The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-11-21
Thrillin" Incident.

Thrilling Incident.
The Cleveland Plum Dealer is re.
sponsible for the following:
We have before lis q private letter
detailing events that recently occur
red in a south western Ohio town,
that gave peculiar force to the old
adacc, that truth is stranger than
fiction,
Mr.. Dclos w. is a wealthy and
influential man, residing near the
village OFF. On the Thursday pre-
ceding the prize-fght between Gal
lagher and Davis, the old gentleman
was thrown into high state of ex-
citement at learning that his only
son John had gone to Cleveland
with the avowed purpose of attend
ing the fight, and his excitement
was intensified at still further dis
covering that John had helped him
selfto his (the father's) pocket book
containing 5000. Mr.. W. fumed
and fre:ted over the conduct OF his
son, and went to bed on Thursday
night with raging headache, and
marked symptoms Of fever. He
was about the place in a more COM
posed frame of mind on Friday, but
the interview with John on Monday
afternoon, Immediately after the
sons return, threw the old gentle
man into q paroxysm of rage and
grief, which was rendered doubly
severe by Johns insolenee and his
acknow nowledgement that he had lost
$3.50 of the money, in a bet on Gal
lagher. Mr.. WIS frenzied feelings
finally got the better Of him, and he
felled his son to the floor with a
blow of his fist, and Immediately
thereafter fell down himself in a
senseless condition. Great excite
ment in the family ensued. The
mother ran screaming for assistance
which was soon Forthcoming in the
persons of several of the neighbors
Mr.. w. was found in an apparently
I.lifeless condition, with blood flow
ING from his mouth and nose. A
subsequent examination by a ply
sician led to the announcement by
him that Mr.. W. had died by the
bursting of a blood vessel. So evi
IDENTIFY had the vital spark fled, thai
no efforts lat resuscitation were
made, and the remains were pre-
pared for burial as promptly as pos
sible. y-e4 an n1l
The funeral of the "deceased'
took place the following Wednes
day. Mr.. W IS body had only beer
coffined the previous day-up te
which time. it had lay draped in Its
shroud, in the parlor. Notwith
standing the wonderful life look O
the skin, and the color in the face
it occurred to no one to suggest {
pestponement of the burial tillabso
lutely certain. The funeral wa:
very largely attended, and every
body remarked the life-like appear
ance of the deceased.
The remains were temporarily
placed in one Of the vaults of tn,
cemetery, owing to the fact that :
brick tomb, commenced for thei
reception, had not been completed.
At 10 o'clock on Thursday night
the village was thrown into great ex
.citement by report that a ghos
i had been seen in the cemetery
short time before, and the old lad,
who had first seen it had been fright
ened into a fit from which it wa
doubtful if she would recover
Thinking that probably the ghos
/ was personated by some scoundrel
who had played the same trick sev
eral times before, number of pei
tsons armed themselves with shot
guns, proceeded to the cemetery
and commenced a cautious inspec
tion-their hearts keeping up a
anxious humping in their bosoms
in spite of their assumed bravade
They had not long to wait, for ther
fitting among the tombs, was
white object, plainly to be seen.-
9 With trembling hands the guns wer
raised and fired, when-straDge fat
for ghost-they saw the whit
creature fall between a couple {
!, graves. Plucking up courage the
: cautiously approached the objec
and turned dark lantern upon i
their feelings can better be imagine
than described, when they foun
: that the ghost was the lately sd,
: ceased Mr.. Delos w. Whilst
portion of the, party picked up Itl
: bleeding senseless body of the lol
= gentlemen, and started homewar
Z with it, the remainder hastened t
/ the vault. There they found NJ
J w Is coffin broken open, and lyin
y upon the floor, and the coffin Of
J deceased lady that had been lyin
y upon it, likewise thrown dow
g from the shelf, and standing on en-
y partially broken open, displayin
n its ghastly ir mate. The vault doc
q which was rather a weak affai
y had been forced open by the resu
rected w. oa.a -
The party then went to Mr.. W.
= house, where they found that tt
woands were not serious, and th