Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-01-23


Was said to BE Haunted--The Story of an
LAile From Salvador.
We were eating dinner ono night on
Che old cargo ship and talking Of the
happenings at sea and on shore that are
called supernatural when the captain
said:
'One secs some things at sea not su.
pernatural which are fit to make a nerv.
Gus man SEQ ghosts. There was that case
In one Of Green's liners to tho colonies,
where man was Sent down to clear
out the chain locker. The locker had
seemed foul all the passage home. and
so they hoisted out the chain and sent
this fellow down with his brush and
| soap and bucket, with lamp, to clean
1t cat III wager ho saw guests for a
yo@- after that, lor when he'd got down
| On his knees to begin scrubhing he
found himself bending over the skull of
a dead man.
&" 1t was most likely . man that had
slowed away cut in tho colony and had
becm caught under tho cajio when they
were running it down quickly, and so
had the life crushed out OF him
However, did know Of q case that
seemed supernatural right enough. 1t
was in the Demerara trade, and 1 was
acquainted with the first officer of the
bark where it all happened.
In the first place, whilo she was out
there loaded and ready to sail, tho cup
tain had trouble with one OF the seamcn,
who drew out his knife and stabbed him
to death then and there The mate after
ward took her home, but on the way q
passenger took to ailing in some mysteri-
Gus fashion and up and died very sud-
denly.
''Of course she was haunted ship
when she arrived home, and so the
owners had her name changed, and she
was refitted and painted up entirely
different from what she had been. Then
she sailed away with new captain, but
on the way out he took to drink, and by
the time she reached Domerara he was
off his head and killed himself with a
revolver.
''Now she was haunted, sure enough,
IL yOu COuIl DOll6NO buO Allln
you, after she was refitted the mate said
never word to the new captain about
what had happened in her before, and
even when a new captain came out from
home to take charge of her, believing
that the last captain was naturally
drunkard, instead Of one who had taken
to it after coming on this ship, this first
0He eos1 a hnnot,rn l,ol lsI
not believe in ghosts or even in future
state.
However, the first night the new
captain was on board the trouble began.
The captain at about O'Clock went tc
his room and retired. An honr later he
was calling the mate and telling that
he had gone to sleep and then had been
awakened by light in tho room. On
opening his eyes he saw short, thick
set man, with side whiskers, in the
armchair at the desk, leaning over, with
his elbows on the desk, holding his
head between his hands and saying:
'Oh, my poor head Oh, my poor head' =
"That was enough for the mate. He
left the vessel that night with all hands
This new captain knew nothing of the
style or manner of tho one who had
killed himself, and yet the picture
ghost or what you may call it-in the
chair was the image in appearance and
dress of the suicide and had complained
Ia precisely the words and voice Of the
dead man. +"
This brought ont the story of an exile
from Salvador whom the narrator met
in Guatemala Having got into trouble
with the authorities, Senor Don sebas-
tian Mojarieta saved his life by fleeing
10 Amapala, Honduras, as many another
exile has done, aud there taking al
steamer north 20 San Jose, Guatemala
A friend Of his who was involved Ia
like manner was t0 have reached Amap-
ala by different route Ia time for the
same steamer and 90 prevent any posi-
bio delays MOlarieta engaged statoIQoms
and secured passes from tho Amapala
authortias for his friend aud hinself a.
soon as he arrived But tho steamer day
came without his friend and M0leFleta
was Obliged 20 sail alone,
"At tho usual hour, ap tho hFst night
ont, ~ tho story teller Went on 'N MO
jaIieta retired Rnd went % sleep hni
had n0 sooner do4ed 0ff ihap he aN uke,
hearing his friends voice, As ho tays
la tho AaXt slalaf0Qm, which he hAa
supposed 30 ho empiy Leaving ms berth,
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