Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-07-17
A NILE A MINUTE WITH A GHOST.

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A NILE A MINUTE WITH A GHOST.
story Of a Vision Of the Spirit OF
Murdered Woman.
Reading pa Eagle. July 6th.l
Shoemakerville correspondent G..
W. U. says: A few evenings ago
Darius. Smith, who had finished
hay-making west of Leesport,
walked toward his home near Shoe
makerville about nine o'clock in
the evening. When passing by the
little bridge below Mohrsville, where
John Diehl murdered his compan-
ion, his thoughts were with the
departed dead. He soon reached a
point above Mohrsyille where the
murder of Adaline Beaver took
place, September or October, at the
time of the Reading fair 1857. This
estimable young lady was brutalIy
murdered by a man supposed to
have been named Bessel, and who
was killed in a railroad accident on
the Lebanon Valley railroad not
long ago. The murderer has never
been found out, but a sister of the
deceased in a conversation relating
to the murder remarked that moth
ing was ever said of him that was
not true" She now resides in
Schuylkill county. When nearing
this place Smith felt a curious sen.
sation about his head and his brain
reeled. He never believed in appa'
ritions, but right before him stood
what appeared to be the form of {
woman in white apparel and weep
ling. He hesitated, not knowing
whittier to go, when the specie
appeared now to be enveloped il
a blue flame. Suddenly it mounted
J skyward, first moaning, and afte
reaching a high altitude commenc
ed singing a most beautiful hymn
Smith seemed riveted to the spot
! being unable to move. After cir
cling in the air for about five min
utes (Which seemed an hour) th
form returned again, still weeping
Her hair was hanging down owe
her shoulders and her eyes seemed
shooting from their sockets. Sh
had a pale and trembling hand an,
she pointed to the edge of the lef
bank Of the Schuylkill, where Mis-
| Beaver was killed in narrow stri,
of woods. Then she exclaimed
There there near that log! OF
my -" The form stretched il
hand, but, said Mr.. Smith, GO
was unable to move even
} hand. 1t motioned and beekon
: ed me to come. l followed an
it led me to the place. There Ia
the log, all covered with fresh sign
Of blood. Coming in close prox
7 unity now made sure it was th
form of woman. Her feature
t looked haggard and worn as thougI
having undergone a terrible ordea
| could not do otherwise than fol
: low, more staggering than walking
, more dead than alive, through ant
, over the river, which fortunatel
{ only reached to my knees, dow
the right bank to the railroad wher
: a small hand truck was standing O
| the track. This had marks of bloc
as though a body had been dragge
t over it. There she beckoned me
J J sit. l sat down and the spectr
| rose four or FIVE feet above ground
The truck now started, and We fle'
with lightning velocity. l rode
l mile in a minute with the ghost
e Suddenly | came to halt, fror
: what cause | am still unable to sav
' We were beside a little pond. Sh
1 now Jed the way down to the watei
t looking so worn that she crawle
G more than walked. Nearing tn
, edge of the pond or small Oreel
a that was almost hidden by the hig
!, growing grass and weeds, she eA
! claimed MY God my God
=, Here. - here p-and, with tht
i strange sentence on her lips, sh
e fell into the stream. ! now SCENE
{ to realize more than ever my peri
: Gus position. Fright took the plac
of stupor, and | with the womanl
form still in the water, being driE
ping wet, stan ted ON q dead ru
toward home. | ran as | never b,
4 fore ran for about two miles, whei
= before the house Of q friend I
!, IShoemakerville, fell PROSTATE ;
= his gate. ! was unable to rola
: . my terrible experience until | ha
J rested, and that was not unit
. bright sunshine next day. j
;, kindly took me in and cared {,
3 me. After fully rotating my exp
!, Henee and taking light breakfa
R and a cup of tea, | started on n
= way home with a full determin
J ton never TO travel that road aga
y by night So much for the stran.