Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-04-17
HAUNTING A MuRDEREss.
v~isitations OF a Ghost 10 he Scene OF =
Terrible Tragedy in a Prison.

Terrible Tragedy in a Prison.
People passing the woman's wing OF
the p~enitentiary on rainy nights have
heard means and mutterings coming
from the washhouse, and a sound as
If some one was turning over tubs and
chairs. Most of the belated wayfarers,
on hearing the noise, have merely
quickened their pace and said nothing
about it.
The strange occurrence, however, has
gained some notoriety in the neighbor'
hood, and reporter questioned Deputy
Warden Grass about it.
'TWhat is itr' said the deputy var
den. why, those groans were uttered
by our ghost"
"A ghostr incredulously queried the
reporter.
Yes; and if you will come with me
/ will introduce you TO witnesses who
have seen it with their WI eyes. But
before we go l will give you a brief his
tory of how we come 10 have such an
unearthly visitor.
ION page 90, book c, prison rec
ords, Is inscribed: Aug. 3, 1888. Mol
lie Dinwood, sent up March 26, 1888,
two years for arson WAS killed at 9:15
O'Clock today, in the wash yard, by Sue
Fletcher, sent up two years for lar
ceny.' The two women quarreled and
Sue cut Mollie's troat with a small pen
knife. I'll never forget the face of the
poor doomed wretch as DIS Eve and
Roberts bent over her trying in vain to
stop the flow of blood. She was lying
on the cover Of the old well moaning
and gasping for breath She was past
human aid. and after a close examina-
ton DR.. Eve arose and said there was
no hope. We buried her and Sue was
given ten years more for her murder.
''Can the dead come back Ii is a
question that has worried the brains of
the scientific and thinking men of every
period, yet the question is nc a
solution now than il was a thousand
years ago Now, come with me and
you may hear the story of those who
have seen the wrath of poor Monie
with their own eyes"
The reporter wa carried 70 the wom-
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, dilating eyes:
she ome 10 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 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. / am scared Of her and /
hate to see it cloud up, for she comes
every rainy night, and when / IA l
get ONE one TO sleep with me, for | am
afraid 10 sleep alone"
Numbers of the women claim 10 have
seen her in the old brown dress, float
ing over the well platform and going in
and out Of the washhouse. They say
that when she goes into the washhouse
she turns over tubs and keeps up a con-
tinual moaning as if she was in pain.
She has even been seen in the day time
when it was dark and cloudy wander
ing about the yard.
One popularity is that when spoken
TO by any one but Sue Fletcher she
disappears for an instant, then becomes
visable 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 float over the spot
for an hour at a time. Nearly all the
women have seen and are afraid Of her,
and all swear that she is a haunt" and
not a human being.-NashviIle Ameri-
can.