The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-09-27
SENSATION AT THE EXPOSITION



Il Ghost Appears in broad Daylight, and
Ecamtnes Duhme & Co.'s Display.
A thing not usually seen at an EXposition
in fact the Great Worlds Fair at London did
not boast OF anything OF like kind, was seen in
Main Hall OF The Exposition building on Sun
day. 1t was a real live ghost. There has been
n report in circulation for months past that
the Exposition building was haunted; that
sundry noises and raps came in the dead Of
night to alright the drowsy watchmen from
their sleep. That the ever faithful dogs would
shrink away AMI whine, hiding themselves in
dark corners, as if from some object visible to
them alune. What grounds these ghosts may
have, or what object there may be In this noe
trna visiting OF tins E.satt tbhM sd ba 81 INDUSTRY
their ccrements and leave the peaceful restof
the grave TO wander about these dark and cheer
less halls can not be determined, unless it be a
curiosity that has not left them even in death,
aud now disturbs them with longings to see the
sights that arc attracting such immense crowds
OF their living brethren, reports OF which have
No doubt reached them.
On this occasion a gentleman OF und0ubted
vcracity, who is connected with the business
management of one Of our leading Fourth-st
dry goods houses, hal visited the Exposition to
have the show case OF his establishment photo
gfaphcd. The photographer had just LEFT the
building to get his dinner. it being about the
EOur OF noon leaving the above mentioned gen.
tlcman all alone, standing in front of the show
case Of Wilson Il Brother, shirt manufacturers,
which is situate Mt this end OF Main Hall. lie
WIS looking toward his own exhibiting space,
studying as to the best point from which to make
the picture. Suddenly his eye was arrested by
the sight of woman. strangely arayed in white
ike the clothes of the dead, her long, black
hair streaming down her back in loose, dis
hcveled locks, walking noisclcssly ong, ap-
parently gazing in at the handsome plate in
Duhmc's show case.
This gentleman says cmphatically that he is
not a spirituaist never believed in gh Jsts. and
never heard before in his life that the building
was haunted, yet there 1t stood in broad day
Light as plainly before his eyes as the show
case itself. II was walking from nm, he saw
AT II glance that it was not of the living, and
though not naturally timid it was som metiIne
before he could muster courage to speak TO it.
Not like Horatio, however, he did speak to il,
though, as he himself admits, with tremu-
lous voice. Stepping hastily toward it, lie
touched his hat cOurtcously, saying, "Good
morning, madam" "Then it started like O
guilty thing" glanced hastily over its shoul-
der, and disapp yared. The gentleman rushed
to The spot whcre il was last seen, but there
was no sign OF it, nor OF the place Of its disap-
pearance. 1t had vanished IN air.
These facts were all communicated to the
Captain Of Police, Mr.. Wilson. who was not at
ali astonishcd as the same woman Ii id au-
pcarcd time and again, not only to him but
to others about the bulding. She had BON
tracked and always disappeared in this sane
mysterious manner, and what was stranger
still the dogs had refused, though eoaxcd and
whipped, to go near the spot or pass down tie
aisle where she was last seen.
These stories seem strange, as ghosts, some
say, ,on yakaunt the scenes OF murders or grave
yards. there lsjust the point, the SPOT now
occupied by the Sixth Industrial Exposision
Was for maDy'ycars used as the Pottcrs' Field,
and even to-day a hole can
mot be dug hs anyWnsde Wsst bsak OF he
canal without unearthiug the bones OF the
dead. Along where the beautiful hoWors and
foliage plants, the caladiums, bsgonias and
huge ferns of Messrs. Critchell ard Sundcr-
brtich lend such beauty and fragrance to lior-
ticulLural Hall, thousands pass daily, not
knowing-and probably not caring-that un-
dcrncatn those waving plumes sleep the VIC
Park, On the opposite side of the street, as
every one knows, was Tor years a grave
yar,i, and Navy now can remember when
the bones Of its inhabitants were removed 10
make way for the fountains, &c, that now
change lis melancholy to scene OF JOY. Some
say that the ghost OF the man who was killed
by the falling Of scaffold at the west nd OF
Main Hall, is the occasion OF thess disturb
ances; 9th rs that it is that of the man who
was crushed by the fy wheel IN rover
Hall. But the male. ghosts themselves, y
we may be permitted to speak o. tlem So
have never as yet appeared, but with cnarac-
teristlc cowardice send the women to take tie
brunt of the affair, while they hoat around IN
the dark raising the devil generally; or II may
be tlat VIC WfODg tHcSc &CutiCHitHiy oPhiitS -
ploods of the other world. for it may be the cu-
riosity OF the other sex alone that thus tears
them from their graves at night to peer into
the doic gs Of the world above.
This theory, to those vcrsed in the character
of woman generally, seems the most plausible,
and is the one more generally believed. 1t may
be that the reports regarding the thin attend.
ance at the Exposition this year have reached
some OF the old bummcrs that lie "unurned" in
this auc'e 'ent burialplace Of the dead, and the
have sent some one posted. some committee ct
one or more to investigate the matter, or would
it be toreason 100 strangely g reason tnSss
to visit the confines of foul and sinking
lanyard, why should not the gno.t
OF some hirei girl, or othti
who delighted in nice shiny plate
all her life enjoy, even in death, peep at the
magnificent display of Dulime Y Co.
But be things as they may, we only suggest
t. the Commissioners that IL they could pos ST.
bly, induce this fair ghostess 70 give matln,,s
In Main Hall, 1t would lay the grand Hover
display way in the shade; ms reovsr. it wou =
be money in the pocket of rl,c ghost, IS y
could undoub cdly got Katie kiug'a o'sl sp9sf-
tion, or maybe place IN the CsntenniaL