Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-09
GHOST OF MURDERER MAY.
Conshohocken Startled by an ApparI
ffnn-Russress nesernred

tIon-Bussness Destroyed.
a ghost walks in Conshohockeu. saws
the Philadelphia Record. At least this Is
the firm conviction Of hun. reds Of people
OF the borough, many Of whom claim 10
have beheld the unesrthly apparauon,
which presents itself in various sbapes.
but always in one locality-that part of
Elm street. between Fayette and Harry.
where stands the little two-st0rv frame
house IN which the awfal Nav tragedy
Occurred last July. ; me people claim
70 nave witnessed the CHEST as early as 10
O'cloc but the more uniform testimony
Is that Il stalks forth at the witchinr
time or midnight, when according 10
that VeraciOus observer. Shakespeare
the graveyards open their mouths
and other curious things happen. Some
times Il appears IN pure white, with
streaming hair and wild eyes, fleeing from
human presence with many cries. At
other times the terrible thing stands near
the door Of the house where the crime was
committed, tan. in ta1teTed garments, and
with blood upon its hands. which are
lifted either il supplicatiOn O. in menace.
George Alumus, who lives over 3 mile
from the neigEborhOOd. but who passed
t1roU5h the street on Wednesday night
last, saw the ghost coming toward him,
from beneath the shadow Of the old May
shop IN Bank Tow. He was so frightened
al nrst that he could not run. He could
clearly see the shape, but it appeared to
be transparent, as If thin cirrus cloud in
human shape we're moving down the street.
He saw the thing approach the house
where the murderer and his murdered
daughter died. and then be fed the spot
as fast as his limbs would take him.
haFc
Elliott, a wcn-knOwn resident Of the
neIghtorAOOd and one OF the workers in a
rolling mill. was passing through the
street and witnessed tie walking Of the
ghost. as many others had before him.
This was AZ O'Clock in the morning, and
he was so frightened that he was COM
PEELED to run TO a borough policeman.
who is not supposed to be afraid Of his
Satanic Majesty, much less the appari-
ton Of a murderer. The officer escorted
the frightened foundryman home and then
returned 70 arrest the ghost, but without
success.
These are specimen narratives from
among many y hich are related with every
pTOtestatiOn OF truth and accuracy. Many
claim that in the early hours Of the eve
ming the phantom, or goblin, or ghost, or
whatever II Is. rOams about Elm street,
and the locality OF the May house. The
consequence has been that after dark few
people care TO pass along the street and
the neighbOrhOOd is nearly deserted after
: O'Clock. The shops in the immediate
neighbOrhOOd DO very little business after
and even at dusk people who
are compelled 70 walk through Elm street
pass the scene Of tie tragedy and the
alleged haunted locality on the opposite
side OF the street.
Some pro.ane citizens. who have no re-
gard tor chests and dnufr EcffaTu in than
say that the thing is all bOsh, or that some
one is playing tricks. IN investigation
has been started, but as yet without re-
suits. Since il began the ghost has de-
clined TO appear, and the mystery is as
great as ever.