The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-11 00:00:00

A GHOST A 2' FAULT.

A rather singular affair, in which the serious and
the ludicrous were about equally combined, occurred
occurred on Wednesday morning last. Mr. William
Hallum, beerhouse- keeper, 275, Rochdale-road,
retired with his wife and family to rest, at their
usual time, ou Tuesday night. All slept soundly
until six o'clock on Wednesday morning, when, at
half-past six o'clock, Mrs. Hallum went downstairs,
carrying her clothes over her arm, intending to
dress herself before the fire, which had been raked.
When at the bottom of the stairs, however, she
perceived a light under the kitchen door. On
opening the door, she was surprised to see two men
sitting enjoying themselves*very comfortably with
a can full of ale and two glasses on tLe table. They
were equally surprised by her unexpected visit,
and jumping up made towards the kitchen door.
She cried, " Thieves !" and, seizing the poker, gave
one of them a blow on the arm. The other man
struck her on the head with one of his boots, which
he held in his hand. She screamed out '6 Murder !"
and the men got out of the back door. At this
moment Mr. Helium rushed downstairs to his wifes
assistance, and, of course, be had
, stayed
'to dress. He sprang into the kitchen!
e'as ndhan tak-
ing the poker from his courageonsgweif s,
Here he
ran out into the back yard and pas
so
unfortunately turned in the wrong direction. A not
work, seeing some one
andhis
eoncluding him to be
1 youth who was going to s
proof he
running in his shirt, t
a ghonsg,olinisstaasntaly took
thatto his
pursued him, andgave
either a madman or
heels. Mr. Malign
which brought to him
the
eh
'a forhima
The pout screamed_
_protection, but .he
was a
blow
loonwe of
withth e thieves,
vtak taking
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stand. to the beer-house. On presenting him
was taken
before Mrs. Helium, however, she said he was not
one of
the two men who had been in the house. As
!night be supposed, he complained of being cap.
tured and struck in such a manner, and threatened
legal punishment. Mr. Hallum told him he ought
not to have run away, but should have stopped.
" Stopped !" said the youth, - would you have
stopped ? I thought thou was some madman or
ghost after me !" When the matter was explained,
however, he became better satisfied. The house
had been entered through the kitchen window,
and, from the slops on the table, it was concluded
that the thieves had made pretty free with the
drink. Mrs. Hallum states that they wore some
kind of mask to conceal their faces. A quantity
of wearing
apparel was wrapped up, ready for
carrying otif ;
but, having stayed too long indulging
in their love of beer, they were disturbed in the
A way narrated.
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A CHILD PARTLY EATEN BY A RABBIT.--A
singular circumstance occurred at Hull on Friday, the Ist
inst. The diet of rabbits, generally speaking, consistu of
vegetable and roots, but one of these creatures, belonging
to Mr. Courtenay, photog,raphist,residing at No. 10, 04 ean-
place, Hull, was found by the servant (who was attracted
to the cradle in consequence of the child crying) busily en-
gaged making a meal of the hand of the child, which is 10
months old. It was at once taken off, when it was found
that two fingers of one hand and a finger and thumb of
sette.
the
other had beef eaten completely away.—YorkshireGN