The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-03-28

dl,ied 10 the uss OF liquor. and on the
light OF The murder he left home prom,
Using 10 return early. At schwelgck-
hardt's saloon he met coneenlal
,ioRd There he imblbed freely and
discussed the events OF the day. and.
incidentally, "hoss" flesh. Finally Il
struck him that he had promised to 70
home early. and, like Rip Van winkla,
MOI counting this one. he steered for
home.
Atthe northwest corner OF the square.
near the Mount Pulaski house. he met
three men. who. so the story goes-a
travelling man accidentally overhear-
Ing them-oicrcd to sell him q horse.
He did not want horse. He had
enough horses Hut they wanted him
TO look nt Il. anyway He protested he
was going homo. They insisted on his
going 10 look at the horse. He went.
and that Is the last that is known In
thIs life Of Colonel Whitaker.
The next morning his body was Dis
covered In the south part OF town.
where the electric light plant Is now
situated. There were finger marks on
his throat. a cut on his head and the
ground showed evidences OF a struggle.
? liif pockets were turned wrong side out
-. Ills valuahleg and money, OF which he
was always supposed 10 carry n good
deal. we're gore. with the exception Of
/ a single $40 gold piece In his inside vest
. pocket. which the thieves had over
looked.
b Justice WIS rot very swift In those
4 days Ia Logan county. despite the fact
that some Of The greatest lawyers the
n world has ever known practlced before
!. hgi courts. Arrests were made, but no
!. one was convicted. Eventually the
y murder was forgotten, save by his fam
Il ily.
n On Friday evening OF last week q
z young man suggested to II. +. Lush
baugh that he had heard that the old
whitaker house WAS haunted and
agreed II Mr. Lushbaugh would &C.
company him TO the old house he would
enter a.
The merchant assented. and while
his young friend went 10 supper he So.
cured the assistance Of Otto Chrlstmann
and his son, Murray Lushbaugh. lie
directed them to retire to the old house
and when he and bis companion came
10 raise rrCai din.
Murray LufitauFh. who Is somewhat
OF genius. painted a canvas with Q
black background and a white skeleton
uron H. Mr. Lushbaugh. as superln'
tcndent OF ghosts. and Mr.. christmann
MS chief OF calcium. flashed wierd light
behind the canvas in front Of the darl
windows. They combined their et
forts with clubs 70 make the most un
earthly nolsca In the meantime Muir
ray Lushbaufh mingled with the crowd
apparently 90 Euch interested rs TN
most gupers,il.oua.
y While these men were doing thell
u ghost dance and myatliylng the people
W who collected about the house. grin
figure suddenly passed through th'
F." crowd. rushed straight up the pathwa!
2 and seemingly parsed through IN
? blood-rci wal,l OF the house.
= The calcium lights went out. weir,
blue flashes appeared running arounl
y the castings Of the windows and a ter
rife report was heard. "a reminded th'
y people OF thunder but the skies werl
= clear and the moon seemed to be laugh
~ Ing at the dirc1wniurc OF the iokers.
'o From out tho house with flying Zee
- and horizontal coaiiai,a rushed IN
w. cons9lraiora They bore swiftly dow
upon The audience" hu, mingled moi
p Tor the audience had melted even as n
'e snow gives way to the eager sun. A
r the last man departed he saw the stall
= wart figure Of Colonel Whitaker in N
~ open window Blue lights illuminat