The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-29

"'You broke into stores and robbed
honest men, / went on.
The others planned them all! Mercy,
mercy!'
And where are your wretched COM
panions in sin2'
Hiding from the police
" Tell me their names and where they
are
Yes, yes, | will tell everything,
And give up the stolen money!
Here is my share of it
AS Stegall said this he took a roll of
bills from his pocket and threw IL on the
floor
- Now the names of your companions
and their hiding places
The frightened wretch gave the names
OF four wellknown crooks and told where
they were hiding.
THE CAPTURE.
Before had a chance to get any more
out OF him the ghostly figure To which he
mad confessed, as he thought. vanished as
suddenly as il had appeared As the
hight faded out of the room Stegall rose 10
his feet and uttered an oath. | closed on
him, and before he realized what mad hap
pened | secured the roll of bills he had
thrown on the floor, had him down on the
stairs OF the haunted house and on the
way to the police station.
HE was still trembling in every limb
from the effects OF his fright and did not
say word, but he was perfectly sober by
the time ne faced the sergeant. While
the latter was taking his pedigree some
mixing Of the true situation dawned on
Stegau, and turning 10 me he said /:
mat was -- fine trick you played on
me!
He was locked up. and getting some
I ha1 oil ,,. ,,,g,,,
he had named in his confession in custody
before morning. Enough of the stolen
property that could be identified was
found on them 10 convict the whole gang,
but one of them turned states evidence.
Stegall, however, would not repeat the
confession ne had made to the ghost, ana
was never able to learn any more of the
case OF the old man who went into the
river The entire gang went to Sing Sing
for long terms.
But about the ghost As soon as |
had all tho burglars safely in the tombs
TO await trial l determined TO make a
further Investigation of the haunted
house. | went there alone one night, and
taking up n position in one corner of the
room whore the spook and ] caught the
burglar l waited for my assistant to APP
pear.
AT II 80 o'clock sharp the same white
ASCeN ils NAC tdiliC Oub VI inc wall dDDu-
rently, as suddenly and as silently as be-
fore. This time | was not frigh tened, for
the ghost was my friend. The figure
glided across the room without stopping
holding the candle high above her head.
"While the dim light of the candle re-
lieved the darkness of the room, | used
my eyes 10 good purpose. I thought !
saw the real solution Of the ghost mys-
terry, and the following day satisfied my
self that | was right. On the second
floor of the tenement house, next door to
the haunted house, lived an old woman
who was in the habit of going to bed
every night at II 80 O'Clock In her room
there was window directly opposite one
in the ghost room of the haunted house.
On the opposite side Of the old woman s
bed chamber stood a large mirror AS
she crossed her room rObed for sleep with
candle in her hand this mirror would
silhouette her figure on the wall of the
dark room in the haunted house
The night the ghost captured the bur
glar the old lady had heard Stegalrs cry
of terror and stopped to listen. She
stood long enough for me to get confes-
sion ont of him -