Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-02-22
They Caught the Ghost.


Queer things have been happening in
the Broadway Central Hotel, at GIL
Broadway, for the past few nights.
Strange sounds of crying and shrieking
have awakened the guests at uncanny
hours of the night. A sheetcd figure
has been seen gliding through the halls
after the clock struck u, and the more
superstitious persons living at the hotel
have been ready to believe the place
haunted. Early on Monday morning
the ghost made its final and most sue
ccssful appearance.
An old gentleman, concerning whom
no particulars are given save that his
name is not Smith and that he had
spent the evening in the barroom, wan
dered slowly up stairs toward his room
and met white figure coming around
the corner in what he afterward de-
scribed as sickening glide. This des.
cription was given to u skeptical friend
into whose. room he burst two seconds
after meeting the figure. The skepti-
cal friend shifted the air and pre-
scribed cold towels and bed for
the old gentleman. Finally the lat
ter persuaded the other TO dress
himself and go out with him
spirit hunting. They searched the
halls for some time without result, and,
Just as the friend was telling the old
gentleman that he was drunker than
Christian ought to be, long, shrill
wall came floating down the hall.
There, told you so,' said the old
gentleman. The skeptical friend said
nothing, being attacked with cold chills
about the spine. Presently they heard
the voice again.
They're going to hang me" it cried.
The knife the knife Where is it?
Oh, l can't do it; it's all blood"
\ laugh that the skeptical friend
tried to call to his assistance died in his
throat as Young woman, clad only in
a nightgown open at the throat, came
around the ccrncr toward them. In
one hand she held knife. The night
gown was stained with blood from a
cut in her neck, and as the men stood
there looking at her she stabbed again
at her throat.
~ must do ii - she shrieked. ''They
are after me. They'll hang me if /
don't"
The two men were standing near the
staircase. They landed at the bottom
in heap. From the heap came yells of
murder ghosts police help !" -Four
hall boys and the night clerk rushed up
the stairs. The skeptical friend point
ed to the carpet, where there was
a spot of blood still wet. "Go for po-
liceman quick !" shouted the night
clerk, and q frightened hall boy ran and
got Policeman Ewing of the Mercer
street station. After a time the cries
were heard again, this time from above.
The party, with the policeman leading,
rushed upstairs, and there in a dark
corner Of the hall they found the mys-
teriouS woman.
She was leaning against the wall and
the knife lay at her feet. There were
three cuts in her throat and she was
weak from the loss of blood. She made
no resistance when the policeman led
her to room, and she obediently
dressed herself in compliance with his
orders. Some of the hall boys had
recognized her as the new laundress
who had been employed in the place
only n few days. She was taken to the
police station.
The prisoner gave her name as Kate
Hubap. % years old, at Jefferson Mar
ket Court yesterday. ''They were
after me 10 hang me-" she said to
Justice Voorhis. Ever since l came
there they've chased me around the
halls, and knew that the only way
for me to get away from them was to
cut my throat
The prisoner was committed for eX-
animation as TO her sanity.-N. Y. Sun.
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