The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-11-30

We have before us private letter dciailiu
events that rcceIily occurred IA a sOLlh.wcste4i
Ohio town, that give peculiar force TO the old adj
age, that " truth Is stranger than fiction We
can give the main particulars Of the letter with
out violating conhdcnce or giving disagrecabl,
! prominence To the chiefaetor in the strange Incl.
dent, or his friends.
Mr.. Dcios W. Is n wealthy aud influential man
residing near the village Of Z. On the Thurs.
day preceding the prize igh, between Gallagher
aud Davis, the old gentleman was thrown into n
high state Of excitement al learning that his only
son John, had gone 10 Cleveland with the avow-
ed purpose Of attending the fight, and his excite
ncnt was intensified at still further discovering
that John had helped himself TO his the father
pockci.b0ok, containing 5000. Nc. w fumCd
hnd fretied over the conduct Of his son aud
went 10 bel ON Thursday night, with n raging
headache, and marked symptoms OF fever lie
was about the place in more compo ci state ui
mind on Friday, but the interview with John
oh Monday afternoon, Immediately after H., .on
return, threw the old gentleman in,oa ,aroNyssn
Oi rage aud grief. which was rendered dulhly -.
verc 10y John insclenec, aud hi arknnwle,l-
incht that he had lost SijO Of tir nunr, in "a hc'
on 'iallaghcf, Mr.. " $ ftcnzic, ferlings fuail,
got the better Of him. and he icrd his snu To- h,
f"or with n blow OF hi. list, ani imm-lia;rl,
thereafter tell down himself IN - scnsrs. cundi.
ton. Great excitement In The family rn.uc,I
TIL" H"ihrr ran screaming for assistance. whith
WITS s'on Forthcoming IN the lrfsnus of .rv"tai
of the nrghbuTs. Mr " was fnund ia nm az.
larrnii liici'>> run,liiiup. with b!nud hnwinr
irnin his m"uih aud NOSE. \ subsequent rNtin
nation hv Iit l'iau. led iU the aunuut,ttitt ~
hv him that VIZ W had died from the bur-iih. "'i
i'""i Nr.,c! -, EVIDENTLY hni the vi'ti .l.th
i". i'mi IL" rlinris ~ rcnsciaiion wcn' uau,,
'n'l 'hr remains wcr" pscIa'rd t"' tutid
if"n.ii, ~ possihlc
The iunctai of tie dc,,as.d u-,h Iiac 10.
l"l"wing Wednesday. Mr.. W. body ha, uul,
l"'i criincd the previous dat--ur iu which
'"" u had b'ru drapIcd ia It's shroud ia ihc lnr-
l"r Notwithstanding the wonderful life look 80
th hin. and The color in the iacr IL occurred iu
me- ~" :" suggest - ros'punciu,ni of the huiial
hll '"uh was ab.olutcly certain. The iun.r,i
wa largely tended and ever, hody remarked
The li'''iike appearance ~ the DECEASED
III" t'ninits were tmlofatily plaud in
"nr ~ the vault, 81 The c,uri,Iy. owing t. ti,c
fact thhl hrirk tomb, connenrc,i fof ih-ir a..
crl'iiOn. had not b,en compcie,!
~ 10 clock. on Thursday night ihc village
Wa thrown int" - grtai excitement hy the rc-
port that shos, had been sen ia the ccmcirfy
a short time hciuTc, aud that III. I'D AL, who
had first seen il had been frightened into 4 Il,
from which it was doubtful whether she wo.ld
recover. Thinking that probably the ghu.i MAS
rcFsoaat,i hy soinc scoundrcl. Who had played
the same trick several times before. n number of
persons armed themselves with shOt-guns pro.
eecdc'l Ia the cemetery, and::conmcnccd cautious
inspection -iheir hearts keeping up an anxious
thunipin. IN their tosums, in spite of their as
sumed btavado They had not long TO wait sor
ihegc. niiing among the iombs. was a white OBJ
pct, plaiuly io lie s,Sn. With trembling hands
the guns were raised and fred when strange
fact iOr ghOst-ihcy saw the white creature fall
between couple ofpIaves. Plucking up oour-
age, the! caniiousl! approached the objc,t and
turned dark lanlcrn upon il. Tacir feeling,
can he better imagined than described. when the,
found that the ghost was the lately deceased
Mr.. nelos " Whilst portion Of the par,
picked up the bleeding and senscltss body uf H.,
old gentleman aud started hotnewafd with ii ih,
remainder hasiensd 10 the vault There tho,
found Mr. w. coffin broken open and lying ul,-
on the floor. and the coffin of "a deceased la3y /
that had been placed upon il, likewise thrown .
down from the shelf aud standing on one ond I
partially broken open. displaying lis ghasi, in /
mate. The vault door, which was a rather wr.,N /
affair, had been forced open b. the rcsurrccirl |
Tie party ihrn vert iu Mf. " house. where |
they found tia, his wounds were not serious aud /
that hc had scc0vercd his senscs Ills story was /
briefly told lie hal been carried so the ccmvjc- /
ry ia iran"c. Early on THURSDAY evening con- |
sciousncss rciurnd To him, sRl the horrid truth |
flashed upon his mind that be was confined alive /
This led additional strength 10 his struggles - |
get free, and he finally succeeded ~ bursting hr |
ro'iin -- HerclrHd PidiH'iSiisr