Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-30

| klaf, in Russia Here he bad fallen
love with serfs daughter, who had
Russian bean. On the preceding mig
this latter had inveigled the young Tie
ton into the country. where he had sta
bod him, and then concealed the body
cave Off the highway. The JUST
know that his informant was poor al
had never been outside OF her natl
town, and he was so struck with {
vividness Of her description of v
tim, assailant, and location that
forwarded it to notary in Kiaf.
the mean time Carl Kraeme had be
missed, and on receipt of the drea
story. the police hunted for the cav
found IT exactly AZ located, and al
found the body with a wound corr
spending with that described in &
vision. The murderer vas at once &
rosted and the Widow Kraeme undertot
the long journey to ayenge her sol
death. Her recital IN court was vivid
the extreme, and she screamed wi
fright when she first saw the prisone
whom she identified and picked 0
from among a crowd Of men in a diml
lighted cell. She also identified Z
woman who was at the bottom Of &
trouble without an effort.
A GHOST As A BURGLAR.
4 ghost burglarized n house in Sol
Square, London, in the year 1904, in
most approved or disapproved fashio
and the case is worth reporting, althous
unlike those preceding, there is no expl
notion to the mystery. A gcntlemi
who appeared TO be quite wealthy to,
rooms IN > fashionable house in d
locality mentioned. A short time eftC
wards he told bis landlord that his broth
was dead and asked permission to brl
the body 10 his rooms while the arranq
ments for intermcnt were complete
Permission was granted, and handsor
coffin arrived, containing what appesrC
to be a corpse in long white shrou
The coffin was placed in the dinin
room. Next night, after all bad I
tired save the lodgor and servautmsi
an apparition appeared TO the latte
This appartion was tall spectre-li
figure with every appearance Of a ghoi
The maid rushed upstairs TO her master
and mistress room, followed by {
ghost, who mounted sentinel at Z
door, cOntortcd his features, al
waved his hands The maid ere
under the bed and her employers h
their faces under the bed-clothin
At this time a great noise like fun
ture moving was heard in the house, al
the three terrified objects came to &
conclusion that the house had bet
taken possession OF by a regiment
spirits. At last all was quiet, the ghC
had disappeared, and a search was mad
The house was found TO have BET
stripped Of every particle Of furnituI
and all the valuable family plate IN
gone, too. No psychological society j
vest gated the phenomenon, but {
police did, and the ledger aud tue sha
corpse were both hanged ct Tyburn.
AGHosT N COURT.
The Hammersmth ghost was quite
celebrated character at the commend
mont of the present century, and I
court records Of 1904 contain quito
good description Of him. For mont
tail, white figure haunted the Ian
and churchyard Of Hammersmith, now
London suburb, but then n count
town. Women were literally frighten
to death, and many men developed
speed in escUping from tho phanto
which they had not hatter
themselves upon possessing. An an
ghost league was formed, and all I
able-bodied men in the neighborho
took part in q vigorous. not to say vicioJ
hunt for the cause of the alarm, III
vigilance committee was unsuccessful
foralthough its members caughta glimT
Of the phantom it appeared to have t
power Of vanishing at will, and no TT
could catch IT. Finally, the wife OF o
Francis Smith was crossing the churc
ward at dusk, when the ghost appear
and chased ner home. The poor WON
was completely overcome with frigl
gave premature birth 10 child, O.
expired. Smith smarted for reyene
and taking his shotgun, went out IN
the night TO lay the ghost. by this Tn
it was very dark, but Smith could d
Germ something white moving across t
church-yard. Without delay he fire
and found TO his horror that he had sh
a neighbor who was wearing a VIII
dust coat. Smith was arrested, convit
ed. and sentenced to death, but was n
executed, and was soon released fIc
prison.
wITcucRAFr BEFORE JUDGES,
Among the many cases on record
which alleged witches have been CO
demned TO death, there are few In viii
any Jona-fde evidence was broug
forward against the miserable wretch
whose doom was sealed before tn,
arrest. But the official records OF I
trial Of two widows Mt Bury ST. /
munds, England, in 1862, speak of @
dence Of a most remarkable kind. Thu
when three Of the complaining witness
came into court to swear informatlo
they fell down in fits. and after screa
ing were struck dumb, and remain
so until the conviction, when tn
Immediately recovered the power
sneak. The evidence at the trial "
very lengthy, and the amount of G.
roboration was quite tedious. Pair
aches, and other troubles we're spoken
and the Chief Justice. who seems to la
been a humane man, decided TO put t
prisoners to the test in court. The rev
iations were so extraordinary that t
Jury convicted the prisoners, who We
duly executed, "whereupon the sund
and divers persons who had been !
witched and troubled did regain the
wonted yigor, and SO remained un
their death by natural and prop
causes.
AN INNOCENT GIRLS ESCAPE.
In the year 1850 a young wom
named Anne Green was tried at Oxio
for the murder of her child. The e.
dence was very unsatisfactory, and mai
believed in the innocence Of the 81
But she Was convicted, sentenced to
hanged. and duly executed. Aft
hanging half an hour the body was C
down. placed in a coffin, aud sent to
house 10 be dissected. Although d
rope had not been removed and h
moose was still tight, those who open,
the coffin observed a movement of d