The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-27
A GENUINE GHOST.
A Camp Of WOTkmen Disturbed by a
Strange Appearance.

A Mystery That the People Cannot
Fathom- They Are Greatly Stirred
Up by 1.-THE Efforts Made to Solve
1t.
Sandersvine, Ga, Sept. 26.-Since the
18th inst. the people residing in the south
western portion Of this county have been
very much exercised over what the super
stitious inclined are content to term the
perambulations of some ghOstly nocturnal
visitor DR. L. O. Mcbride is having a
dam constructed across Bay Springs
creek on his place, where he contemplates
erecting a grist mill For weeks work
men have been engaged constructing the
dam and have stationed their camps near
the scene Of operations. F'orawhile things
went smoothly enough along, and many
pleasant hours were whiled away after
the supper hour around the bright glow
ing camp fire. They constituted an un-
usually mirthful crowd, but on the night
of Sept. ] g. while supper was being pre-
pared, and all were sitting around IN gay
hilarious mood, catching the tempting
aroma that arose from the cooking pots
something that looked like human form,
but which the instructive mind
of those around knew was not,
groups and quickly grasped a loaf of
bread from one Of the pans and as quickly
darted away in the darkness of the
woods.
a fusillade of shots was fired after the
retreating object and though every man
there is reckoned a dead sure shot, no
cry Of anguish arose on the midnight air,
and as silently and unobtrusively as it
came, it as silently and precipitately sped
along the banks of the stream.
a search was instituted but
was unavailing. All returned to the
camp mystified and retired for the night,
but their peaceful slumbers were broken
in upon by distressing and horrible
dreams of myriad CHASTITY forms, blood
bespangled and with fiery eyes looking
into their souls. They awoke in horror
and fright and heard Sizing sounds
around and deadly thumps against the
surrounding trees. Large lightwood
knots were hurled, it seemed,
with more than human force through the
air skinning the bark off of the trees.
Not a sound issued forth to disturb the
wonted stiffness of the night save the
whizzing noise and the duh thud that
followed the fall of the missile to the
ground. From whence the object came
none could tell. No footsteps were heard.
No swaying limbs gave way to retreating
forms, no twlgS cracked nor leaves
rustled beneath fleeing footsteps.
What was it, What is it now they even
ask. None have been able yet to solve
the mystery. Wednesday night was its
first appearance The two following
nights it again appeared and repeated
some Of its unnatural pranks. Every
time it fed as silently as it came as if
upon the wings of the wind while volley
after vOlley was fired from behind, but
not a single howl of demoniac glee, or cry
of pain gave responsive echo to the
thunders of the fusillade.
On one occasion a pipe was knocked
from the mouth of MIR. Emmett Cook, one
of the party and left him badly fright
ened, but not hurt.
1t is not "a very pleasant situation to be
sitting around a quiet camp fire and
have objects fly right by your
head and drop with terrible force beyond
DR. Mcbride and others of the party had
that experience. A hundred yards away
is an old settlement graveyard that has
been used but once in many years Uncle
Jimmy NOrthington, who died this year
at over so years of age, was inferred
there. The superstitious affirm that
this unwelcOme visitant is an in
habitant of this city of the
dead and that he is wreaking his vim
dictivenesS upon some member of the
party 1t is presumed that Mr.. Emmett
Cooke is the party upon whom this appa-
ritiOn is so eager to wreak its direfu
vengeance, as it has been several times
noted that il does not appear when Mr.
Cooke is absent from the camp, and has
not failed yet to appear whenever
he was on hand. People for miles
around go there at night, and
kcepwatch with the others and these I'M
usual and mystifying occurrences con
tinue and no one can account for them.
1t has created a great sensation in the
surrounding country there, and people
from distance are organizing parties to
go down TO DR.. McBride's and investigate
for themselves these mysterious occur
renceS.
That it is something out of the ordinary
there is no gainsaying