The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-12
CITY ISLANDS BIG GHOST
1T MOVES ALONG WITHOUT ToUcu,y,
THE GROUND.
Sometimes White and sometimes B,.s.-,.
Looks Like y Woman. bat Has No r.
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City Island In winter il dcsolate sno.
The Sound about II is frozen inches thicl ~.
the fishing smacks that make the SUNNI.
harbor q gay scene are fast and helpless. Cola
winds sweep across tho fiat waste. The sno.
lies unshovelled on the sidewalks. and bnll N.
houses are empty. About three months no.
Miss Allie Sturgis, rosy checked and IA ~
thereabouts, who serves customers with ,r,ss
rolls on the counter OF Webcr's bakery W..
much frightened by n spectral apparitiop lo,.
at night, which rapidly approached her over nm
adjoining field. This ghost, although II wo.
described by Miss Sturgis as u little one. u,.
much talked about, but now 1t has given placs
to another, a sia-footer.
The present ghost did not appear until IN.
bay between the town and Hart Island was
firm and solid sheet Of Ice. A week avo las,
Wednesday night 1t was seen first. A joll,
crowd had been shedding on the only hin in
town. behind the Post Office. Will Darling
was returning late from the shedding party.
cold. It was on Main street. but the RR,sV s,r raa
was deserted and dark. What 1t was he never
told, except that 1t wat white and tall. and
to touch it. He ran. and did not see the thipss
again. But that same night. it was said alter.
Telegraph MHss operator in the signal b pg1SiS,su "SIcss
and either pushed him or frightened him 50
fell from y push or because the creature
frightened him: the town folks say. sill later
ware H mereh hiIn' in mt town Day caught int sight sGa II Of + a ni i5i
grayish white something in the street opposite
Ltiyiness,s Hotel; 1t seemed to move along
cause he never knew. He, says, the night 81 was Sss
ds OK f Thar ns ssn n a1ssf ' sse iFst E, Collins saw .
Vail property. He could not describe the an.
tall and motionless.. His home was near by b
and he quickly got indoors, and did not ven.
dny' 0 aad po oa TSrn ~ Che ne Sis tG!a the se st9r ~ n ,Ss
others 1t created much talk. Collins told them
1t did not stand upon the ground. i seemed
all he had time to notice. On last Friday again
more fuel was added to the popular flame.
Eugene an9 3 ,l HaIlett Ta 1s coming niGhi !; h"me late !, night.
site Flynn's ice house at the Forks he saw
the same white apparttion. 1t was 9 good half
dredlyerd pSea.' He said ntd't next ss'' morning al g t tHnt
the white being followed him, rolling along
over the ground without seeming to touch i;
his townfolks that it seemed white and tall, but
as for other particulars he had no word to say.
Sunday nnH 1l nirh atm wh hes sPfi i wss W sss s same w sSo ea
though. is a question, for the ghost that Dave
Livi nS'sh saw w was Saw bl T. c q. even EYE 4 than s,1x the 1eI nigh.
IA uhiS io So" As ~ tOiu " " tpollo
that hs was never so completely scared in his
life. He was passing Won Liehn's Hotel, more
than half q mile from home, and on the bay
side by the, bridge: He was not thinking OF
ghosts at all whom he suddenly noticed some-
thing tall and black and strange on the bath
least, and looked like a woman's form, except
that he could see no face. He stopped, and
the thing moved toward him.. 1t seemed sus-
pended In the air. He could see the CLINT OF the
water In tho dim starlight under the spectre.
He was rooted to the spot in terror for q mo.
fore. He looked around and saw 1t following,
and finally when he reached his home he was
completely exhausted.
revolver. If she's layin' for mo III give her a
shot. l don't want to kill anybody. but that'sa
ghost. No live person could travel in the air.
When the reporter asked Justice of the Peace
Martin what he thought Of the scare, he said:
suppose some. one IS misunderstanding around
here. soaring folks. II II continues. Pm going
to get detectives out and sift the thing to the
bottom. 1t won't do to have women and chill
town is talking. about the thing. and n good
mnny superstitious people believe it."
Druggist Reynolds expresses the utmost In
credulity, but says he notices that tho girls
don't go out alone nights any more. and the
boys have their hands full escorting them. Mr..
worth q cent. but that those who have been
visited" are undoubtedly serious in their
fright. He does not suggest an explanation.
but he does not think 1t entirely a hoax. The
man who runs the combination shoe shop and
shop opposite l;eynolds's drug store
scared. Other. persons to whom the reporter
talked varied between incredullty and fright,