Year 5456: A wondrous event occurred as recorded in the introduction to the responsa Sefer Even HaShoham of blessed memory. My uncle the great Rabbi Shmuel was head of the rabbinical court in the holy community of Lobzantz, and there was a certain informer there who had a dispute with the community. The rabbi mentioned above was supporting the community. Because of this, that man became an enemy of the rabbi and caused the rabbi to be arrested and fined a certain sum.
He sat in prison in a dangerous place until he paid the specified sum. After a short time, he became very ill from the great distress and said that HaShem would avenge him. At that time there was a fair in Danzig, and that man was at the fair with many Jews. On the eve of the holy Sabbath, that man had a yahrzeit for his mother and recited Kaddish.
At midday he died and was buried after midnight. Before his death he said that he does not forgive that man and the people who supported him and were somewhat the cause of his troubles. He passed away in holiness and purity. Immediately, on that day, at the time of going to the synagogue for Mincha on the eve of the holy Sabbath, that man in Danzig began crying out with a bitter voice, 'Woe is me, woe is me, for the rabbi in the holy community of Lobzantz has died and is summoning me to judgment.' On one side stood an old man, his father, and on the other side, his mother.
When the people who were there in Danzig saw this, they were astonished and frightened. At first they thought he was somewhat insane, for it was not known there that the rabbi mentioned above had died, for he had not been sick except for a few days. That man cried out, 'My master and teacher, I beg forgiveness from you, and I will give dowries to all the daughters, for the rabbi left several daughters.' He cried out to those people who were present at that event that they should ask mercy from the rabbi for forgiveness.
When the people saw and heard his bitter and terrifying cry, trembling and terror seized them, and they feared and trembled and asked forgiveness from the rabbi even though they did not see or hear. They asked him what he was saying, and he said that because of his many sins, the rabbi answered that he forgave in grace and pointed at him with a staff, signaling that he should go with him to judgment.
And so his father and mother were saying thus, 'Wicked one, you have killed our son.' They sent a messenger to the holy community of Lobzantz to verify if the rabbi had indeed died and to ask forgiveness at his grave. That man became very ill and died. Those people who were somewhat the cause of his troubles went and suffered from illnesses and afflictions, etc.