Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-08

The Spirit OF q Dead Ensiussr Uneasy Loan
Around the Track and Iptsrfsrss with Busl.
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Use sPiN o. DeAa hhgineer Uneasy lit Loan
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accident which took nlace In a bIIpdIrg snn,",
Storm Al Randall station On tbs main lIoS of
the 81. Paul and tho Pacific road, in March
ia,t. which cansed Inc death ~ ssysroi ,,er'
sons. Among INC yietims oi hat ,err,hio Sc-
eident was sectiou foTpman named Conneilv
Tbis man va yerv mfch s,tacbcd 10 his
diyIslons and took 0raat prISe in tssnino,
eyeTylblng rigbt and 'tidy a. IA a. bis snner,
yision extended. Glthonsh M. s,a,ioy To-
located, at that time, in sparsely settled sec.
lion ~ the conntrv- ,on a trceles: vss,e AZ 10
speak. where especiallv tbeTS was NOTHING IN
break the force II the wind Which Al lime
assent ovsr tbe blsak nraIrios vI,h M tnrcs
al a hurricane. vel a. yreat vas Con,eIIv's
attachment 20 hIs section that he refused
several more lucrative posltions which were
offered to him.
Upon M death nv the aocldent above re-
feTrra 10, The Randall statlon wa given 10
nnother man. WHOSE name d Connelly' Tbe
later had been omployed on tho road a long
lime and Ia known 10 be a aobor. IndustTious
and Intelligent man. one in whose 8delliy me
COMPANY las the most Implicit confidence.
and The last man almost that any one who
knows min would suspect Of being tInctured
tlons, For come time after assuming charge
OF the division everything went along satis-
factory. This state OF ihInRa was not 10
last, however, For some time past Mr.. Com
nelly haa complained that he could not aleep
nights. He ayors hat he Il visited at all
hours Of the night by the apparation Of hls
dead predecessor. The ghOstly form appears
al his bedside, and in vain eIdeayors 70 tell
his tale BY unearthly motions, AT times appar-
emily entreatlnR, and anon with every al,-
noaTanoo Of anger and reyonRe. Several
times Mr. Connolly has been thrown from his
bod with great violence, and his arms and
other portions Of his body show the marks
OF rough handling. The imprint Of hands
and flnfer- nails are plainly visible which he
asserts have been leit there by his ghostly
visitor. To such an extent has this most
mystertoua visitation been carried that Mr..
Connolly has petltloned To be removed 10
another section, or granted permlsslon 10
erect another house on q different portion Of
the section He says II IL not only these VS.
itatlons which disturb hint but the spirit Of
the dead man prevents him from performing
his duties both day and night. He has seen
| the awful spectacle In the daytime, while at
his labors, and the shadoWy form has, BY
unmistakable motions, ordered him away.
For o long time Mr.. Connolly refrGined
| from mentioning anything about theao mya-
teTiouS appearance, knowing that he would
| not I've believed, aud In all probability would
DO laughed al, and II Is probable he never
would have mentioned II but for an occur
renee which took place q short time ago,
One evening, after the labors Of the day had
closed, and a. Mr.. Connolly and the men
under hls charge were eating their supper,
the door Of the house opened nOlselessly, and
| In the doorway, In the full gaze Of all who
were present, stood the awful apparitlon OF
| the dead man. The shadow remained long
enough 10 make a number OF demonstration
of a reyengeful character, aud then disap-
peared, apparently melting Into space. An
awful feeling Of terror fell upon that small
party Of men, and for a time they were speech
iess, gazing into each Others faces with eyes
| dIstonded With horror. They were not men
easIly frightened, and some Of them had
| lpOked death in the face without hinchlnR,
But This uuearthly, supernatural visitation,
| which was recognized at once by all a. the,
| spirit Of the man they had all well known
| while living, was more than they could stand,
When their monetary terror had subslded
they commenced In awe stricken tones 10 toll
| each other what they had seen. II was then
| that Mr.. Connolly related his experience, ard
| II il needless TO say he was not laughed al or
| disbelIeyed. The sight had been too real and
| too palpable TO all TO admit Of dispute, They
| had seen the verltable ghost OF their former
| fellow-yoTkmAn.
| since that time there have been many
mysierlous occurrences taking place at that
| station on the prairie. Several tools, which
have been known to have been pat away,
are missing, and VAR us other things have
taken plase to hinder Mr.. Connolly and his
| crew Of men from performing their work.