Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-04-01
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at the Winslow House. The apparitior
was said TO be that of the late DR.. Jewel
who died in the building during the month
of January, we believe, and who, it waF
stated, had of late been frequently seen
about the house in open daylight, but upon
near approach would vanish or disappear
For the purpose of ascertaining what foun-
dation, if any, existed for the many wild
and incredible rumors ahoat, we visited
the Winslow yesterday, and under the
guidance Of Prof f. Z. McBain, who re-
sides in the building, visited the apart
ment in which these strange sights and
sounds have been seen and heard, and from
him obtained statement, of which the
following are the points: The Professor,
who is not a Spiritualist, says the Winslow
House is a very large building, used as
water cure while DIR. Jewel was alive.
Since his death it has been occupied by the
Professor, the widow of DIR. Jewel, and
two other families. The Doctor, while
suffering from the painful disease from
which he died, had frequently said that he
would revisit the house and see how things
we're going on after he had passed away.
. Little had been thought of this however,
The account continues:
He (the Doctor did not, however, show
himself until Saturday, the 18th inst. Mrs.
Jewel had advertised for sale by auction all
her furniture, bedding, etc., which is to take
place on the Oath inst. In the center part
of the building, on the ground floor, are
cellars, laundry, ETC., and in one of these
rooms is a steam engine, which had been
used for heating, pumping water, ETC., but
all the betting had been removed, and the
engine out of use for years past. The first
thing that attracted the attention of myself
and the neighbors, was the occasional rum
ming of the wheels upon which the belts
used to be placed. This seemed strange,
but we said but little about it, for fear of
being laughed at by our neighbors. On
Saturday morning, the I4th inst, my
daughter, very intelligent girl, fourteen
years of age, was returning from the post.
office (which, by the way, is kept on the
ground floor, in the southeast corner of the
building), and came through the room in
which the engine stands, and there saw a
tall, slim man, dressed in a fine suit of
broadcloth, with night-cap on his head,
and pair of white stockings on his feet.
She passed him without speaking, and
came into the house, and made the remark
to her mother and myself that a strange
looking man was walking through the
laundry, dressed as above and that he
must be fool. This was about ten o'clock
A. M, and | went out with her to see the
man whom she described as looking and
acting so strangely. When we went ont
nothing was to be seen, and we went and
looked through the largest cellar, dark
and bleak apartment, forty feet long by
about twenty wide, when all at once she
exclaimed Father, there he is, coming
towards us" and began to draw me back
to the door by the hand, and seemed to be
very nervous
l could see nothing, but supposed it was
some one who was trying to frighten US.
demanded in an angry voice: "Who is
here? What do you want?" | received
no reply-and yet the strange appearance
passed out of the cellar within two feet of
us, as it appeared to her. We came into
the house, and myself and Mr.. Hubert,
my next door neighbOr, made thorough
search of all the premises; but neither saw
nor heard anything. That evening we
again explored the dark and dreary cell
lars, ETC., in company with another man;
and ut the extremity of the interior cellar
in a dark corner, found a large towel
clean and ironed, az if dropped by some
one.
This towel belonged to Mrs. Jewel, and
had been washed and laid by about a
month ago. We then came to the conclu-
sion that our visitor was flesh and blood
and that his visit was not Of an honest
character. Under this belief, both Mr.
Hubert and myself came to the conclusion
that we would bring his ghostship to grief
by the application of powder and ball, and
for the benefit of all concerned gave due
notice accordingly. Mr.. Hubert got his
revolver in readiness, and gave my daugh-
ter pistol also; but that night all was
still, nothing being seen or heard.
On Sunday morning we were congratula-
ting ourselves thatour threats OF vengeance
dire had had the desired effect; but about
10 o'clock A. NJ, our hopes were dispelled
by the loud report of a pistol, and the
piercing cry of "Oh my Godp l had !
instructed my daughter that in case she
should see him again to shoot him instantly,
if he would notspeak, and that would stand |
between her and any harm. She went TO |
the laundry door for the broom, having |
her pistol in her pocket, and Just inside the |
door stood the man, looking directly at
her, in the same garb in which she first |
saw him. She Immediately drew the pis- |
tol, presented it at him, but he seemed in
different to the weapon, and at the distance
of six feet she fred at him. He at once
bent forward, clasping his hands across his |
breast exclaiming, "Ohl my God p and
into the cellar.
heard the report of the pistol and heard |
the cry of ooh my God p and under the |
impression that she had shot herself, | ran |
to the door, when she exclaimed, "Father,
L have shot him he is in the cellar" We,
in company with Hurber!, got lamp,
went into the cellar, and as we were going !
in, she said, ooh, father, have killed him |
What shall do?" We looked for the man,
searched for the traces of blood, but, to our |
great surprise and CONSERVATION, found |
neither.
My daughter never saw DR.. Jewel during |
his life, and to test the matter, DIR. Thomas |
w. Deering took the photographs of sew
enteen different persons, all men, among |
which was one of the late DR. Jewel, and |
placed them before her, and asked her, |
Are any of these like the man you saw ?" |
After looking them over carefully, she took
Jewels likeness, taken shortly before his
death, and said, "Oh, here is the man l |
know his face, eyes and beard"
This is a brief outline of the singular
story, and, incredible as it may seem, it is
true in every particular. l might add that
have omitted many incidents of minor
importance, but these are the main facts.
will not attempt TO explain this mystery, |
but will, if possible, try and solve it.
f. E. MCBAIN.
st. Anthony, March q, 1868.
N. B.-Seyeral men on Friday night last
paid visit to the laundry, bat beat hasty |
retreat, having to encounter the attacks Of i
a dreadful dog with fiery eyes and savage /
mien, and they declared that it was really 1
a dog, and thought that he belonged to the 4
house; but there is no dog about the pre-
misses. +, T.. MCBAIN.
p. S.-These facts can be attested TO at I
any time.
A SERIOUS riot occurred in Tou louse,
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