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A DANGEROUS AMBUSCADE.

Discovered Barely in Time--The Most Deceptive and Luring of Modern Evils
Graphically Described.

(_Syracuse Journal._)

Something of a sensation was caused in this city yesterday by a rumor
that one of our best-known citizens was about to publish a statement
concerning some unusual experiences during his residence in Syracuse.
How the rumor originated it is impossible to say, but a reporter
immediately sought Dr. S. G. Martin, the gentleman in question, and
secured the following interview:

"What about this rumor, Doctor, that you are going to make a public
statement of some important matters?"

"Just about the same as you will find in all rumors--some truth; some
fiction. I had contemplated making a publication of some remarkable
episodes that have occurred in my life, but have not completed it as
yet."

"What is the nature of it, may I inquire?"

"Why, the fact that I am a human being instead of a spirit. I have
passed through one of the most wonderful ordeals that perhaps ever
occurred to any man. The first intimation I had of it was several years