The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-04
A WOMAN IN WHITE.
A Ghost That Haunts the RuinseOf IA
PIaYhomae.

From the New York Press.
Duluth, Minn-This city has on its
hands a genuine ghost mystery, which Is
causing no end OF comment, and nun
dreds of men and wOmen-people wifn
their fair share of common sense-who
month ago would have laughed had any
one mentioned ghosts, are now ready TO
swear to the existence of an uncanny fs-
ure in white which dwells in the ruins
of the Temple opera House, destroyed BY
fire some months ago.
The ruins are on the lake front a t Sec
ond avenue, east almost directly across
the street from police headquarters. Ever
since the figure first appeared, almost "a
month ago officers have been detailed TO
watch the dismal ruins, as II was at first
generally supposed that practical Jokers
We're at work.
Some Of the most Trustworthy officers
on the force have spent many weary
night around the abiding place OF the
ghost spirit, or whatever 1t may be- and
they all agree that there is no Joke about
1.-THE figure really appears several even
ings out of the seven, and after apparent
ly inspecting the surrounding locality,
disappears in the air, leaving not trace
behind.
A few courageous people have. on sew
eral occasions, remained all night inside
OF the blackened ana crumbling walls,
hidden among the bricks and debris with
which the place is filled. These persons
claim that the figure arises from a spot
almost in the center Of the Enclosure,
where two or three bones, supposed to be
Of dog, were found after the fire.
The figure is that Of a woman, tall and
slender. The face, II any face there be- IS
always hidden by the folds Of long, white
shroud-like garment, which falls grace
fully over the apparltion, revealing n slight
but exceedingly graceful form The ghost
appears as a rule shortly before midnight
and remains in sight for some ten or If
teen minutes. 1T seems to float in the air,
few feet above the ground and recedes
as fast as anyone approaches.
When it was found that the ghost was
not the result Of someone's practical iok-
ing many of those who do not believe in
the supernatural determined to solve the
mystery. They at first claimed that the
whte-robed figure was but hallucination.
But too many people had seen II with their
own eyes, so this explanation did not hold,
and new ones were sought for. Next il
was claimed that the swaying electric
lamps In the vicinity cast shadows which
be ghosts, but as the woman in white"
as the unearthly visitor has come to be
known, made her appearance just the
same when the lamps were shut Off, this
explanation fell as fiat as the first one
The favorlte nights for the ghost to ap-
pear Is when a gale Is raging or when a
big fire has been rung in. on these occa-
sions the figure Is palmer and more dis
tinct than at any other time. The "Wo-
man in white" has, apparently, no partic-
ular object in lowering around the ruins of
the burned playhouse She does not point
a long. bony finger at any particular spot,
nor does she seem TO have the appearance
of a lost soul waiting to be delivered from
terrible torment.
itualists have attempted to hold seances
with the ghost, but their efforts have not
yet been crowned with success, for the
ghost cannot be induced TO talk. The To-
cal papers have tried in vain to solve the
mystery of the figures appearance and
have now given up the work as useless.