Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-13
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CONFEDERATION PRODUCED Is DrFFER-
Est OFFICES nv Tnr APPEARANCE
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ono Of its southern routes. The story,
rs told by one Of the operation, Il a
peculiar one. Every office has call,
that IA, Denver Is known n ID, Boulder
~ q, Colorado Springs n CO. About
two weeks ago Denver was called from
an office which signed Az. Now,
there u no such Office In the state,
hence the case became mysterious
The chief operator went TO the key
aud asked tho strange office " give
his full name. This he refused 10
10 until they were ready Ia ~.
ceivo his message, claiming that his
was relaying or repeating Office, and
that he was sending matter from "k.
s." or Kansas City. The case was a
strange one, aud he was told TO go
ahead. A message was sent, but no
such party rs the one addressed lived
Ia this city. As the message was sent
collect, an Investigation WAS Instituted,
aud when Kansas City checked back
u was found that no such matter was
ever sent from that office.
The mystery decpcned.
Nearly every night the office called
Denver, but the persons n whom the
dispatches were sent could mover be
found.
The case was desperate one.
Last week the following message,
marked "rush," was sent;
grave was my Ia man easy who rust
Ia noi my will timo I on dociphcrud
Garth, j. drank message considerable
this aud until one divide. night or was
rldgoway killed continental on the what ~
l. known known IL ~ what the On con-
Il
vide. one Until and this considerable.
message drank IL earthly deciphercd On I
time will my not In rest WHO cn-y man In
my was grave. tLAKSAii u
a ruzzLINo CIPHER.
Now, this message was meaningless,
and though the entire force Of the
oillcc was put 10 work upon II, itlcould
not be worked out. II was something
they could not understand. IA. H."
Office certainly possessed fast sender,
who signed ak. N" most peculiar
signature. "K.N." never opened his key
On Denver, while no onc In town
could take matter ~ fast ~ he rushed
II In. lie roasted them ffightiully. No
one could read his mysterious message,
aud one night he asked II they could
not take II 10 one OF the cable clerks. IL
was done.
II wins of no use.
Finally "a. H." bcgaa TO send
81, D." al, g." forward, backward,
either way, o. X.
All
The night clerk gra-pei the message
and this Is the way h. rad II. Follow
ing what he thought were the lnstruc-
A. l..I Ina
the first and thiri, ilfth aud seventh
words, aud NO on, which made the dis
patch read like this
was a man who IN my time on earth
drank considerable, and one night was
killed on what II known n the contl-
mental rldxcway or divide. uniil this
message Is dcclphorod ! will not rest easy
In my grave. II. u. HAsKALL.
A ghortl
A spirit on the wire!
A spectral Opefatorl
Cold chills chased ono another down
the backbone OF those present. Beads
ofswcat stood ON Tie brow Of each.
with nervous hand aud faiut heart,
the chief operntor opened his key and
said:
"Don't 49," Don't understand.)
Quick ~ u Hash, the sounier rattiei
back the following, In the best quality
OF Morse they hal ever heardi
WIS tolcgmphcr who at ono lime
worked In New York state. aud In 1850
caught tho gold foyer, and cnmo West.
As said. I drank considerable, aud .onc
night, IN u drunken briwl | was Killed
uu the old Pueblo Trail, TOW miles from
what h now Palmer Lake, on tho cont.
mental divide. My spIrlt has roamod
about aud until mako known the cause
of my death. cannot rest In my grave.
Tile telegraph pole from which | am
snndiug this T. planted directly over my
grave. the butt Of the pole resting on my
breast. will call You up regularly for
three nights, aud II raise you, answer.
My message reads backward tho sauna ~
forward. IL.
A couple Of operators laughed at
this, aud the sounder clicked heavily
ala, ha," aud they heard the circuit
close.
The two operators swore that some
one was fo0llng them, and they volun-
teered TO search for tho date over the
spook's grave.
Two days later found them walking
over the road the other side Of Palmer
Lake. AS they rounded q small hill
or divide, one Of them who had been
counting poles, remarked that they
were fifteen miles nom the lake, and
they snt down 10 await developments.
They did not walt long, for Ia few
moments they felt u strange feeling
creep over them, aud then translated,
they saw something that they
are not likely ~ forget. From
the bottom Of the hole they
were watching, they noticed u dim,
blue light. A white yapor arose, which
gradually assumed the shape OF u man
In white, holding In his right hand u
telegraph key.
When he reached the top OF the pole
no quickly cut the wires and began 10
telegraph something, and In few
minutes he slid down the pole and
disappeared.
When tho operators returned TO
Denver they found the following
message that the operator had sent;
"Your two investigators here. They
have seen me. Farewell To earth. 1
have been heard and seen. l am salts.
fled. Good bye. H."-
Denrer Ae'es.