St. Paul daily globe., 1889-10-25
TRUE STORIES OF SPIRITS.
The Strange, Unaccountable and
Mysterious Things Occurring in
Different Sections.

The Strange, Cnaccountable ana
Mysterious Things Occurring in
Different Sections.
The spot near Independence, Mo-,
where Quantrell and sguerillas buried
the treasure they stole from Lawrence,
Kan, in their famous raid, is guarded
by spirits who have thus far prevented
all efforts at recovery. Recently. when
searchers began digging, they were ap-
palled by strange sounds and then saw
blue lights appear and disappear With
startling SuddenneSS. Then a score OF
CHASTITY forms surrounded the men
threateningly. The Spectres were hab-
tied in soldiers garbs with Quantrell
and his stern viSage at the head. Not
desistiHg, the diggers received shocks
like electric bolts, after which they fed
to Colorado Springs. Similar occur
ences have overtaken all the treasure
seekers.
Mrs. Jane Simmons was told by Bloom
and Hedges. two unsuccessful treasure
seekers, that woman would secure i'm
munity from disturbance by spirits in
seeking for QuantrelFS treasure, and,
therefore, on Monday. Sept. 9, that
woman pluckily approached the clumD
of bushes beneath which the treasure is
reported buried. Mrs. Simmons ad-
vanced and was leaning far over the
bushes, spade in hand, prepared to
strike the earth, when suddenly as
a flash she started up and fell heavily
backward as if from blow from an un-
seen hand. Bending over her,, Bloom,
who had rushed forward. found that she
drQHOnd EhnT
to a carriage in waiting. Over the
bushes scintillating lights flashed and
f1ickered in changing eOlorS like
dance of spirits in eXultation.
A new oil we'll just below Titusville
is pumping 800 barrels daily. Mr..
Watson, the owner, put it down by
spirits direction. The spirit of Daniel
Crossley, who was cremated in an oil
fire, urged him, he says, for three
months. against his will, to buy the
land. The spOOk wouldn't be denied,
and one day gave his hair right good
pull that almost lifted him bodily. Then
It squeezed his nose when it got him out
of doors, sometimes on. the right side
and then on the left, until it Steered
him to the spot he wanted to purchase.
To be released of butfetingS. and in
sheer desperation, Watson bought the
land and sunk the we'll. and is now get
ting rich at the rate of 5000 or more a
day. .4 a.t...; ....
A gas iet which escapes from the
creVices of a rocky ledge near Barbours
vile. KY, known as the "Devil's boil
ing pot" was ignited by William Dart
one day last week. 1t emitted a bright
blue flame. Returning to the place
about midnight his horse stood still and
trembled with terror. He himself was
transhxed TO see form ten feet high of
most bideOus aspect bending over the
flame. Its body was of bright red, and
from its mouth were emitted bright blue
flames, which were transformed into
serpents which writhed and hissed in
the air. Presently several little impS
with blue coats of flame wrapped around
them began sort of dance around their
chief, in the midst OF which Dart sue
ceeded in turning his horse back and
starting him on run, never stopping
until he reached home,
of Montgomery. Ala, loved her brother
James, aged sixteen, who lived in
another city, above everybody else.
She woke up at midnight on Aug. in
terror. and with Outstretched arms,
shrieked: ''Oh, Jimmy, you'll fall"
Then she sat bolt upright. and with ter
TOT depicted on her face, she cried out
in agony to her absent brother. '"Oh,
you're dead; know you're dead" and
tainted away. Two days later her
parents received word that at the hour
named James had been killed bv falling
down an embankmenJ with train.
Almost every night since then Minnie
aWakes at midnight and talks with her
brothers. spirit. plainly visible to her,
but unseen by every body else.
About five miles from Aiken, S. c.,
is well to which young woman. last
June, went with pitcher to draW
water. As she set the vessel on stone
post, to get the bucket, flash of light
ming came and killed her. That pitcher
still remains where she left it, and all
efforts to dislodge it have proved vain.
When people start to take it they are
filled with an unaccOuntable repug-
nance and even horror, and hastily
90 away. SOme folks, filled with bra
vadO. have hurled stones toward it,
but the missiles girdle around it or fly
Off at tangent. One man tried to pelt
it with brickbatS; he might as well have
thrown a rock at sunbeam. A reck-
less inebriate went boldly to grasp it;
his arm was paralyZpd and now hangs
useless at his side. Scientific men say
it Is magnetlZed. The negroes declare
it is possessed with devil. Everybody
asserts that it had better be let alone.
Thomas J. n. Stewart, of 1888 Frank
lin avenue. Columbus, o., recently lost
his wife. About a week after she was
buried he was awakened at night by
ber voice calling to him, Thomas, get
me out of the water. I'm all wet" He
slept, but was awakened by the same
call. and repeatedly until daylight. The
next night he had the same experience.
He was well nigh worn out
for want of TepOse. The third
night his dead Wife'S appeals
were continued and appalling. He
told some friends and they determined
to visit her grave at Green lawn and see
what the calls meant. When they
reached the coffin the meaning was re-
vealed. The ground above it was wet
and soggy and beneath the box was a
bed of water. On opening the lid The
coffin was found full of water and the
body of his wife floating. They at once
remedied the trouble and returned
home, and from that time on he expert
enced no further visits at night.