Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1870-09-09
"A VcritabIe5 Ghost story.

Many Of our readers remember tho daring
exploits of jerome Clark, alias Sue Mundy,
tho notorious guerrilla and robber during the
war, aud his subsequent execution in this
city by tho military authorities. The story
of his life and crimes havo been revived in q
very singular manner. For some weeks past
tho people living near Eighteenth and Broad
way, the place of his execution, have been
startled by strange sights and sounds. The
ghost of Sue Mundy has been seen fitting
across tho commons, in the vicinity of the
fatal tree, at all hours of the night. Some.
times alone, with his hands pinioncd behind
him, and the fatal cap drawn over his eyes !;
again, dangling in the air with rope around
his neck, struggling as if in the agonics of
death At othcr times he was accompanied
by the girl who so fondly and truly loved
him, all stepped in crime as he was and to
whom lie wrote SO affectionately with his man.
aced hands a few hours before his DEATH
Many of the people were skeptical on the sub
ject, and attempted to solve the mystery
Tho strange couple were seen by hundreds of
people, but always when closely approached
mystoriousiy disappeared into thin
air. Every attempt to solve the mystery
only tended to deepen it, and many of tho
people of the vicinity finally believed that the
objects that they saw were Sue Nlundy and
his phantom bride The ghosts got to be
real terror, and tho nervous maidcns ard
children were afraid to venture out after
dark The ghosts finally got to be such an
annoyance that the police were appealed to,
and Oh Sunday night last Lieutenant John
Shelly was Informed that the ghosts were in
full view. He went to the spot sure enough
and saw the tail form Of a man, with female
all dressed in white hanging on his arm
walk slowly in the direction of the fatal tree
and finally take seat. He went up to them
rapidly, when the female in white suddenly
disappeared, or at least seemed to do So The
Lieutenant FASTENED on and seized hold of the
man, and the ghost story was at an end. =
The man was real flesh and blood, and the fe-
male in white had not Disappeared She had
only thrown long black cloak over her white
dress, thus concealing her from view, except
upon close inspection. They were couple
of lovers, who, for lack of better place, had
chosen the fatal tree as trysting place, not
knowing its history AS there is no law pro
hibiting counting, the lieutenant released
them and explained the matter to the terrified
people.
WIEN DID You SHAVE ?-In one of the
towns of Arkansas man had been drinking
until late hour at night. When he started
for homo honest folks we're in bed, and the
houses were all shut and dark The luuor
he had taken as too much for him and he
did not know where to go. lie ut last sta @.
gercd Into an empty wagon shed and fell upor
the ground. For long time he lay in the
unsc'ousness of a drunken sleep, and would
have frozen (or the snow on the grounC
showed the night to be very cold) had no
others less inscnsiblc than himself bee,
around him. This shed was a favoritc rem
devious of the hogs they rushed out whcr
tho new conner arrived, but soon returned tt
''''li "Nu' AZ VIC srlcatcSG klnuncSS, AM
with the trucst hospitality, they gave thci
bipcd companion the middle Of the bed
some lying either side of him, and others an
swerng the place Of quilt. Their warmth
prevented him from being injured by the OK
posurc. Towards morning he awokc Find
ing himself comfortable and in bissful icno
rance of his whereabouts he supposed him
self enjoying the accommodation of a tavern, il
company with other gentlemen. lie reached
out his hand and, catching hold of the bristlcs
Of hog, exclaimed: "WnY, MISTER, WHEN
DID You SHAVE LAsr?"
neA. a shcwd business man says he neyc,
suffered pccuniariy by his enemies, but bis
friends has often occasioncd him repeated
losses. The reason is plain; he trusted his
friends but not his enemies.
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