Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-12-11
WHAT Is TIT
rhsn..e..l Face % M..on stre.,
From Tho San FRANCISCO Bulletin

manifested thelr presence, allu III iaSt,
have been kind enough to leave their
photographs. The precise locality OF
this wonderful house Is No. 2,ll9 Ma
SON street, between Lombard and
Chestnut. The house Is q small, I'M
pretending two-story, and occupied by
a French widow named Joergens,
whose husband died September, 1917,
while on a visit to France. Madame
Joergeps states that everything has
O n badly with her since her nus
6and's death, as his relatives have
been trying to get certain property
ont of her hands. She states that on
Monday some children who had been
playing on the street came to her anu
said there was
AMAN's FACE ON THE WINDOW
OF the upper story. She ran up stairs,
but could see no face. She then Went
ont on the street, when it was plainly
discernible, She could not account for
the phenomenon, and called the atten-
ton of the nelghbors to 1t. They were
as much In ignorance rs she, ana tne
matter became the subject o. great
excitement and discussion among the
danes In the vicinity. On the after
noon of Monday, Madame Joergens
states that she examined the window
pam closely, and that just to the right
of, and seemingly beyond the picture
first observed, she saw tho face and
shoulders of another man, having
THE FEATURES OF HER DECEASED HUs-
BAND.
She says that she was 10th to believe
In the existence of anything supernat'
ural, and fearing that her eyes might
have been made the fools OF her other
senses, she called in several friends
who knew her husband when In the
flesh, and they substantiated her opin-
lon. This figure remained about three
hours, and gradually disappeared, but
the other remained. Each day II
grew more and more distinct, until
| each lIneament became as plain as II
| photographed from an original. The
| face Is that Of a man In the prime Of
| life, with dark wavy hair and wills,
kers. The view of the face Is a full
one, the head Is resting on the left
| shoulder. The expression Of the fea'
lures Is one of contemplatlve sorrow
In 1t q gentleman recognized the Tea
lures OF q French real estate agent,
now alive and In this city, and msn'
toned this fact to Madame Joergens,
who Immediately stated that the per
son referred to was a relative OF hers
Every effort has been made to obliter'
ate the features, but without success
Ammonia, vinegar, alcohol, soap-sudsr
I've and every variety Of erasive matter
matter has been used on the window,
but the face Is as stubborn rs Banquo't
ghost, and serenely contemplates al
| efforts to remove 1t. Yesterday the
fact Of the presence OF
THE MYSTERIOUS FACE
Became generally known, and Mason
street was soon thronged with q multi
tude of curious individuals, every one
of whom had some theory on the mat
ter, aud was industriously o~xpoundine
it to his neighbor. Citizens Of promi'
nence fastened there in their carriages,
and ut one time at least a thousand
persons we're present, and Mason stree,
was so effectually blocked that the
horse.cars only got past by hard work
In the room ventilated by tho window
there Is but M picture and a looking
glass. No other object presents itsel
that might ut all give OF such a picture
rs the II on the window. The pane!
OF the window are somewhat heavier
but In no other respects different from
those In common use. We have stateC
that the face was not easily seen from
the inside of the house. which Is owing
to the light. Any black substance
placed against the outside of the win
dow renders 1t plainly visible, which
Is similar to the mode applied by pho
tographers to make n negative distinct
The whole affair cal probably be OK
planned on scientific grounds, and un
til then our readers must BIO content
with their own speculations.
ANOTHER GHOST AROUND TIL CORNER
The alta of Sunday morning says:
While hundreds Of spectators wert
gazing intently at the window In which
his gRostship had exhibited himself
and occasionally casting a look arount
at the other windows, as If determined
to zee n ghost anyhow, tho news wa!
spread among them that his ghostshlI
had taken new quarters, and had up
peared In . window Of j. j. Hucks
residence, No. 70S Lombard street
"around tho corner" and only q few
doors distant from the German widow
residence. Some thought tho rumol
was intended rs a soil, and grinned n
the news became circulated; other:
unhesitatingly dashed headlong t
Hucks' house, and as they turned thu
corner were pleased to see a crowd o
about one hundred men, women anC
children straining their eyes In wilt
anxiety to get q view Of ghost No. 2
Some said, however, that 1t was ghos
No. 1, who had refused to go to Wood
wards Gardens to DO exhibited will
the wild beasts, birds and fish there
and that he had disappeared from tn,
German Widows window to seek NOR
congenial and secluded quarters. Blu
upon close examination, l. was fount
that tho features Of ghost No. Q die
not resemble those Of ghost No. !
they were broad and manly and hand
some, very much unlike the departed
spirit Of the German lady's relative
The apparition which took up Its quar-
ters on Mr.. Hucks' window was very
tplainly seen, and created sensation
His hair was parted In the centre, ant
fell In Short graceful curls; he wore
a mustache and imperial, a straigh!
short collar, and black neck-tie. Alto
gether it might be said that he wal
quite a handsome ghost. The womer
said so, and they are most competent
to judge. Tho spectators continued t
gaze on the apparition until the shades
OF evening hid him from their view.
Mr.. Hucks, the proprietor of the
house, Is a we'll known citizen. He Il
of the firm Of Hucks s. Lambert, and
has lived In this house eight years. He
says that during that time the glas;
has been In the window, and that moth
ing Of his ghostship had been noticed
until yesterday. 1t was first discoy'
cred by two little girls at noon, who
soon brought their companions to take
note Of their discovery. The news soon
spread, and hundreds flocked around
Mr.. Hucks' house, to see the ghost. UP
to this time Mr.. Hucks' family were
unaware Of the extreme curiosity their