The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-06
FIRST WIFE'S GHOST
SHE REsENTs THE PRESENCE OF
WIFE NO. 2 IN THE BOYLE HOME.
Dead Only Two Months, and Came
Back 40 Warn the s~tepmother to
Care for Her Children.
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appears IS what Is known as baltimore NO.
2. a settlement OF Irish and Welsh miners.
who work in the Baltimore vein. The houses
are red company structures. and in one OF
them lives Cornelius Boyle. a young man
who is quite prominent in politics. having
often been chosen as delegate from his
ward to Democratic conventions.
Mr.. Boyle's wife died about two months
ago. leaving four small children. Two weeks
ago he married again. Mrs. Boyle No. 2
spent a very happy week with Der husband
while on their wedding tour. But since their
return she has led a most unhappy exist
ence. She has been haunted, she says, by
the first Mrs. Boyle. who. during the last
week, visited her almost every day. After
these visits Mrs. Boyle has remained I'M
conscious for several hours.
1 went to the place to-day and found Mrs.
Boyle in the house of a ~neighbor, the visit
she received from the spirit of the first
Mrs. Boyle last Saturday having caused
such a serious shock to her nerves that she
says she will never enter the house again.
Her husband. an intelligent young man
twenty-eight years old. was with her. and
two OF the children were playing about the
room.
Mrs. Boyle is very young for a wife, be-
ing hardly seventeen years old. She is a
pretty girl. She was Miss Sarah Cuttings
before she was married two weeks ago. and
lived in Ashley. near here. She met her
husband last ST. Patrick's day, and not
quite a month afterwards they were mar
ried in Phillipsburg, ~. j., by Rev. Father
Burke. The week following they spent in
New York, and last Moncay arrived at
Boyle's home in Baltimore No. p
Il was washing some clothes in the
kifih gs Mohday a arnIrie0nsd > MIS- most Pe sIps
gular feeling, as though somebody were
in the room with me. 1 looked around but
could see nobody. Then 1 went into the
returned 10 the kitchen all the chairs
and tables were upset, and my washing
Immediately they were thrown down. At
that instant there swept by me a figure of
no no. paTtis caM d ssaPe, except Rbe the FACE hea %as ana a
woman's, and had such a peculiar look
about 1t that l can never forget. IL was
gone in an instant. and / tainted
HE CALLED 1T A JOKE
1.-THE children called in the ~neighbors. and
after some time 1 was revived. When my
husband returned home 1 told him the
story. He called 1t a joke. and said 1 mag
ined it all. 1 tried to think no more
about IT.
T n next day." continued Mrs. Boyle.
IT was alone in the kitchen making some
bread when l again felt the dreadful, over
towering sensation IF the peculiar presence.
1t gradually grew IN shape until the head
was fully visible. Then 1 could see the
face. 1t was the same as on the day pre-
vicus.
"Then it gradually faded away, and again
the neighbors who were brought In by the
children thought / was crazy.
for rF my siste eG Of Th al9n nis int I ne asa fay told s my
husband about the ghostly visitor. My
nerves were unstrung and | was very much
me, and We began looking them over.
Among the books was a photograph al
bum He was turning over the leaves ana
explaining who the persons We're.
fore me was the face Of that ghost I had
before me that / shrieked with horror. Ny
husband. startled. sprang to his feet. and
asked me what was the matter. All l COULD
do was to point to the album, which had
fallen to the floor. and say, That face!
What about ito cried my husband.
1T is the same as the ghosts l man.
H was very much Mortified at this. and
why, that's the face of my first wifer
he exclaimed.
Then he believed what I had said re-
garding the apparition, for he knew l had
never seen either her or any photograph
Of her until he showed me the one in the
album.
tell her Of the ghost, merely saying / was
not we'll. That da~y-Wednesday-I stayed
4 AWAY from the KS(Cnen. NV Sister Qlu Ia
work. and nothing happened. So l be-
lieved the visits of the ghost were ended.
on Thursday my sister and 1 were in the
kitchen cutting carpet rags. Among the
old clothing was a Jacket of 'Jamesy's,
who is my husbands oldest boy. i took
il out of the bag to give to Annie. my SIS
'I leaned over to hand it to her. AS !
did so it was pulled from my hands and
1 felt the presence of the ghost, although ]
could see nothing. My sister then picked
the jacket from the floor.
HER SISTER SAW THE GHOST.
CAS- she did so the Jacket was torn from
her hands and the ghost stood before US,
the eyes blazing as though In anger. My
sister shrieked in terror and fell into my
arms. / managed to retain consciousness
and the apparition vanished. Both Annie
and l then went outside and would not sc
in until my husband returned home. Then
Annie went out TO Ashley. She was afraid
to stay with me.
THE next day was Friday and my hus-
band remained at home all day. In the
evening my husband went down TO the
store. and l began undressing, Jamesy,
Who Is oider tnah rne 11nsrs He wae v vert
naughty and L had 10 scold him. Then
put him TO bed and returned TO the sitting
room. As | entered the room the ghost
afraid of It, and though greatly frightened
/ managed to say.
hIal W. " vail
The ghost pointed one of its hands a
me. and. although / could not see the mouth
move, Ii spoke and said, Treat my children
we'll three times and very slowly.
"Mnen my husband returned a few min.
utes later | was in a faint on the floor
That visit decided US. and we agreed t5
another. / did not want TO stay another
day, but my husband persuaded me tc
stay in order to pack up some Of the goods
ms last day was yesterday. In the after.
noon 'Jamesy' was a naughty boy again.
him. Immediately the ghost appeared. i
seemed 10 come from behind the kitchen
stove. One hand caught the boy and pulled
him from me. while with the other hant
she struck me on the head. II was al
disappeared / snatched up the boy and raj
out IL the house. / went to Mrs. McLaugh
Inns. across the street.
You look i'll. Mrs. Boyle she said
.What is the matter? Why. your heaC
is all covered with ashes
Il put my hand on my head and ther
were ashes there. They must have CONF
from the ghosts hands,"
is a bright little fellow. about five year
terday afternoon. Me was a bad boy,
he said. "Sae shake me-" pointing to Mrs
Boyle. Then my maInma-not my new
mamma, my old one-come out from be
hind stove and pull me away. / haven
Mr.. BOYLE said he did not believe II
rhourc htr ha believes u-haf his urffo eayc