Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-17
THE KENTUCKY WHITE HoHs
raintsviiic Hesiden,. Greatly III
turped by What They rhink ~
Phantom Horsc--irishtencd III
Hysteries-which one was ix,iies

Paintsville. KY, Feb. l5.-Onc OF n
strangvst stories neara IN this .Jclnif'
Tor some time was brought IN - ~
| gro VINO lives IN the lNttcr ncisnuol
mood, about sixteen mnes troni tnI
town. IL 10 4 case whicn. " true. uu1
hydcs the famous Dr. .ckyl ana AlI
hyoo story VI the late hc0crt Loud
stevenson.
Az the story goes. the farms ant
fences OF the Hitter vicinity nave bncl
seriously DISTURBED OF late py wat al|
pvAred 10 the eyes OF the farmers ~
niKht 10 bO an immense White hurAA
WIN bell around IT'S neck II Wal
me largest ever seen IN The couutrN
NO one could get within 200 yards n
the animal before Il would run uwas
~ the same time neiphing and whicli
ering loud enough TO awaken the I'D
tire neighborhood, IL would be tracked
III the anytime to an immense swan
ana there, just as the creek bank wa1
reached. all traces OF Its footstops
would disappear. Some people besa
10 think II a phantom ana the nuveIts
OF seeing Il died away.
Adjoining the residence Of Mr.. Rltto1
WAS small stock farm owned by
negro VINO possessed a black Atahion'
The stallion refused to stoy in his HtaI'
at night. regardless OF the weather. M
was turned ont Just before shutdown u
The evening and a bell tied around hit
neck so that he could be found IN th(
mornings,
Last Thursday night the white horse
was seen by some school children earlN
in the evening grazing quietly In neiy
ahout a quarter OF mile away. Af
thcy walked nearer, the strange objec3
seemed TO have melted Ia the air, ~
Quichly ana myEttriously was It's dial
appearance, That night the who'll,
ueighborhood was frightened almost
into Mysteries by the etrangeAt and
most narrowing sounds ever listened ii
ny human cars. OF course 1t was thG
horse but they couldn't understand hid
apparent distress. About II o'clock, WS
Thompson lle0rin was returning rfGns
Palnisvillc In his buggy, he WAS attack
ed By the animal. which az that time
was wearing q bell, Tho ilght was des
prratc, bur finally llrmiu got out his'
pistol ana, after having emptlcd evety
chamber into the animal, the horse fcli
by the roadside.
Hcraln was afraid to get Iout OF bis,
buggy, so he drove 10 his home and
awakened two or three OF his friends.
who heavily armed themselves and
walked back TO the scene OF The atrugd
glp There lay the horse, as dead az.
animal HE ever gets 10 be- In shanei
aud form he was the handsomost ana
NAL thcy had ever examined Theral
were no slgns on HE skin to chow that'
ne had ever BEEN worked Mt all, elthtr'
under the saddle or In harness. Hal
weighed about 5000 pounds. and was
admirably proportional lie was un-,
the horse that had noted
so strangely IN that community for the'
past three months.
The following morning everybody lnl
me helhhborhood Went 20 have look;
Mt me white horse. Among the others
was the negro who owned the blaclsl
stallion. AS soon as he saw the bell mel
at once said that IL was the one which,
ne had placed around his hlati. stall |
Hons neck the evening before.
since that time the Negroes horse hasl
failed TO make his appearances, and AMI
traces of him have been lost And
now since the supposed phantom lioiwe
has turned out TO he real flesh aud
blood, the people remember. that no,
tor single time, was the black stallion