The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-21
The <shnstly Mystery that Hlovsss
Over a pcmmsylvumia House.


TWO SUDDEN DEArHs-sTRANGE NOISES THAT
RENDER A HOUSE rNTESANTABLE, AND A
WHITE FIGURE THAT NELTs AWAY IN THIN
NEST AIR.
A Shenandoah, Pa, telegram to the Phil
aGelphia Press says: The latest sensation
| In this section Is the presence Of q genuine
ghost. -Four months ago Mrs David VIII
liams, living with her aged husband on
cast Centre street, died very suddenly.
I She had not been In bad health, and on
/ the eve Of her death, November 9th,
she retired in her usual good spirits.
In the morning she was found by
her husband lifeicss In the bed. No cX-
! PLANTATION OF her demise was made, nor
were many visitors allowed to inspect her
remains. As Mr., Williams was OF taci-
turn, morose disposition, this fact aroused
no particular wonder az the time. Undue
haste was made with the interment. AS
soon rs il was completed change came
over the widowcr. He seemed consumed
with grief TO which he had given no eX-
preston before, dreaded 10 he alone, and
generally acted like Il man burdened with
m important and terrible secret.
Whisperings began among the neighbors.
Some attributed his behavior to sincere
! grief over his loss: others were unkind
enough TO suggest that he was suffering
from rcmorSc. that he and his wife had
quarrelled over iinancialmattcrs. she being
oTen-bandcd and he misery, and that
his violence, physical OF mental. fastened
her death. In The mids. OF these
coniectuTcs Williams suddenly died also.
and any necessity for an Investigation
ceased Then came a greater mystery.
I Williams, though living poorly, was known
20 have been worth about 81 900 in cash.
This he was supposed TO have concealed
about his house; but no trace Of it was
I found. Several families have since essayCd
living in the house, but have been forced
10 abandon il because Of uncarthly noises
during the NEIGHBOURS and sights which
their nerves were too weak 10 stand.
WHAT wATcHMAN SAW.
About three weeks ago mght-wa.ch-
man at one of The co!ierios, named Meme
lis. was coming home at an carly hour in
the morning. when he met figure clothed
in white emerging from the house. He
hailed il, hut received no answer. Being
man Of pluck, lac sprang forward
to seize il, but. rs ii by magic. it
oluded his grasp and vanished Sub
sequentiy. belatcd traveller, returning
with q team from Mahanoy City, while
passing the house. saw white-robed form
start up from the ground and walk rapidly
off in front OF his horse. He urged his
horse on, but the "ghoSt" still kept in adj
vance. After pursuing it some distance
the driver saw the spirit turn a corner.
and before he could reach the point ii van
iShcd from sight.
7 Last week young lady. more courage
Gus than the rest OF her sex, on Il banter
/ from some companions. undertook TO take
walk through the house after DIRK.
Scarcely, however, had she stepped foot
across its threshold when tall figure rose
at her very side. attlred i'm the Phostly
white. She screamed and tainted. Her
companions. who were awaiting develop
mcntS outside. rushed TO her aid. but
when they entered the house the spirit
was gone. IL has lecn seen at various
times since. but never Las been cornered
80 rs to { ear up the mystery Of lis appear
ance and strange disappcaraGcos. Super
lltious people maintain il TO be the ghost
Of old Williams, restless because OF worldly
miSdeeds. Others, more sensible, regard
it as Il Shrewd disguise under which some
ayaricious individual is searching Tor the
hidden thousands Of the dead mi>er.