The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-04-01
North Sedalia Excited Over the
Nightly Meandering of a Lam
tern Carrying Ghost.
The Weird Appearing Object
has Been Seen for two Weeks
Going Every Night to the
Grave Yard.

Dread prevails in North Sedalia.
Africa is excited and overwhelmed
with fear. The ,,pickaninni-s and many
Of their pogeutJrs are raid to leave
their dOmicI es after twilight. A
weird. ghas,y SEPARATION has posses
son complete OF that section of the
city. occupancy Is supreme, on
the beat it traverses. Even the
night guardians of The towns peace
IRE aver,e to patrolling that
vicinity. AMI all on account of
spnok who has taken charge of tie
outlying suburbs in that part of the
CT "
About two weeks ago, persons
whose business or pleasure, called
them 10 the vicinity of the hollow
which runs from the west side of
Parmalse's firm, northeast, past the
co 'ored graveyard and to the new
cemetery, reported that a mysterious
light was noticed, being carried aong
that route at about The witching hour
of midnight. The firsL observer, a
coiored man, said that he saw the
liz Int at a dis nce and at first thought
it was vehicle of me kind sp-
preaching. On getting closer, the
glim assumed the outline of a person
carrying lantern. As the light still
came nearer, it seemed to be support
ed by some object clothed in grave.
ike habilamen's. He did not Tiger
to further satisfy himself mr. cid he
stop OF the order of his rspii escape
from the locality.
Since then the apparation is sail to
have appeared at about the slme hour
every night. IL has been seen h.
scores of The residents near ahou..
His ghost>hip follows the same line If
travel End disappears on arriving at
the upper cemetery. No one has V t !
been near enough 10 the spirit to give !
any understan, ing description of tie |
make up" But all sgree as 10 tie !
swe-impressing spectacle. From the |
letails of the light carried by the
visitor from the other world, as given,
t would seem as though it was bril-.
isnt enough to make an electro arc
Iluminatvr pale in the gloom.
One colored man said to
he BAzoo reporter, that pee I,le
al ed it "Jsck-o-my- an
ern;" but L tells you that it amt
hat. Use seen lots of Jack-O N.Y.
anlerns down in Georgia, hut they
lever went along the road like that
host over in the hollow"
What causes his "supernaturalness"
o make North SedaIia the place of its
midnight peregrniatioDs at this time
annot be ascribed. That his ''spook-
ness is here it is not safe to express
oubt, over In GLOVER town." The
enizens believe it and are firm V con.
1nced that the spirit of some party
Tho was foully dealt with when ON
arth, and in that section of the city,
as returned from the other side and
J on the lookout for the ones who did
ne deed and to square matters.
Twilight sees, to a large degree,
forth Sedalia in a state of s,ege. I
lOthers have no trouble in keeping
he youthful members of the family |
ithin doors, neither do they them. I
lives venture far away.
If the mysterious and prerun:able a
,cupant of the spirit land under u
ands English and reads the BAzoo, 8
Which is without doubt The case,
aving been here two weeks warming
given to HE away soon, as measures o
e on foot to put stop to the un- r
emily wanderings, which are inter
ring with the peace and quiet of
items i'm that portion or Town.