The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-18

ghosts would condescend 10 roam around
I and clank chains and do other blood
curdling things.
Col. Deyers well is Just an ordinary well,
| such as You find on almost every farm in
Virginia, similar in appearance to fifty-one
other wells on the plantation. The other
! wells, however, will not reveal a face. 1
| tried them ell, end so have others. The
causes that bring these curious shapes TO
the surface OF the water in the "spook well,
| whatever they may be, are missing in all
| the other wells on the farms. l cannot ex-
plain why 1t is so, but just have to give it
1 up, as did fifty theories thai suggested
| themselves TO me during the hours | spent
peering down in the well, climbing down
into the we'll and examining every inch Of
] ground for mirrors and other devices known
to tricksters and so-called mediums.
PASSING STRANGE.
1 left Kildare considerably more aston
| ished than when [ arrived. The story of
| the old gentleman who after listening to
| tough yarn Of which the narrator said at
| Is true, for / saw 1t myself" replied,
well, must believe it then, but l would
| not believe it il 1 saw it myself" occurred
| to me. saw the well myself, l saw the
things l have described therein, but am
utterly unable to account for them.
One Of the faces seen was that of the old
| gentleman with a skull cap. 1 saw it as
| distinctly as 1 have seen my own coun-
| tenance IN my mirror
DIR. Tudor" said Mrs. Deyer, and CDR.
| Tudor echoed Miss Grace Petit of Nor
| folk, one of the party engaged in looking in
the well at the time
Describe DIR. Tudor" said.
She gave me a description of him which
10 the most minute particulars correspondent
| to the face that appeared in the well.
Imagination plays a large part in these
sort OF sights, aud to make sure that what
| saw was not influenced by the EXPLANATIONS
| Of people about the well 1 had the group
| write on piece of paper a description of
| what each member saw In the well.
There was startling correspondence be-
| tween them all.
81 see a white coffin,n 81 see an old man
| looking at a white coffin, ~ see a coffin
and an old man." were the words they
wrote. What l saw was white coffin with
| a figure of al old man looking down at it,
In minute the coffin passed away from the
shadow on the water and Miss Petit said:
II wish it would come back with the lid
off,"
Look !" screamed Mrs. Deyer.
There was the coffin with the elliptical lid
| gone and under the glass could be distin-
| gushed the face and shoulder OF young
| girl The sight was too much for the nerves
Of Miss Petit, and with little sigh ard a
! shudder she sank in heap fainting.
All this time Miss Deyer had been hold
| ing the glass. l took it and holding the
back of the mirror toward the water
awaited developments. 1t came in this
shape: A hand holding Gala lily rose from
the bottom of the well and remained in
sight full minute
LOTS OF FACES.
During that afternoon a great many
faces appeared. Once the back Of a negro
man who had apparently been logged,
| with the gashes bleeding was the spectacle
| presented. There was something very
peculiar about some Of these visions. 1
| noticed, for instance, that the head and
shoulders OF man or woman would appear
| In one position, go away and reappear
/ again and again in half dozen different
positions. A profile view would be pre-
sented, a rear view, front view and top
view even. 1t seemed as If q recognition
was eagerly sought. | noticed that the
| flesh generally exhibited the peculiar ap-
pearance presented by the skin of drowned
| people.
Miss Deyer, who has acted as a medium
for most Of the people who have visited
| the we'll, scouts the idea that she alone can
get the phantom faces in the we'll, and
fancy she Is right. She has held the glass
| so long that her hand is steadier l noticed
| that when Miss Petit acted as the medium
her hands trembled 30 that nothing could
be distinguished.
| The use OF mirror might lead some to
suppose the objects seen in the water were
reflections from objects lying about the
place. Thought so too until had the mir
row held below the edge of the square box
that surrounds the well, totally shutting off
| everything outside of it, and still the acqua-
tic visions appeared. l thought that per-
| haps 1t was the mirror that did the trick. 30
| procured piece of window glass. and
covering 1t with dark cloth, went to the
well at O'Clock in the morning and tried it
| with the same result.
The morning experiment was taken with
| out the knowledge of Col. Deyer or his
family.
WHAT THE WELL IS LIKE.
The well itself is the one, as stated be-
fore, that supplies the household with drink
lug water. 1t is supplied with water by
! springs and generally has about 8
to 10 feet of water in it. When | was there
the depth Of water measured just feet
Above that to the top OF the we'll the dis
tance was % feet The diameter of the
we'll is 80 feet So clear is the water that
the white sand bottom can be plainly seen
when the sun is shining. | saw the bottom
distinctly and noted a few things that had
fallen in it. The walls of the well are Of
red brick, covered with moss, and over the
well, dangling from the end of the well
sweep hung bucket that might have done
for the model of the ''old oaken bucket" of
poetic fame. Col. Deyer told me that the
we'll was on the plantation when he bought
it in 1865, and he understood that the we'll
was originally dug in 1900.
The well has been cleaned every year, and
the time for cleaning the well is at hand
now, but Col. Dever says: "If that well is
cleaned will have to do it myself. There
is not a servant on the plantation that will
go near that we'll alone, and as to going in
it no money would induce them to make
the venture
As | drove away the owner of Virginia's
sensation said: "If you meet any skeptioal
people send them along shall be only too
glad to meet the person who will clear I'D
the mystery"
Here seems to be an opportunity for the
Society Of Psychical Research.