Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-01-11
Saint Maru's Beacon


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was a man apparently of As or so
years Of age, with s face so Drowned
by exposure it reseinbled tanned
leather. His hair was long and his
costume showed that he had lived
longer in the wild and woolly West
than any other section.
With measured strides he walked
up and down the platform, and
was for some time an object of
curiosity by the people who hap
pened to be about the depot. His
little, sharp blue eyes danced rest
lessly up and down as If their pos
SCISSOR was accustomed to keep a
lookout in cases where such pre-
caution was needful.
There was something so out of
the common about the man that
the reporter approached him and
engaged him in conversation. lie
seemed rather glad of an oppor-
tunity to talk. In response to AZ
inquiry he said that he was on his
way to Fort Leayenworth, Kan,
and showed a ticket to that point.
lie had missed connection and was
waiting for the next train. lie
said his name was John Il. Kane.
When asked the question il he
did not have large fund of stories
of adventure which happened to
him out West, he chuckled, and
rolled his quid OF tobacco from one
side Of his mouth to the other.
SEEN MANY QUEER THINGS.
"1've seen a good many queer
things out in the Western country"
he said, "but about the queerest
thing that ever happened to me
was out in Arizona.
Seated on one of the benches out
side the waiting-room he told the
following story, which he declared
was true in every particular.
81 used to be in the United
States Army, and was stationed at
Fort Bowie, Modoe county, Ariz.
At the time l was there the fort
was garrisoned by two companies
Of cavalry and one of infantry.
The fort was and is one of the most
important in the territory. Situat-
ed to the northwest of the post, to
the southwest of a peak called
Helen's Dome, about half o mile
from the divide between this and
Bowie Knox is gold mine rich in
ore. AS it is in the government
reservation no one is allowed to
work it. 1t is called the haunted
gold mine.
"Several years ago there were
two Boston men who went oat to
Arizona to hunt gold. One of the
two was killed and his body buried
in the mine. This fact was not
known at the garrison, and the APP
partitions which appeared one night
could not have been creatures of
the imagination.
AFTER GOLD BY NIGHT.
"Having heard that the mine
was rich in ore, / determined to
work it by night, as it was not al
lowed to he worked, and no one
would bother me in the night. So
one dark night l provided myself
with revolver, q lantern and some
tools, besides some other things
which | thought might need. On
arriving at the mine / sat down to
rest. Presently l heard a slight
noise, and on looking in the direc-
ton of the divide | saw two forms
like men. l Instantly grabbed my
revolver and watched them. The
moon was just rising, and l watch
ed until the light shone on the two
forms, and when it did | saw that
they were black. / watched them
q few moments, and TO my horror
saw that they both had horns stick
ing straight up out of their heads.
Presently they ruined away and
returned in few minutes carrying
what seemed to be the body of a
man. They laid it down on a large,
fiat stone not 10 yards in front of
me. perceived that it was :
white man and that he was not
dead. Both the figures, which |
shall call devils, danced around
him and flourished their knives in
the air for about five minutes, but
1T seemed to me like as many hours.
My heart seemingly ceased to beat.
The cold perspiration stood on my
forehead, not muscle in my body
moved nor did | tremble. | sat
there like a man in a trance. Then