St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-22
A GHOSTLY HANGING.
Buried Murderers Seen Again
SuSDenlad From the Tree.


Buried Murderers Seen Again
Suspended From the Tree.
Jeanuetta tTex.) Correspondence.
An experience of so remarkable and
CHASTITY character as to be almost in
credible. were its truth not vouched for
by five of the most respected and PROM
inent Of our citizens, was undergone
near here few nights ago. These gen.
tlemen. returning from hunt of sew
eral days. duration, were Overtaken by
night while they were still some miles
from any habitation.
On the prairie it is the easiest thing
in the world to become completely lost
and bewildered, SO it was deemed adj
visable to make for small clump of
timber just showing above the horizon,
and there to strike dry camp. This
was done, and the wearied-Out party
ty. building a good fire, wrapped them
selves in their blankets and were soon
asleep. But their heavy slumbers were
rudely broken into by sudden yell, so
unearthly and horrible as to bring each
sleeper intantly to his feet. Each ca
gerly questioned the others, but all had
been sleeping sOundly until reused by
that mysterious scream. and none
At last one of the gentlemen, Colonel
NJ, ventured the remark that at any
rate he was very glad to have been
awakened, ''for," said he. Il was dream
ing of most narrowing s ght. / thought
| saw three men being hanged by mob
to this tree under which we stand"
He was interrupted at this point by
each of the others stating, on his
honor. that he had been
dreaming the sam, thing. Colonel
nj. proceeded to describe the features
and dress of the men whom he had
dreamed of seeing lynched, and in every
particular the party was unanimous in
declaring that they had seen the same
in their dreams. A sensation of horror
became to be felt by all. for the matter
a curious coincidence. AS they dis
cussed it. some one observing that the
ground was very damp. put ont his
hand and rubbed it lightly over the
short, coarse prairie grass. re-
marking as he did so that it was
the heaviest fall Of dew he had ever
seen. But, as he raised his hand, to the
horror of the party, the light Of the fire
showed it to he dripping with what
looked most sickeninglY like blood. On
investigation this bloody dew was found
thick and viscid all under the tree be-
meath which they sat. This discovery
was followed by motion for an i'm
mediate adjournment, which found no
Opposers. but was adopted by the hunt
ers hastily and of one accord. collecting
the guns, etc., and leaving the belt OF
live oaks for the open prairie.
On looking back, however, they were
thunderStruck to behold dangling from
the limbs Of the tree mentioned before
the bodies of three men where mo-
ment before all had seen there was no
such thing. The light of their deserted
fire showed distinctly the swollen. dis
colored faces Of the cOrpses, with their
prOtruding, CLASSY eyes and distorted
features. and, whether it was the af-
feet of the Pickering flames or not, the
dangling legs and arms Of the dead men
appeared to dance and Writhe most hOr-
ribly. At this awful sight the party
broke into a run, and only stopped when
miles lay Letween them and the patch
of haunted oaks.
However, in the broad light Of day
several found courage to return, but
nothing was to be seen Of the specters,
or the Bloody dew, though the clothes of
the hunters bore unimpeacLabls evil
dence that the latter at least had been
there.
On hearing of the nights experience
of the hunters. Martin Caldwell, who
has resided in this part of the country
since the early days of Texas indepen-
dence, confirmed the story by stating
that three men had been hanged for
cattle-stealing in that patch of timber
during the fifties. and that their bodies
lay buried beneath the tree on which
they wore the hempen necktie.