Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1804-04-16
HARMONIOUS.
Fran a late English Pcsrf-.
ST. JAMES, PARK GHoS L.


,hc cold t;ream Regiment vert to The orderly
room. al the tIolfe Cards, ara cent CIR George
T5nes, Of the 10 il con,par,, Tor The pu'Pafc 0.
iatsrroea.ng him rsfpc6ting The gh9it, as it was
fa.a he was on. Of the men VINO had fecn II, and
had been canfderabiy atF:.td ~ he fight. TIE
!. man accordingly attended, and declared his rea
dire(s to max cath Of Tie truth Of what he had al
rea7y aated.
The following is copy ofa1e.iara'ion which
he Afterwards made and hsncd before an Off.
Ger.
!. do f,'eme!y declare tia: whiie on guard
at the { rlt hau(e, n or aboat the third inf.
about ha.f paa one O'Clock in the morning, |
perceivrd the figure Of woman without head,
rife rem The earth, at the dfaace Ct about three
feet before me. Iva: 70 alarmed a. the circurn-
farce, tina, hsd nor power to fpcsk 70 il, which
was my with TO haye done; bot dittsnttiy %
4e.ved that the figure was dreaed In q sed ifr.fsd
gown, with red {pots between ezch tsripe, and tSt
parf Of The diefs and 6scre sprss.ed TO me enye-
Hoped in cloud.
90 In about the fpacs of two leconds, whilti
my eyes we're fixed on the obistf, il vanilhed
from my fight. was perfectly f3ber and col.
on, called TO the next ccn.inel, who met me a.
bout half way, and 70 whom communicated the
GEORGE JONES,
OF Lieut.. Col laylof's Company Ct
Coldffeam Guards"
"W5Rmigftr Jaa. IS, 1904.
In addition to the declaration Of Jones, there
is another as follows:
/" do hereby declare. that whila en- guard
behind the Arn,oury Houie, TO tie bef OF my
recollection about three weeks ago. heard, at
twelve O'Clock at night, a Tremendous noile,
which proceeded from the window OF an uninha.
bited hdnfr, near to the fpot where was upon
duty. At he fame, ] heard voice cry OUT
Bring me alight bring nee Light! The Taft
lentence was uttered in 70 feeble ard {, chang.
able tore of voice, that tconeluded icilie per-
Zen was III, AID confsquen,ly cf:r-d them my
sfhaancc to Froor:e light. could, however,
obtain no snf~er to my propcEal, although l
rel Gated it fcyc,al times, and as Oxen heard the
voice VIC 'he fame terms. ] sndeavoted to fee
the petfoo who called out, but in vain. Oh a
ludden the violent noife was renewed, which
appeared to me TO reirnble ffhes of windows
lifted hsaiiy up and down, but then they were
moved in fuch quick fncc.tion, and at different
parts Of the houie nearly at the f.pe time, that
it feened iapclihe 70 me thar oae psrf,n could
accomplish The whole buGnefs. heard eycta
Of the regiment (ay they have heard nlar NOTES
and proceedings, bat have never heard the csufs
accounted for.
tsigned)
RICHARD DoNKIN,
"ls,h Company Of Coldaream Guards.
!" WlihbaR, Jan IS, 1904.
On Monday the above George ] pss was
brought before Sir Richard Ford, 70 be interro
ga,cd respecting The sigh. he was Supposed .os
have seen. Previous 10 bis examination, No.
Stafford, the Chief Cle;k, enacavor5sd u fasj
cut wterher Imagination had received any In. 4
;essions from resd;rg any dismal story, or if be-
had at the time the phantom appeared 10 him,
suffered the story Of the Hamners-pi'a Ghost 20
dwell on lis mind. in order, 'sposs'd'e, TO sscer
.l,s.a rn;et4d he M, &