Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1876-01-07

! GrllrxRYILLE, Jan. (, 1915.


will interest you or your readers, !
Ibavc one Of : very thrilling character
Ifo relate. The one who saw it was
Mr.. Jesse Duvault, and the scene o.
the meeting was . lonely spot on the
road between this place and Pioneer,
near where the road crosses Wilson's
ditch, The "Goblin damned appeared
| in the form and features Of Mr.. John
Lee, who, twill be remembered. went
down on the Inflated steamer Pacific.
lMr Duvault states that the ghost
came up to him in the road and
caught his horse by the rein OF the
bride. The horse became frightened
and reared and plunged fearfully, but
finally quoted down, and stood trem'
bling in the grasp Of the spectre. Mr.
ID. then addressed his ghostship,
thinking he knew who it was. He said.
SIS that you Lee?' to which the ghost
answered, this is my ghost Jesse.
who is known to he bluff and stoical,
asked "where is your damned old
body?n ain the Pacific ocean, and
deep as it will sink without lead" an
swered the apparition. Jesse says
that he then began to get scared, but
the ghost assured him that he would
not be hurt, and that it or he had
come all the way up here TO get some
one to do him favor; said he had
seen several men pass 10y there, and
named several, among whom were
Johnny and Cary Howard, two young
men who live here, but he said that
they would not stop, though he hailed
them afterwards, saying that one OF
them stopped but the other rode on,
which part of the story has been veri-
fed by johnny H., who says that while
passing that place they heard noise,
and that his brother did stop while he
rode on. After considerable converse
ton, during which tho ghost told him
not 10 ask too many questions, it took
q firm hold on the reins and led the
horse up the road about two hundred
Yards, 10 tree, and said that by that
tree there was money buried in bot
tie Ia the amount of five hundred dol
lars. which he wished Jesse 10 dig up
on the 18th Of May. and to pay two
bills for him. one of fifteen dollars, and
another Of twenty-five, the remaining
$500 Jesse was Ia keep; "but don't
touch it before the 18th Of May" said
the ghost. Jesse saws il told him
many other things, which he is not
permitted 10 tell, and when we
laughed he said: Gentlemen, | have
lived for fifty years. and ! never be-
lievcd in ghosts, and never saw one
before; but this have seen, and felt,
land heard. and can't help believing
lit; aud ON the 18th OF May am going
to dig for that money, and then ! will
, know whether ghosts lie or not" He
said further that he shook hands with
lit, and that the hand was as cold as
ice; said it had cane ON it's arm just
as Lee used to have one; said it told
y him to go to the hotel and eat his
supper with his ovcr-coat on, which
he did, and no argument Of any kind
can make him believe but that he saw
lust what he describes He has told
the story a number Of times. and to
: different parties. but he always tells
the same story. Says it told him that
/. Lie would not make any tracks; but to
be satisfied on that point he went
back to-day to see If there was track
Of the spirit to be seen. Tonight he
says that, though he looked carefully,
! he could not find q track, 80 that he
knows it was no man. fi8l-
\ We have discussed the thing thor.
oughly. but cannot solve the mystery.
AS q matter Of course there was no
} ghost there; but what's The matter
/. with Jesses is what puzzles Us.
Il The solution offer ID this: Pho.
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