The sun., 1893-06-14
GHosTs IN IHE ALAMO
Weird Stories OF the Place where Davie
Crockett, Bowie. md Travis Fell.
IRON the Sin Aafoni, Ddtp Erpren

IRON The Sin Antonio Ddfip Erpres..
There 1. legend among the, Mexieans that
around the old Alamo building. wnere. in
1896 SO many bravo and patriotic Texans
ghosts Of the. departed heroes. r 1 or some OF Of
them. notably those of Davy Crockett, Bowie.
ing with the measured tread Of heavily armed
and booted men on guard These old stories
the F but
there was anything but superstition in them.
bn5 since the 9ld building has been dig;
new part on the side. which hns been built in
since the famous fight. asa police station,
the shades. Of the heroes. il It is tho shades OF
those gentlemen which are responsible Tor the
That That part o. The building where the police &c
ma badnS snd s Gn tsS what sS S
anaiiy broke in % and siSushterSa ] tie the dofenders
ron ana Rs the vsay wa x iRfoSsh I IS
cut is petbaps five feet thick. This opens
ofcers who are dota led at the STALLION sit.
Adjoining this room Is small cell room.
which has been used for some time. and since
have been circulated to tho effect that some
prisoners, who were confined there at various
main building. and always on, dark. rainy
nights, They heard walking and the rafting
policemen usually are. also insist that they
building. and always on dark. Rainy nights.
Ofcer Froebose stated to q reporter that
soon after the station was opened. and whom
the recent hard rains began he was standing
near the door alone one night when he thought
he heard some one walking heavily inside the
the grating and asked who was there. but 1t
was too dark to see. There was no reply. but
time. lie said that he had heard the sound
often during the rains, but when the rain
stepped the sounds we're heard no more The
policeman said no was not afraid. bnt he was
positive about the noise. although he made no
pretence at explaining 1t. and didn't know
whether 1t was ghosts or not.
Other officers state they have heard Of the
sounds. but none of them ever saw anything.
dilapidated condition. The upper room is
separated from the lower one by n rough floor
port porting It. The oor Of the lower e room Moon Consists
Of loose boards laid on light stills, which rattle
nonS when sns az XIs The ih the ens feE
and it WAS suggested by the reporter that rats
GREATS or some other annals light be respo4-
impossible that 1t should be II cat or any other
that he had often heard the story.
DO you believe the sounds are heardr"
asked the reporter
...3h. yes: there's no doubt about it"
How do you account for them p
Well. it's only the ignorant Mexichns who
believe it is ghosts. Perhaps it's rats" said
1T is a fact that negro prisoners say that
they heard people walking and chains rat
ting all night" he continued, and 1t is al
most impossible to get negroes into the cell.
Some people say that they would as soon
sleep IN the Alamo as not. but wouldn't do 1t
Tor anything There's been too many killed in
there for man to feel comfortable In the
place. I'm not afraid Of ghosts. don't be-
iieve in lhem. but tell you wouldn't sleep
in there
The custodian. when asked. stated that he
didntknow anything about ghosts in the place.
The readers may wonder why the noises are
supposed to occur on rainy nights. but IL he
has read faithfully. as every good Texan has.
tho story of the Alamo he will rememh her that
at the time OF the capture By the Mexican
butchers it was stormy weather, so that aside
from the general theory that ghosts walk on
dark and stormy nj ghts there is ample reason
why in this particular case tho si..hing OF the
wind and the dash OF rain ainst the old walls
should cause them to get to feeling uncon-
Portable and so on military duty against the
besieRing greas ers again.