Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-19
HE CAME BACK.
! GENUINE CASE or GHOST re
PORTED IN BUTTE.

Peterseu. the SWede Sulciuo'
nd Haunrs and Comrades-His Dress
.ha Shroud-He Talks.
Rutte has had experiences OF all klnds
and it's citizens have been called upon 10
face all manner of things material, u once
or twice there has been ID proposition that
snooks were abroad in our midst, but when
a careful watch was set and due inquiries
made, the intangible visitors have tailed TO
materialize. Now, however. we have q gen.
uine ghost and a modern one at that. Ii
has not been long enough in the spirit land
to get well acquainted, which may IN q
measure account for it's presence at It's OLD
haunts in Butte. One thing is certain those
to whom the spirit has appeared, agree IN
saving that 1t is most well behaved, ever
though it maj be an unwelcome visitor. 1t
does not upset tables, throw around
chairs
MAKE NOISES
or do other usgentlemanly things, but con-
tents itself with entering it's old haunts,
taking a quiet look around and then de-
parting in good shape, but in the orthor-
dox manner OF ghosts. The apparation in
question is the spirit of Petersen, the
Swede tailor who committed suicide some
months ago. At the time of his disappear
ance he had just left the employ OF the
Bonner Mercantile Company, and as will
be remembered, after his remains were
found in Horse Canyon they were taken in
charge by the Tailors' Union and given due
Christian burial. The men evidently
thought hat six feet OF earth would hold
the poor fellow down, but recent develop
ments, If the men have not been fooled, go
to show that the resting place to which he
was consigned was too narrow and that he
preferred to roam around even if he did
not have good clothes. The story of the ap-
pearance of Petersen is told by Tom Hogan.
a brother tailor and still an employee OF the
firm. According to this gentleman Thurs
day night OF last week he had to remain in
the shop until a late hour to finish some
work and was all alone, or rather he sup
posed he was, but upon looking up he was
startled to see Petersen standing near him
clad in
THE WHITE STROUD
in which he had been buried. According to
his own story Tom recovered himself in a
second, took a good look at the ghost, sat-
isfied himself OF it's identity, and then in
the most natural manner accosted it with
the inquiry, What in the HI are YOU
doing here" To this there was a response,
IT amt doing you any harm, am l." and
as Tom could not dispute the proposition
the conversation ceased, although the spirit
remained at it's pest. The workman was
cert ain that he was in the presence of a
materialized spirit, and yet it flashed
through his mind that he might be the vic.
tim OF a practical joke. and he turned to
see whether the doors were locked. That
turn was a foolish one. forduring the second
that it occupied
THE GHosT VANISHED,
how or whittier, he is unable to saw. but
he is certain that it did not 90 out OF a
door or window, for a minute examina-
ton showed that all modes of egress were
duly secured. Tom finished his Job cogitated
over the event and decided to keep his own
counsel, in the hope hat there would be
iarpher Development. He only now regrets
that ne did not continue the conversation
a little further with a view of ascerta ining
how things were in the other world or that
he did not tackle the visitor and find ont
now much OF flesh and blood and how
much OF spirit there was. The next night
the uneasy Peterson clad in the same
robes, paid a visit to a c~ountryman who
was at work, but was not so sociable with
him as he was with Tom. In fact he rather
ghtened him although he spoke not a.
WORD, nor did the host who it is said heat
hasty and
UNIDENTIFIED RETREAT.
the third night be again reappeared, the |
victim this time being Nelse, another good
COOKING tailor, but who preferred not to en-.
lertaln unlimited visitors. Since that time
inc tailors have fought shy of the shop late
u night, and it is not known whether the
'nost mas been around or not. Just what
oolect 1t could ave in making thesa re