Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-11-23
Buried Allys and sho, a. a Ghost.

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The Cleveland Plaindsakr, of the LIST,
learns through a private letter the de-
tails of an extraordinary occurrence that
recently took place in a town of South
ern Ohio, and tells the story rs follows;
An old gentleman, named Delos WI
mans, became frautically angry with MS
son because he had lost q large sum OF
his fathers money on q bet. His fren-
zied feelings finally got the better OF
him, and he felled his son to the hoor
with q blow Of his fist, and Immediately
thereafter fell down himself in q sense
less condition. Great excitement in the
family ensued. The mother ran scream
ing for assistance, which was soon forth
coming in the persons Of several OF inc
neighbors. Mr.. w. was found IN an
apparently ~lifeless condition, with blood
flowing from his mouth and nose. A
subsequent examination by o physician
led to the announcement by him that
Mr.. W. had died from the bursting OF a
blood vessel. SO evidently had the vital
spark fed, that no efforts ut resuscita-
tion were made, and the "remains
were prepared for burial as promptly as
possible. The funeral of the ode
ceased" took place the following We'd
nesday. Mr.. WIS body had only been
cofined the previous day-up to which
time it had laid draped in its shroud, in
the parlor. Notwithstanding the Won
deriul life look of the skin, and the color
in the face, it occurred to no one to
suggest q p~ostponement of the burial
till death was absolutely certain. The
funeral was very largely attended, and
everybody remarked the life-like appear
auce of the deceased. The "remains'
were temporarily placed in one Of the
vaults of the cemetery, owing to tho
fact that q brick tomb, commenced for
their reception, had not been completed.
At ten o'clock on Thursday night, the
village was thrown into great excite
ment by the report that q ghost had
been seen in the cemetery q short time
before, and that the old lady who had
FIRST seen it had been frightened into q
fit from which IL was doubtful whether
she would recover.
Thinking that probably the ghost was
%personated by ONE %scoundrel, who had
played the same trick several times be-
fore, u number of persons armed them
selves with shotguns, proceeded to the
cemetery, and commenced q cautious
iuspection-their hearts keeping up IN
anxious humping in their bosoms, in
spite of their assumed bravado. They
had not long to wait, for there, fitting
among the tombs, was a white object,
| plainly to be seen. With trembling
hands the guns were raised and fired,
when-,trange fact for q ghost-they
saw tho white creature fall between a
couple Of graves. Plucking up courage,
they cautiously approached the object,
and turned o dark lantern upon it.
Their feelings can be better imagined
than described when they found that
the ghost wal the lately deceased Mr..
W. Whilst portion Of the party picked
up the bleeding and senseless body of
the old gentlemen, and started home
ward with it, the remainder fastened to
the vault. There they found Mr.. VS.
coffin broken open, and lying upon tho
| floor, and the coffin of q deceased lady,
that had been placed upon it, likewise
thrown down from the shelf, and stand
ing on end, partially broken open, dis
playing its CHASTITY inmate. The vault
door, which was q rather weak affair,
had been forced open by the resurrected
man. The party then went to Mr.. WIS
house, where they found that his wounds
were not serious, and that he had re-
covered his senses. His story was soon
told +: He had been carried to the ceme-
terry in a trance. Early on Thursday
evening consciousness returned to him,
and the horrid truth flashed upon his
mind that he was cofined alive. This
lent additional strength to his struggle
to get free, and he finally succeeded in
bursting open the coffin.