Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-12-23

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The spiri.uaIistss of New York, or q
portion of ahemA at least, ARE gravety
discussing ythsi question vhetheE TIC
spitis sof q imsa. whose dead body Eas
dSsseeRed sby nledical. studentss IN Hart
foeA, sCOBueeticuf, 10 picking himself M
Piseealeai, aad taking his bones. one by
oasY-to No~ York, to be put together
aesia. The weekly spiritual lconferehees
have seen fit 90 make this subject oil
iaqniry, and the spirit Iat Telegraph
from time to time inferms its readers OF
the progress ofIhe affair. According
to the story the ghost commenced pick
ing himself up some time in June
Mhether he is yet done is not stated !;
bat rhe Telegraph of this week brings
adaliiional testimony, in the shape of an
anonymeas statement, reSursled as con :
cIuSiss ID many spirisnalistss the sub
Etanee of which Is contained In the fol-
lvgiBg paragraph: q p E5
.-0n the third of Juno DR.. Redman
held a se.aeei 1t house where l was
visiting. :. When the circle was over l
aceon,pauied him down stairs; on my
wsy. down my spectacle case, which had
bera missing during a part OF the, eVe-
ming, was throw y over my shoulder
He picked It up and was holding It with
both his hgias, consersing with me
about ms disapPeara1ce. While thus
engaged, staading facing each other,
with full blaze Of gaslight. shining OH
ma; che front door closed, and no other
meaua 6fsegress or ingress being near,
somethins 5c4uIe dropping down, rs nj
from the ceiling and tell between u.s.
Ow-being taken up, DIR. Redman reeeG-
niesd it as bone belonging 10 the ver-
tabae 0f;tlle neck of this much talked OF
We have the facts we'll authenticated
Of d good d ghost story, the events
transmitting almost in our midst. The
daughter Of Dr. c., we'll known
Sesident and pioas old man of this city,
had married a Young Doctor who lived
in Stark county, in this State. Being
. very Intelligent lady and having with
all very inquiring mind, she took up
the study of Anatomy. and under the
tuition Of her husband dissecting IN
their own house, or rather in private
room of froaf the house. Neither her
husband nor herself knew anything of,
or cared auythinS about the new Spirit
naI Philosophy. They used to sit up
late some nights pursuing their studies
rs they were measuFably free from IN
terrupti0n after their ncighbors. and
Other members of the family had gone
to Bed. One night after retiring to rest
they were disturbed with strange noises
areund their room. Supposing cats who
were known to have mysterious notions
about dead bodies, were about, they did
not trouble themselves to get up, but
kext morning they discovered skull
they had been examining the night be-
fore had changed its position during
the night. They could not account for
the act in any other way Than that some
friend, had entered their room during
the night and had turned the skull
around, eyes facing them, as a sort OF
seafy Joke. The next night they fixed
the ekuH in the same position and took
precautions to fasten the door and win
dows that no nocturnal friend could re-
peat the joke without being detected
Night came and SO did the noises. The
Doctor and his wife slept not. There
was n sort of bedIam all night about the
house and the next morning the same
skull with its eyeless sockets were turn.
ed full towards them. The door and
windows had remained untouched
There was a mystery in it, and the
Doctor, with all his familiarity with dead
bodies did not like the looks of this last
ndead head" He dare not inform his
ueighbors, for they were the last he