Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1893-12-26
THE DEVIL.
An Over True Tale from New
Jerseys Metropolis.
WARNING 10 rAR Young NAIDExs.

Ooa,t Aceepe IDcoet ffw0 UnhnOwn Gal.
lanes-For Tsey nay Have Horns a.d
Cloven Hoos and vanisA in . Blue Flame
Alleged Tragic End - IN Adveature
That Il the Talk from Hoboken TO Com.
aanipaw.
NEW York, Dec. 26.-It would not be ex.
pected in the last days Of the nineteenth
century that any civilized community
would point to the alleged fact that the
devil Of tradition, with hoof, horns and tail
complete, had visited it ana vanished in q
blue fame, leaving behind Vim the tradi-
tional odor of birthstone Yet that is ex-
actly what happened in jersey City. From
Hoboken ON the north to Cosnmunipaw ON
the south and from the North river away
beyond Jersey City heightsend the Bergen
uplands on the west citizens are telling
each other the story that in response to the
prayer of a pretty young girl his Satanic
Majesty appeared in her own parlor, van
ishcd, and that the young woman was
erward.
Twas the Night OF Halloween.
1t seems the story started the night Of
All Halloween. A young girl, whose last
name is Hennessey, living in Fourth street,
in wild spirit Of fun walked backwards
down stairs at midnight, holding before
her face a handmirror, while she wished
three times that the devil might reveal to
her the face Of her future husband.
Whether she saw her future husbands
face in the mirror does nos appear, but the
story says she said cothing to her mother
to that effect. The next step in the story
was that Miss. Henncssey went with
young man to q dance q fortnight after
her Halloween experience and some time
in the evening quarreled with him and
started to return home alone. She had not
proceeded far when she YVES accosted by q
strange looking young man whom she
had never seen before and who asked her
If he could escort her home as she was all
alone.
The Young Man Was There.
She demurred at first, but finally con.
sented. Arrived at the house, the young
man invited himself into the house, but
Miss Hennessey became alarmed, fed up
the front steps, opened the door, and
slammed and locked it in the face of her
companion. She ran upstairs to her
mother, told her hastily Of her strange ad-
venture, and then both of them looked out
of the window from the second floor. They
were surprised, as they could see no one.
Going downstairs to their parlor, they saw
the same young man sitting unconcerned-
ly ON the sofa. At least it is said Miss
Hennessey declared then and there to her
mother that the young man sat there,
while Mrs. Hennclsey declared with equal
confidence that she could see no young
man in the room.
Had Horns and Cloven HOofs.
Eyes, there is." Miss Hennesey is de-
clared to have cried: ''dont you see his
cloven hoof and his horns in the hairs"
Then Miss Hennessey is said to have
shrieked several times IN a highly hysteri-
cal manner, whereupon Mrs. Hennessey
ran for either Father Kelly or Father
Mooney of st. Mary's Roman Catholic
church at Erie and Fourth streets. Re.
turning to Mrs. Hennessey's residence the
''young man. was still there and SO was
Miss Hennessey. growing more and more
hysterical every minute.