The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-05-02
GHOSTS


occurred III lI2i. 'a-leF
n farmer, rctunip,
Southland market I'm Ly99 H.'nss,y
Peared by the way. NeT,' S-
sented himselfat the farm ,, Gay
the wife if her husband L.+ i- olss
"No, " she replied ..gr5S .'-5 enc
utmost anxiety and term ,'o y. se1 |
~ our terror said Lo
mine for last night as lay..a y4ea1 ?
awake, the appaut.an of "a! 10 & a
band appeared to me. Fs l5ya'P Pc ~
eral ghastly stabs iu his No. rRs :
lying in mari U5t.' Wy VIZ
The pit was searched e. 4
found, and the staJs. i9 rr-,i ,.5 ea =
ton, answered in overv wan. s,,...s :
tion given by the gha,r-sa..- " . '' =
spectre had named a car-.,u " /
culprit and this person We ,..'. L-I :
prison and brought to- trial q. 1,l.- 7,. =
the crime, before ID rrr-r va q
Chief Justice Sir Robert sr,.@ r,.1 j
Raymond. who was succoa5s5.- !. W !,
Sir Philip Yorke. The mn
have broughtin a verl.etGr -- ]
checked them 10y saving. e--
''Gentlemeu, you Law mona
allegations Of this anuarirfo, ]
viii bear. canuo. g.ye 60 I
kind Of stories. We are ar,9. .-
law, and must determine sc.- j
T and | know not Of arr law MY.
nit of the testimony of AN ,,. !
yet, if it did, doth le rho.r.- 1
evidence. Crier, he sdd.5
| ghost j
The farmers spirit being a- i
mOned in vain, Sir R.beg-a-,i.
! the jury on the hitherto urEs-s I
acter Of the man accused. and
serted belief in h.~ perfa,-
adding, 4 do strongly Sgs-s- ]
, gentleman who saw the s-,s- i,
himself the murderer and - !;
the stab and marl-ui- w..h- -
( natural assistance hence I f.. I
! justified in committing hint
til further inquiries are msa-
The result of this was rh-,.
ing his house sufficient proofs Il
were found he confessed bf, ~
was executed at the next assfze
In the list Of tl. officers of rbs
third Regiment, when serving gn5
/ Cornwaliis in America. and then
/ First West York, will be found
of Captain ,afterward Sir John
| SherbroOke and Lieutenant Ge.
ward. The former had recently
! Thirty-third from ths Fourth
Own Regiment. These young
/ similar in tastes ana very at,se.s
spent much of their time ile.
/ society, and when oil duty ST L
apart. One evening >. e.B.o Il
/ W onward ; quarters. The m- +
they were seated had two dra
/ led into the common pas~a-eE
{ barTack. the other into Nu
room, from which there wa>u
/ of egress.
Both officers were eng3 -zl-
I SheTbrO0ke. on raising H. eve,
suddenly saw a young man
years of age open the er-r7rs
| vance into the room. The sr.s
ghastly and thin, as if iu tls as
a mortal malady. St-r-lefz-|
Captain Sherbrooke called W~
tentiOn to their uoise .es, gt,--.
moment the lieutegau. saw him
ashy white and incapable of ~
! ere he could reCovcr rlef rrt-s
| both and entered Tie uel.ran
Good God n5- b.-isr
! claimed WyuwlrG.
Your brother repeated Sic
in great perpleNIry. "LAue mas
mistake in ali tins Folio" nc.
! They entered she little uea-.--
! tenantless : and SHeTur0Ee sag
certainly not sOorhll eE hyl#8-5
ing his conviction -aat from lie
/ believed he had seen q specie,
mutually took a note "t the dag
at which this ineyrIeabte a.ar
! Wynward 1T times lTieu 70 =
himself that they might have ~
by the practical joke Of sNue l
Ger: vet his mind was ev.ltE
/ assed by it, that whenh he related =
/ occurred, all had the good Jsz
hold comments, and 10 await VII II
the then slow arrival oi the L--- g
! When the latter came. there scr
! for every officer in the 5E- 81
| Wynward, whose hopes beE-l. 81
there was one solitary .e-te.lH>
which he had no sooner ra
changed color and LEFT the mes q
long he returned and said
"Wynward's youngyr b-o.-gi
no more - The whole cJuJeEl
were as follows "Eear Jg-
your friend Wynward lle deal
vOrite brother"
He had died at the very A1u
tion had appeared III tlar r5H
baITack. Strange though ,'
veTacity of the witnesses Was
able and Archdeacou H-aa--
{ to 1t in his edition of Hlu-..l
Phny the younger believed
Of WynwaTd, we only Sua'
out Of the regiment soon ai.e.
death and of Sherbru.E5, liz
see the days of Waterloo ue---
of the Thirty-third. Comma
/ forces in North America, ana --
raj and O. G.. b.
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