlemen, the solution for which you have been waiting.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you mean to say that you have an explanation

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<v Speaker 4>of the toll Bridge mystery?

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<v Speaker 1>I believe I have. Of course, you understand that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not an authority on the subject, but in consulting writings

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<v Speaker 1>by world authorities such as Manhood of Humanity by Alfred Korsibski,

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<v Speaker 1>the files of the London Society of Psychical Research and others,

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<v Speaker 1>have formed a definite opinion I see in the first place,

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<v Speaker 1>Further investigation of the mystery disclosed that the toll bridge keeper,

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<v Speaker 1>Old Jerry, had been warned about twelve the night before

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<v Speaker 1>by mister Kingsley and told that he would be wanting

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<v Speaker 1>to cross the bridge about seven in the morning.

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<v Speaker 4>But didn't the tollgate keeper think that's strange?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the idea of mister Kingsley riding that three

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<v Speaker 1>hour trip at midnight and turning.

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<v Speaker 4>Round to ride home again.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, naturally he thought it strange. But the very strangeness

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<v Speaker 1>of it provides the solution.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't quite follow you.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, don't you see? It was impossible for mister Kingsley

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<v Speaker 1>to be at the toll gate at midnight and at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time waken Janet, Katy and Jacob the groom.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes, of course Kingsley couldn't have got home till three.

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<v Speaker 1>It is accepted by many, and I think justifiably that

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<v Speaker 1>wishing precedes thinking, and wish forms precede thought forms. Now, Applegate,

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<v Speaker 1>lying in jail and knowing that he was innocent, was

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<v Speaker 1>wishing to be saved as natural. Applegate knew that the

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<v Speaker 1>only person who could save him was the as he said,

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<v Speaker 1>gentlemen of quality, who would provide him with his alibi.

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<v Speaker 1>He concentrated his every thought is every wish on Kingsley.

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<v Speaker 1>Although he didn't know him. Since mind is everywhere, Kingsley's

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<v Speaker 1>subconscious was aware of the dire straits of the man Applegate,

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<v Speaker 1>and these thoughts, in turn were directed toward the persons

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<v Speaker 1>necessary to assist Kingsley in getting to the village.

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<v Speaker 4>In other words, Applegate's direct thoughts were taken into partnership

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<v Speaker 4>with Kingsley's subconscious thoughts, and Katie Janet Jacob and the

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<v Speaker 4>toll bridge keeper were awakened by the strength of these

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<v Speaker 4>thought ways rather than by the physical appearance of Kingsley himself.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, and you must not lose sight of the fact

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<v Speaker 1>that neither Katy Janet Jacob or the toll bridge keeper

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<v Speaker 1>had any suspicion that there was an execution impending, much

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<v Speaker 1>less that their friend and master, mister Kingsley had anything

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<v Speaker 1>whatever to do with it. That is the final proof

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<v Speaker 1>that the entire thing hinged on thoughts rather than anything physical.

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<v Speaker 2>Stan