The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1870-04-29

3 Though all the earth o'erwhelm them t
mems yes-lShakspeare.
So you don't believe one word 0
the ghost story you have just beer
No, I doRnof, the idea is simply alb
surd, that a man should be haunted by
> the putrefying corpse of a suicide; tht
details, to be sure, are ably worked up
and horrible enough to satisfy the mos
morbid appetite for the supernatural
The sensation writers, nowadays
have a nice time of it, catering to the
public taste, and getting up such sto
ries for the press"
" That may be all true enough.
use to think Just so myself, but piece
of experience occurred to me some few
yeas since while travelling in the West
that upset all my calculations, left me
at sea, and made me almost willing tC
agree with Hamlet in his belief that
there are more things in heaven and
earth than are dreamt of i'll your phi
lOsophy.' Just read this little article
which l cut out of Western newspa~
rer q day or two since, and see what
you think of it."
The speaker, tall man of about
thirty-tive years of age, handed a slip
of newspaper which he had taken from
his pOcket-bOOk, to his companion, who
was a man somewhat yOunger
himself.
The above conversation OccuTredGbe
tween two friends whozwere travelling
together in one of those gorgeousIy
| furnished palace ! sleeping coaches,
which run on theSGrand Trunk rail
road, between Chicago and New York.
! The time was evening, and it being
| Sunday, there were but few occupants
of the car except themselves. The lat
/ ter took the piece of paper, and throw
! ing aside the magazine which he had
| previously been persuIng, read it care
/ fully, as follows:
A MYSTERY UNEARTHED!
SINGU DISCOVERY OF HUMAN RI
MAINS IN W.
In tearing down the old red tavern
which formerly stood on the State road
two miles from this place, a discovery
was made in eXcaYating to make d
deeper celler, that has caused great eX-
element in our quiet town and cOnSid-
cradle speculation among our citizens
as to whence the mystery originated.
The labOrers employed in eXcaVating
the cellar discovered the mOuldering
skeletons of ten persons in different
stages of decomposition. DIR. W,
our talented young physician and fell
lOW-tOWnsman, OH examining the re-
mains in connection with others Of the
profession, found them to consist of six
males and four females; they were,
however, unable to determine exactly,
how long they had been ihhumed. 1t
must certainly have been a long time,
as the landlord and his family, who
were making4the repairs, are people of
excellent staI,: ing and beyond suspi-
ciOn, and haS Slleen in. possession of
e5,Ifi kIeSf,I
ten years.-,seue--f
Old neighBors speak of singular cir
cumstances connected with the former
tenants, who were an old couple of un-
prepOSseSSing appearance of the name
of R. They had lived in the old
tavern some ten years previous to the
present owners taking possession.
They were supposed to be Irish; but
being peculiarly reticent in disposition,
and seeking or entertaining little if any
company, it was impossible for the
busy-bOdies of the neighborhOOd to dis
cover their previous place of residence,
or their nationality: which doubtless
caused them considerable incOnven-
ience and great distress of mind. They
were both quaTrelsOm, and hOth hard
drinkers, but never communicative
while under influence. The one was a
mansOf some fOrty-five years of age,
and the woman was, perchance, some
what younger, although appearing
quite as old as her companion. They
were supposed to be brother and sister,
but as to the certainty of this suppOsi-
ton, nothing definite can be ascer- |
tained. They did not appear to live
very happily together, high words Of
ten paosetT betN cen them, and some
went so far as to say these sometimes
ended in blows. After eight years had
passed, the old woman was found dead
in her bed one cold winter morning,
and the-cOroner's jury found verdict
OF death from apOpleXy, caused by eX-
cessive drinking. About q year or two
Afterwards, the old man was discover
ed suspended by q halter, in the barn,
stone dead. Some six hundred dollars
were found in the house; but there be-
ing no heirs to claim the property and
no one knowing whence the old couple
had come, the money and the estate
passed into the possession Of the State,
and the latter was rented by the pres
ent tenants.
George B., the architect and one of
our old citizens, remembers mysteri-
Gus disappearance which occurred
about the year IS. A man from
Pennsylvania came here on horseback
and stopped at RS tavern he came
to buy land and was understood to
have money. About dusk one even
ing he came into town; he had been
drinking freely with r., and told some
one he was going to Il house of ill-fame
kept by an old cOlored woman, near
the foot, of the hill, on the old State
road. This was the last seen of him
His horse, saddle-bags and some cloth
ing remained at the tavern, but the
man never turned up. 1t was intimat-
ed that he had been killed by nOtO-
Tious bully, who made his headquar-
ters at the bagniO in question, but there
was no investigation. 1t is rumOred
that other disappearances have Oc-
CURED. It is not improbable that the
skeletons found i'll eXcaVating yester-
day, may furnish 4 clue to their fate
In some of the skulls the brain and
part of the scalp are well preserved.
The thigh bones and part of the ribs
are in a good state of preservation, and
are of dark brown color, owing doubt
less to the action of the sulphur water
from an adjoining swamp. We hope
the remains will be carefully preserved
and an investigation ordered. At the
present writing no further particulars
can be obtained, but should anything
be forthcoming, our readers may rest
assured of being Immediately notified.
Until then, however, TINS singular Oc-
currence must remain sealed myste-
ry.
"Quite a romantic incident" he re
marked, handing the paragraph back
to his friend, "but what has it to do
with ghosts ?'' "I don't know" was
| the response; "b but / will tell you the
incident that occurred to me and leave
YOU to speculate and form your own
opinion. Have cigar
The latter accepted fine COncha,
and after the necessary preliminaries
in the shape of a light had been COM