Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-11-19
4 WonderIuI pbcnOmenoh hAs reCeftIy
plads. iIs sppeaSsnce on Xiilow Glssk- in
! Brackcn county, about two miles from
BrookHRe, az hss ZEN seen by a num-
Der OF The wGHhy fit pms Of our county,
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aprOmiRert tobacco merchant, residing l.
Brookville, was returning home from til
southern portion OF the county. where he
had been buying some crops Of tobacco,
and, being belated, WAS riding along the
road, when suddenly he beheld . frightfui
object in the middle of the road immedi>
aseiy 10 front of him WIN give y0uxhe
description. of it AS heard it from his lips !:
Therobject WAS about six feet inrhlght,
aud walked upright The lace was MI
times that of AMMAN, very pale. with eurls
of flame f,llipg over his shoulders; eyes of
sulphurOus blue, changing cens,antyuin
size, one moment large as q. tin Gun, and
then. gradually decreasing in size until. 1t
was almost invisible Its arms were those
oil a man, and hands deadly pals lnscpe
hand III held a torch, and in the ether n
sword thai seemed to be, ss,1ut four feet in
length. Itslowcr extremity Was mat Of a
horsr, with legs well prop6.fioned, and
heofs as those lofa horse. ITS Il tsil, which
Was about three feet 10 ,lensih, y as of
hame- Its breath was a solid sheet Of FIRE.
which yibrated Will The sheavings OF ifs
'breast, ike. the pendulum ETA clock. . N
was certainly the most frightfuh <,kjegx 4
eyer kehcld. 1t walked of 70 &he.siae> ef
the, road, and then vaaisscd. When il
disappeared Immediately pun spur to my
horse and gal,opedd by the spot' whore
HlIad seen it. sNAea 1 arrived At the SURF
mit.of t.ae hill, about Two huodred yaI,ls
oil, i locked back and saw the object in
the same spot where first belich it. I
stopped my horse and watched p for a
nloment.h walked over TO the left side OF
the s,oad. and mounting u raid fence that
stood there, c6mmencd rdrmmg towards
me l did not stay 10 see the remainder
ofihc drama" asm-l
lie Immediately rode+o town,i and hay :
lag told the. adventure 10 -some. Of the citi>
Gems, they, isn media leiy formed u party and
Slated oct, tsSsee the strange yisiiant.S =
Eswy gers, doctors, piesciiess and trades
AIKEN. armed iSi.hs guns and pistols, made
thelr way e'l DldSSe TO the scene OF this
strange adFsnture. When they arrived at
the spot, some. of them behcld the Spectre
and others could NOT see n. Il was when
they saw it, on the fence, and running
rapisiy along up and down il past the
crowd, Esr the distance of a quarter of a
mile. As it passcdthe crowd several fired
at IL, but with no effect. rsu1fF Eat Al
About eleven o'clock 1T, vanished. and
was seen no more that night Since, then
il has been. seen every night at the same
place. uundredso f visitors have been on
hand every night, fahd thehexciseu1cnt is
at "A very high, stale now, .~ad isf incseas~
ing. The cause OF this is, hey nd human
conjecture. > lthss been about . year since
it was seen in THIS county before. The
country IS astir. mid tive people ore eager
to get Nd OF tlleir unwelco,ne visitaut.-
This Is the whole narratiyc. -. a. -ssss.
q, Viii moi sonic philosopher explaia the
cause of this wonder. Youfs truly,
JOSEPH PRYToS
i;Sfc,te Of Kehtpcky, sBroeAca CO., ss.::
We, tic undersigned. make oAth and
ssy thar TIC above statement 10 subsaauiial
ly correct, and has been exanincS b. ~.
o. frr.za JoHNATuAN G. SorLR,
-. Ltcirs LxSGDoS.
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Sworn 10 before me this 10th day of
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