The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-07-23
WHAT A LIE E!
QUEER DOINGS IN A HOUSE ON
LOMBARD 81 Rect.
Legs Without BOdy..A Dwelling
that can Show up More Startling
Horrors Than Amy Other
Place.

markable things.
Mrs. Henry G. Jones. a young
bride, who resides at 2040 Feni0n
street, yesterday related to a Times
reporter her experiences during the
three months from January to
April which she resided in the
house, 1894 Lombard street. Mrs.
Jones, who is an intelligent, pre-
possessing lady, and an accomplish
ed musician, said:
in the early part of January OF
this year Mr.. Jones, who has since
become my husband. rented the
house, 1894 Lombard street. and
sublet to others. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ingalls,, Miss Mossella Davis. a
young music teacher; Miss Bell
and Hiss Beatrice Cassen we're the
occupants. The last named was
myself. !, was Miss Cassel. befDre
( was married.
when were You marrisd?>
Il was married to Mr.. Jones in
this house June 8, 1890. by Rev.
ThOmfs Williams, of St. Thomas
Protestant Episcopal church.
y have heard through Othess
that you could not live in the Iona
bard street house on account OF
things happening there to brighten
and annoy you
Sister and | went there last jan
uary. Mr.. and Mrs. Ingalls, also
had a room there. Mr.. ingalls, is
bartender at the Ridgeway house.
Soon alter sister and I rented
rooms in the house we took In Miss
Mossella Davis, a young music
teacher. Henry q. Jones, oar
landlord, whom / afterward usr-
ried, is in the service OF the Penn
sylvauia railroad. He would come
there occasionally in the day time
A MAN WITHOUT A BODY.
The first thing that happened
that set me to thinking was one
afternoon soon after we got there.
| Was coming up the cellar steps
with bucket of coal when / sIw q
part Of Mr.. Jones in the kitchen.
He was apparently walking toward
me. AS l assembled the steps fur
Their, to my horror | saw it was
only Mr.. Jones' legs that we're
coming. His boots were nicely
BACKED and adorned with brightly
polished buckles. | knew they
were his legs by The trousers he
wore, bur all of the body was miss.
ing down to within six inches OF
his knees. they appeared to be
cut off as by sharp razor. His
legs walked past me, aud / could
distinctly hear his footsteps. /
was very much troubled at the
time, and feared that Mr.. zones
had met with an accident on the
railroad.
Some days sitter, while Miss
Mossella Davis and [ were seated
in the dining room, five men came
tramping in, all strangers, and.
without speaking, marched down
the cellar steps. We w;uted
minute or two and then went down
to see what they we're doing. when,
to our CONSERVATION, they were no :
where to be seen, having utterly
vanished.
1T was winter time, the cellar
windows were all fast. and we never
found out what became of those
men. Soon our neighbOrs informs
ed us that the entire row of houses
had been built on graveyard be-
longing to the Fourth Presbyte-
rian church. at the southwest
corner of Twelfth and Lombard
street, and that in excavating for
the cellars several wagoRloads oil
human bones had been exhumed.
They also said that several Of the
houses still contained graves in the
cellars, aud that the bodies hac
not been exhumed.
A GRAVE IN THE CELLAR
we Immediately investigates
our CELLAR. and found 80 the foo
the welldefned outlines of asgrave
the center slightly sunken, and
sharp, clear cut crack running
around the entire outer edge. Mis-
Davis and | got a shovel and