, 1891-04-16

NAaltaiions OF "A Ghost to the Scene OF a
Terrible Tragedy In "a Prison.
People passing the wOman's wing OF
the p~enitentiary on rainy nights have
heard moan and mutterings coming
from the washhouse, and a sound AS
II some n vas turning over tubs and
chairs. Most of the belatcl w~ayLarers.
on hearing the noise, have merely
quickened their pace and said nothing
about il.
The strange occurrence however. has
gained some n%otpriety in the nrighbor
hood, auda reporter questioned Deputy
Warden Grass about it.
what is it 2 said the deputy war.
deu Why, those gruius were uttered
b. ghost
a gho,tf increiulpusIy queried the
reporter
Yes, and II you will come with ms
/ will Introduce you to witnesses who
have seen it with their own eyes But
before w go | will give you a brief his.
tory Of how we come to have such an
~uucarthly visitor.
'On page 9G, book c.. prison rec
prds, is Inscribed Aug 3. 1855 Mol
lie Dinwood sent up March %, 1883,
two year, for arson. was killed at 9.t5
o'clock today. in the wash yard, by Sue
Fletcher. sent up two years for lar
'eny' The two women quarreled and
Sue cut Mollie's truat with "A small pen.
knife. IN forget the face Of the
,onr doomed wretch as DIS Eve and
Roberts bent ovcr her trying in vain to
stop the dow Of blood She wa lying
IN the v Of the old web moaning
md gasping for breath. She was past
human aid, and after a close examina-
ion DR.. Eve arose and said there was
10 hope We buried her aud Sue was
gwen ten years moro fof her murder.
Can the dead come back 1t is a
question hat has worried the brains Of
the scientific and thinking men of every
period, yet the question is no nearer a
solution O than 1t was II thousand
yeurs ago. Now, come with me and
you may hear the story Of those who
have seen the wrath Of poor MolIie
with their own ewes"
The reporter was carried to the WON
ans wing and talked to "a number OF
the women who claimed TO have seen
the ghostly visitor,
Sue Fletcher, alias Burton, the muir
deress, said, with wild, dilnting eyes.
She comes to me every rainy night
One night, about four years ago. she
came 10 my bed and stood for a while.
then said, The Lord has forgiven me
and | won't come any more She was
dressed in the old brown dress. with
white trimmings. but ! could see right
through her. After that she did not
come back any more until about a
month ago, when she came into my
cell and stood by my bed. moaning and
the blood dripping out OF the hole in
her neck / nm scared Of her and /
hate TO see ft cloud up, for she comes
every rainy night, and when I can |
get some n TO sleep with me, for | am
afraid to sleep alone.
Numbers of the women claim 10 have
seen her in the old brown dress. tloat.
ing over the well platform aud going in
and ont OF the wnshhousc. They say
that when sho goes into the washhousc
she turns over tub and keeps up a con
tinual moaning as II she was in pain
She has eve been seen In the day time
when it was dark aud cloudy wander
ing about the yard.
One popularity is that when spoken
70 by any one but Sue Fletcher she
disappears for an instant, then becomes
visahle in a few moments in some other
portion Of the yard. Her favorite place
is over the old well where she died
The spirit has been seen by the terror
stricken women TO tloat over the spot
for an hour at a time. Nearly all the
women have seen aud are afraid Of her.
and all swear that she is n haunt and
not a human being Nashville Amcri.
can.