Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-06-27

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Why sssund - 81 Ala1s baIl1isg,
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pssrio1ic Tense were batcAesed oy
Sasfa Anas soldiers, IL ghosfs 81 the
departed heroes, % soDe q thea, 30
ally those q Davy Croekest, Bowie
and Travis, ariss nd stalk aeost TIE Old
baIldinG VIII Tie measured trend o.
heavily Ard asd booted Den On gard.
rAese Oh stosies lave bcea hesrd for
years, bst sobedy, except Mexicaas, has
ever believed lit there wns anything
bot superstitios n then, bot sibce The
old baildisg has been dignihed, OF an
dignined, By Tie ne Of the soall nev
psrs on The side, shich has been built IN
since the faooas 1&hf, a. . poke sts-
tiou, some startling statemeuts have
been made With regard 20 the ghostly
perambulatioos Of the shades Of the
heroes, u it 10 the shades Of those gestie-
men, which are respoosibIe for the Al
Keyed goingson.
That parS Of the building where the
police station 10 located IL on the SIDE Of
the Low main building, and ais mp What
was Q hollow space With . window
where the xexicans finally broke 10 and
slaughtered the defeodeu. he window
u NOT very big, bat has doable iroo barr,
and the wall through ~hich it II cut 10
perhaps i've feet Thick. This opens d.
rrctIy frou the room where The two
mounted officers vho are detailed at the
station sif. Adjoining this Il . cell
room, which has been used Tor some
time, and since the police station has
been opened stories have been circulated
TO the eject that some prisoners uho
we're con6ped there 1t various times had
complained Of strange noises In the
main building, and always on dark.
niny niShts. Tbey heard walking and
the hitting Of muskets and chains.
The two policemen. who are ~ brave
a. policemen usually are, also Insist that
they have heard very strsnge sounds In
he main buildiDg, and always on dark
rsiny nights.
Ofieer Froebose stated to . reporter
that soon after the station was opened,
and when the recent hard rains began he
sas standing near the door alone one
night when be thought be heard some
one walking inside the main building.
II
and asked Who WAS there, but u Was too
dark to see. There VAS no reply, but
the heavy tramp Of boots continued for
come time. He said that be had heard
the sound often during the rains, but
xben the rain stopped the sounds were
heard DO more. The policeman said he
Vas not afraid, but he Was positive
about the noise, although he made 70
preten.e at explaining IL, and didn't
know whether IL MAS ghosts or not.
Other officers state that they have
heard Of the sounds, but none OF them
ever ssw anything.
The interior Of the old building IL In
badly dilapldaied con iition. The uppr
room IL separated from the lower one by
a rough floor and there are numerous
wooden posts supporting IL. The door
Of the lower room consists OF loose
boards laid on light sills. which rattle
when one walks over them. There
being nothing At all In the build
ing. the echo Il loud, aud Il Was sug-
gested BY the reporter that rats or cats
or some other animals might be respon
.ible for the poise, but the officers say
that II Is impossible that IL should be .
cat or any other animal.
The big officer who patrols Alamo
Plaza said that he had often heard the
story.
.Do you believe the sounds are heard!'
asked the reporter.
..Ob. yes; there's no doubt about It."
..How do you account for them
.weli. It's only the ignorant Mexicsns
Who believe II IL ghosts. Perhaps it's
rata" said the officer.
ut l. fact that negro prisoners say
that they heard people walking and
chains rafting all night, he continued.
..and Il IL almost impossible TO get
negroes into the cell. Some people sAy
that they would a. soon sleep 10 the
Alamo as not. but ] wouldn't do IL for
anything. There's been too many killed
in there for q man to feel comfortable In
the plsce. I'm not afraid OF ghosts. ]
don't believe In them, but tell you
wouldn't sleep 10 there"
The custodian. when asked, stated
that he didn't know anything about
ghosts In the place. The reader may
wonder Why the noises are supposed TO
occur rainy nights, but II be has read
faithfully. ~ every good Texan has,
the story OF the Alamo, he will remem-
Der that at the time Of the capture by
the Mexican butchers IL was stormy
weather, 80 that aside from the general
theory thst ghosts walk on dark and
stormy nights there IL ample reason Why
In this particular case the signing OF the
wind and the dash OF rain against the old
walls should cause them 10 get TO feel
Ing uncomfortable and 90 on military
duty against the be.iegiDg greaser'
again.