Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-12-25
A JERSEY GHOST.
Greatly Disturbed by a Supernat-
ural Visitor.
Many Witnesses Who Swear They Have
soon Disrmbodied Sp rit-Unhurt
by AN Express, Train aud
Imperviou4 to Bullets.
IPhIladelphIa Press.I


Ghe usually qui Vt an uurufi tenor OF
the village OF MJJr 'stowl, New jersey,
has lately been aroused to the highest
pitch Of excl ement about a ghostly appa-
rit'on which hts appeared a. unequal In
tervnls along the railroad just above the
East Moorestown Station A short time
ago rs the fast line from Long Branch
WIS dashiug down the road the fireman
noticed something white just ahead of the
train The fireman said Il not Jump
of on the left OF tho track and the engi-
neor sal 1t did not get Off on his side
Is tn thought the trail n ran over a man. IL
was stopped AMI a thorough search was
made for the maugled remains Of tho VIC
tim. The station employees and some CT
Z NJ walked along tho track AMI CAREFUL
ly examined the ties, bus no marks OF
bio d aud no holy was founi. The fire.
man was certain that he saw a man in his
3 irt sleeves In front OF the train. and his
sudden DISAPPEARANCE from his danger
Gus positio n was an unsolved mystery.
Ignorant OF this affair, Mrs. Cassidy, an
intelligent laly of Moorestown. and her
sister, walked over the track at this point
few nights after She said Yesterday:
ave were walking slowly along and /
was never thinking OF ghosts. l suddenly
cast my ey s To- tho right and Cri ID ou':
On, myi look there. What is thatp nnI
my b;ooI scope in my veins AMI was
paraiyzei with fsar. FOR right in front Of
me stood n tai, thin n sur5, dress ID In
black. with Grape We ovsr its face 1t
cpuli MT have co ne In that door tn ere
and must have been nearly seven fee:
tall Ny sister sail: oh, that Is some
widow bu: It sulIsnly wh.rl.d away
with a whiEzi1g noise like IIhsa tants make
when they rise an fly away. Then my
ssier WAS friShtSn,i an we both went
down town. met my brother and told
him all alb Ut IT, He said we were cow
nrls, bu, came back with ut to the plac,
We saw the ghost 1t was quite light, as
The moon was just breaking through the
clouds.
'Wh"n we arr we'd at the place my
bother saw it. too, and started to run
after IT, hut itsill ,nly vanished. 1t did
MT SOON to have any feet, and, though 1
ion't behave in ghosts. It was the ger
est look.n- thins l ever saw
The snm' glt Ms. Cassidy saw the
ghost 1t appeared to others. L has b,en
seen many times since. and probably ONE
!ourth tho p Ipu alton o. Mooret own have
gone ~ thu track we'll pro. &C 81 to SATISFY
th"r curiosity as to the reality OF tue
ghost.
Aaron Burr. tia Town Constable. went
ou' To dunl with the weird visitor one
dark night lie was certain he would
prove the mystery n hoax Armed with
SIX shooter he erambulatoI ths track
aux ous for as interview. He met to,
aI1Hafllv Etss n. - ~
bravely banged away a. the MYSTERIOUS
object that con rontel him.
He says 1t sud ienly transformed its
shape from tall black figure TO a De-
c1l'ar-looSing white dog an vanished in
the bushes
Tom Cassidy, Louis Ger ain. Tom
n rany and William Bu Id, four incredu-
lous citzsn' concl Ided to ferre. out the
mystery and bravery face tho foe.
Friday night, after co ming from their
work on the railroad, thy visited the
haunted spo', Il tcrmined to sh ,ot the
rascal who W uli pcrpe.r ,te such a hum :
bug ON the Conmuntv.
Tom Cassidy Il .,criLe,l their mee iny
with the Ia 81 tlus:
I'VE were walkilg slpng the road. not
Tn hiking o; tue thing Just then, when n
tall. thin form, too large t. DO a man.
stood IN rOnt Of u.s. Il was dressed in
woman's clothes and its face was craped.
II wore someths ng on its legs that looked
like gum boots and its tall form swnyed
to and fro, Ike ths boughs OF trees W en-
the W nj blows through them, aud made
similar noise. Lou s Certain yelled ont:
MY Tod IS that thas ghos'P Then Bal.
Budd d ew revolver AMI he ran a SQUARE
Ith'wing'e Hecould no gSt nearer than
tn yards TO II. and whom he thou. ht he
was .ain'ng on Il IL suddenly d a,pear. A
IA the weeds Tho s.ranScst par: OF the
affair was that tie ghost ran alon1 ths
sandy road aud when We aftervard ar.
ominel the road not q track or trace Of
one c 'uld be founl."
William Build said: "Iam a very fas,
runner, hut 1 couldn't kesp up 10 that
hing. 1 don's believe It is human for IL
does not run Ike ma wanted To FIRE
at tt when it ran away frnm mo, but the
other fellows told mo not to shoot and
then whsn | was going to draw the infer
nal Thing sappeared 1 never did be-
ieve la ghosts, but that Il oae.o
One man sail; "JOha Drrgan's horse
Jaw II on the road, near dillingham;,
house, on Thurs lay night. anil II. ghten Ell
| 49, Ae'Pto say butt tnoy can MT -et 4
horse In q Hin CHAINS stable ON &c .o.ns
o. it. Their h'use is empty and some
think Il stays in ther0" Isaac L1wrenes
said he saw it como out OF GiItin .ham',
yard and |. looked like q man s.v,a feet
tai He passsd Il and 1t disappeared
but he was certain it was not q human
being.
The ghost has been seen at varIou,
tim"s by different people along the track
and all ar testimony TO its great sixa
tts somb appearance and the whizzins
noise IL makes IS it sails alon-. Lrrrs
crowds have congregated to see the mys-
terry, but it generally appears when ONLY
three OF four are present.
Some Of the citizens say that just two
years ago = similar appArition clothed In
white was seen at the samS plaza II
manifested itself to great many in thu
cOnmu iity, aud some think it but a reap
pearance OF the old ghost. clotheI Ia
I 1890