The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-09-15
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GHOsTLY PHENOMENON.
Death Of . Lady and Sudden Appearance
OF Her Face in . Window GIass-The Ap-
paritson Photographed.
Since the fall of the Pemberton
Mills, the city of Lawrence, Mass,
has known no such excitement as that
produced on Saturday, the Goth inst,
by the unaccountable appearance of
Q females features in light of glass
In the window of house ON Broad
way Itappears that few days pre-
vious to the discovery of the phenom-
enon an elderly lady, after long
and wearing sickness, had died. The
day succeeding that on which the
funeral occurred, a lady who was vis-
iting one of the tenants of the same
house, in passing saw figure in the
attic window, which she instantly
recognized as that of the deceased
lady, and with great CONSERVATION
communicated the fact to the other in
mates of the building, and in a short
time the entire neighborhood was
made acqnainted with the strange
and exciting discovery. The window
of the room In which the woman had
died was Immediately under that in
the attic, and was the usual sitting
place of the deceased. Some supposed
that by some means her face had be-
come impressed upon the glass; but
the fact that it vas not in the room
occupied by her, and in roam usually
unocenpied, sdisplaces all belief in this
idea. During the day and evening
the story Of ghost on Broadway was
widely circulated throughout the city
and early the next morning, which
was the Sabbath, people commenced
to gather about the ill-fated and
haunted house much to the annoy
ance OF its inmates and immediate
neighbors. None professed to be-
1ieye word of the wild story, and
were only convinced upon an actual
view with their own eyes. A sister
Of the deceased, hearing of the matter
visited the place and pronounced the
likeness to be that of her relative.
The only remaining members of the
family are two small children. The
excitement momentarily increased, as
also did the crowd in the street, and
by noon it was so great as to render
the passage of the horse cars quite
difficult. The inmates tried various
means to remove the figure from the
glass, but were unsuccessful, and with
view to sending the crowds away,
removed the sash to the rear of the
building but as means of scatter
ing the people it was only successful
in drawing them from the front OF
the building to the rear, where the
face was seen to still better advan-
tage, though it seemed to have a
somewhat different appearance. It
was only when the sash had been re-
moved and secreted in the house that
the crowd began to disperse and wan
der back to their homes, each having
an idea as to the cause of the singular
vision, and all agreeing that there
was something in it anyway"
Early on Monday morning another
crowd gathered around the house, and
DR.. VIM. d. Lamb, a prominent ply
sician, obtained permission to remove
the sash to his Office, on Essex street.
Here it was placed in his window,
opening upon the main business street
in the city, and every one could get a
fine view from below. The window
was examined by intelligent and sci
entific men, and, while some were OF
the opinion that it might be the result
of the action of lightning, when some
person had been sitting near, others
thought this theory one of impossi-
billity. OF course, the many super
stitious were satisfied that it was the
aghost of the dead woman, and moth
ing more" There is one thing about
it, at least, that seems strange, and
that is the fact that no face or figure
is to be seen in looking out from the
inside. During the day, firm Of
photographers, after several attempts
succeeded in getting very good like
ness of the sash and the face it con
tanned.
No one can account for the strange
phenomenon, but men who are prac
tical and possessed of good share oi
common sense conclude that it mus
be one of those curious defects which
will sometimes appear in window
glass. The strangest thing in its con
nection is that it was not discovered
until after the death of an inmate o
the house. Those who believe il
the "spiritual" are making the mos
of the circumstance, and, doubtless
there seldom occurs such instances
upon which they can surely reach th'
partially superstitious mind. Ghos
or not, there has nothing occurred il
the city of Lawrence of this nature
which has produced such wondermen
since the well remembered stories o
various apparitions in connection will
the fall of the Pemberton Mills.
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