The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-10

| ~ w a. tHou OSC4lcQ 10 WdlC anu make n
descent upon the place if the ghost appeared
the next night. This was accordingly done
About . O'Clock there was a glow shining
| through the chinks of the old walls and in
a few minutes the ringing of the hammer
was heard.
With many faltering steps the doubters
approached the building. but ON arriving
| within few yards of the place the light
suddenly appeared, the noise ceased, and all
was quiet.
| Every evening since that time the same
| phenomenon has taken place, until now
there are no more doubters, for all have
come to believe in the ghostly blacksmith.
The children are afraid to pass the shop
| going to and from school, and make a de-
| tour of nearly a mile in their efforts to
| avoid the place; women are lOath to leave
their homes after dark, and even the men
| avoid passing the shop.
Inc whole village is in great alarm, and
many OF the Inhabitants declare that if the
| vlsltations do not soon cease they will make
a tire of the shop and bnrn it to the ground.
DARBY GHOSTS HAUNT THE OLD SLAVE
PEN IN BALTIMORE.
From the Globe Democrat.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20.-The engineer and
| watchmen in the old custom house building
| here have reported to the collector of the
| port that they have been annoyed and
terrified at all hours of the night by strange
sounds and uncanny sights in the gloomy
Underground corridors and chambers, and
that they want the trouble investigated
One Waterman declares that if his beat is
not changed he will be forced to resign, as
he cannot stand the ghostly strain upon his
nervous system.
The building used for a custom house was
at one time the NOSE famous marine hostelry
on the Atlantic seaboard. In those days
slavery and slaveholding was at its hight,
| and Baltimore was the scene of wholesale
dealings in human beings The center of
the slave trade was in the building in ques-
ton, then hotel, magnificent for those
time. che walls were built up of huge
stone blocks, and the dome is supported by
massive marble pillars brought from over
the sea. Here the old slave traders used to
stop, and there business was carried on in
one OF the open courts on either side of it.
Indeed, it is supposed that the original old
slave block is somewhere, about the place.
In the cellars, which run under the whole
structure evidences sofo slave traffic still
remain. These cellars are perfect laby-
rinths of stone cells, with stone walls from
two TO four feet in thickness. In these the
slaves were kept. the docile ones ia large
rooms with strongly barred doors, while,
for the refractory ones, there were dark,
noisome dungeons
Waterman William II. Parker tells this
story of what he has heard "Last night |
was all alone in the building. l was sitting
in the 'pen,' the hollow square under the
dome. around which are arranged the
clerks desks, when the noises began. The
first thing | heard was the doors slannming
upstairs. Thinking that some of
the other watchmen might have come in
without my seeing them, l did not notice it.
But the clamoring continued. 1t sounded
as II 1t came from the rooms leading off
from the first gallery. 1 could see
these doors from where 1 sat, but
could not see them move. Still
they slammed got up and looked
had been looking were suddenly banged.
The next thing heard was a noise as If
some one was trundling a wheelbarrow
about. called out, but there was no reply.
The sound of my voice echoed through the
vacant rooms, and I thought heard some
thing rustling, then there were mutterings
and whisperings in the upper galleries. 1
could not make out what was being said.
TO cap the whole I heard a woman's voice.
1t began to sing an old southern song"
Another Waterman states that he saw q
colored man covered with blood in one OF
the lower galleries one night. Then there
is the clerk up in the record Office. He is
up on the third floor, and he has STAY to
there all day alone. He wants to quit He saws
he finds his papers all scattered over the
floor. He has told the collector that he
would rather take less money and have a
position downstairs. No one wants to
change with him. John Hornes, the fire.
man, says he went TO look after the engine
one morning alone. The door to the fire
room was shut. He tried to- open it, but
some one pushed it back from the other
side. He weighs 225 pounds, too, but the
door was slammed back in his face.
The firemen bank the fires and leave them
over night. One morning they found the
fire blazing up and 200 pounds of steam on.
Fresh coal had been put on. Another time
they found the fire all raked out. Who did
it no one knew. They don't 90 down in the
fire room now unless there is two or three of
them. One man says he saw a colored man
in the basement with his throat cut, but he
couldn't find any trace of him afterward
The collector says that, while he cannot
believe the stories, he will have thorough
investigation made
A GHOST IDENTIFIED BY A PHOTOGRAPH
From the Pittsbuyo Dispatch.
SCOTTDALE. Oct. 1l.-Wbat is said to be
a haunted house is situated at Andersonville.
half mile west of this plate. The house is
said 10 be visited by the ghost of its former
owner, and for that reason family has Just
vacated it, The house has been visited every
night this week by many persons DESTROYS
of seeing the ghost. They say that in watch
ing the residence about 10 O'clock at night
you will see curious light CLEAN forth
from the upstairs window. Mrs William
Mier, who occupied the house until few
weeks ago, and vacated it on account of the
fear of the supposed ghost, relates thrill
ing story Of her adventure.
She says that about a week ago, late at
night, she went upstairs and was Mortified
to see the face and hands of what she
thought greatly resembled a human being
1t frightened her to such an extent that
she tainted. When she revived she related
her story to her husband. He laughed her
to scorn, but a few days ago she induced
him to go upstairs at stated hour and see
If he could see the supernatural being. He
complied with her request, and was amazed (
to see the same face and hands, which had |
every Indication of human being. The |
supposed ghost resembled an old man, and |
as the house was owned and occupied |
by Jacob Anderson, who died a few
years since, great many people thought |
it was probably his ghost Accordingly, !
Mrs. Mier, whe IS a stranger in this place, |
visited Mrs. John Golsboroug1, who is a |
daughter Of the late Jacob Anderson. An |
album was given her containing Ander- |
sons photograph, which she quickly recog-
nized on sight. Mrs Mier never saw Ander- |
son, and the moment she looked at his |
picture she recognized it as being an exact
likeness of the face she saw in the old |