Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-11-27
GOLD HILL GHOST!
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ANIMAL MAGNETISM
Dogmatical Confederation Of colncl'
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Mystery and Death.

Mystery and Death.
The following story may appear a
little strange. perhaps, to some people,
yet 1t Is we'll authenticated by respon-
sible residents of Gold Hill, and the
excitement resulting from the great
Virginia ghost sensation having some
what subsidized, We venture to present
the following statement Of mysterious
facts to the public:
The Death Of JsAgs a. W. baldwin.
OF Virginia City. by a terrible railroad
accident at Simpsons Station, Alamo
da county, California, on the 18th of
November. 1869. Is yet fresh in the
memory Of the many warm friends Of
that estimable and much lamented
gentleman. For some time previous a
large yellow and white dog belonging
to the Judge had been a trusty guar.
dian and playful companion for his
children. Jack" we think, he was
called then ; at any rate, that subse-
quently was the name he was known
by. He was q singularly neryous-act-
Ing dog, apparently controlled BY
some strange
Mysterisas IsAaeaec.
After the sad death Of his beloved
master his manner became still more
strange. The least sudden. unusual
sound would give him a shock Of nerv-
Gus trepidatiou, and at the discharge
Of a gun or a pistol the poor brute
would, with q howl Of agony, run aud
hide himself. or fall In . sort Of spas
modic lit. This. apparently. grew up.
on him, and he finally wandered from
home, and straying down to Gold Hill
one luckless day Jack was made an
unwilling captive by q soulless officer,
and put into the public dog pound.
There, In common with other homeless
CANNES, he was. after a three days pro-
baton, condemned to be shot. Death,
Ghastiy, Crasi Death,
Would infallibly have been his portion
had not a good angel appeared about
that time In the form Of Jack Shep-
pard, one Of the employees at the Crown
Point holsting works. The good
Sheppard paid the hue, Is. and poor
Jack was let out from his almost fatal
prison and permitted to walk forth
once more n free dog.
Gratsfal spirit
Warmly glowed within the canine
breast, and he seemed to perceive and
acknowledge Sheppard As his savior
aud best friend. Perhaps similarity
of name had something to do with 1t,
but be that as IL may, he took kindly
and naturally to his new master, aud
by consent Of all parties interested he
was over afterwards considered Jack
Sheppard's dog. His nervousness,
however, still chung to Hun, and al
though brave, watchful and Intelligent
enough under all ordinary circum-
stances, any loud sudden noise would
have the Same effect Oh him IS ever,
aud the firing Of the big cannon OH
Fort Homestead especially was almost
q death blow to him. Poor fellow
1t Is not at all surprising that he was
at length actually
RriShtenaA - Death.
On the evening Of the 18th instant,
just three years after the death Of his
old master, Jack was up town, follow
lug his new master. as usual, and they
went into Walters clothing store on
Main street, opposite the NEWS
office, where Sheppard was max
Ing some purchases. A friend,
John +. Coleman, engineer at
the Yellow Jacket works was also
present, and alter q while, merely for
fun, he took q brown paper bag, blew
it up, and holding 1t just over the back
OF the unsuspecting dog. he suddenly
burst the bag with = smart slap between
his hands, making = report almost like
a pistol. Tho dog gave
A wild Howl
OF terror, and immediately fell oil the
floor In a fit. They sprinklsd water
In his face, and after q few minutes he
revived and was able to stagger out,
following his master toward home.
When they were In front OF the Vesey
House he tell again Ia another
lit, and finally In Crown Point Ravine
he dropped for the third and last time.
10 rose 10 more, but there directly
above the kentuck mine, where, deep
in the bowels Of the earth occurred the
terrible mining calamity Of three
years ago, ard where the
Ghssts Of The Departed
Miners might yet In fancy seem to
llnger around, poor Jack gave up his
nervous hold upon life, and his troubled
spirit passed forth Into the great Ca
nine unknown. The next day or so
aiterwsrd John F. Coleman learned
that he John had won
93o.O 900 In The Omaha Lottery.
Jack Sheppard's dog Jack, 10 GER
tsinly dead and In his little grave,
"where the wicked cease from troubl-
ing, and the weary are ut rest" yet
may not his ghost still nervously per-
wade his old hauuts? Well may poo
pie believe 1t 10 so, for every night at
the solemn hour Of twelve, a wild,
shrill howl sounds from that place,
echoing up the quiet ravine like a
steam whistle.