Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-12-14
Photographed a Ghost.

A Wheeling, w. Va, correspond
ent of the Richmond Dispatch saws:
The appearance of the astral orsplrlt
encasem-nt of a man who had bee
dead more than a year, in photo
graph made with a kodak, was the
cause for the almost total suspension
of animation on the part OF Mr., a;
Allan Wheat. Of this city. he had
made a lot of photographs of people
and things about the home OF his VIE,
near DapviIle, Va. and he sent them
to the kodak factory TO he deVeiopeu'
and received them back today.
Among the lot was q group COM
nosed of his wife, his father-in-law,
Captain Haase. Miss Maude Halcolln
and his brother-iu-law, Master Charles
Haase. The picture was taken AT tle
home Of Captain Haase, about ten
miles from Danville, aud was made by
the usual pressure ofthe buttonabout
three weeks ago. When it WAS taken
the party were ranged about the We
randa of Captain Haase's residence,
the sun shining brightly, aud Mr..
Wheat, who operated the camera,
was stationed about forty feet away.
Mis- Halcolm. who lives near Captain
Haase's residence, and who Is atrlend
of Mrs. Wheat, called on the day III
question, aud a. it was the first time
she and Mrs Wheat had met since
the death of Miss Halcolm's brother
Charles, they naturally talked about
him considerably. After dinner the
party repaired TO the veranda to make
the pic .ure. Nothing unusual was
noticed by any one, and no further
thought of the picture was given by
Mr.. Wheat till today, when he opened
the package from the kodak factory,
when, to his amazement, he found q
perfect likeness of Charles Halcolm
standing Immediately back Of his
sister on the veranda.
The figure of Mr.. Halcolm and his
head is four times as large a. those
Of the other persons i'll the picture,
although he is further away from the
camera, being in the extreme back
ground. He wears the clothing which
he wore in life-a stiff hat, tilted back
to show his forehead, as was his Gus
tom; "a turnover collar. with q small
black bow; black coat, and white
shirt. He appeared to be coming out
of the double doors at the back OF
the verauda, although the picture
shows the door TO be closed, he Is
smiling, and appears to be in the
best of humOr.
Mr.. Halcolm died of typhoid fever
little more than a year ago. He
was not spiritualiStic believer, nor
was he interested in such things.
His family were hot spiritualistic
people. nor is Mr.. Wheat or others
who were present at the time the
picture was taken. Mr.. Halcolm
was well known in Wheeling, and
nearly all his acquaintance have
seen his picture today and all recog-
nizpd it, Hundreds of others have
seen the wonderful picture, and sew
eral photographers who have been
called in are unable 10 give any eA
planatlon of the phenomenon.
Mr.. Wheat, who made the picture,
is the head Of the firm of Wheat "
Haucher, jewellers of this city, and a
man Of stability and merely took the
camera along on his recent visit to
get some views of his wife's old home
stead The negative plate is in his
possession, having been sent back by
the people who developed the pictures
1t shows the same figures as the
photograph.
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