New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-21
DEATH on 4 PALE HORNE.
HOW GENERAL HOUSTON ORDERED OUT
THE TEXAN ARMY TO CAPTURE GHOST.

HOW GENERAL HOUSTON ORDERED OUT
TIM, rrxAN ARMY TO CAPTURE A GHOST
From, The St. Louis Globe-Democrat
one night in January in the year 1856 two or n
vonng men while at Il farmhouse not iar rom Olu
Washington Tex, Manufactured anu ouinea ebost
mat cost one negro the loss of leg ana caused une
President of the Republic to order OUT b cwcr
creatinc the greatest CONSERVATION a SnoSi W.
caused on earth These young men. one OF Whoh -
yet living. spending me nlghf Mi On mi his pIanta-
lion about two miles from the capitdl. lheE M ~
been hunting during the DAY ana Which jf' Was small
Isolated building located in a corner Oh we ioi ~
ysrd tbeV noticed a skeleton in an open closet IT.
aS me skeleton of very large man and perfectly
artcuated The night was niue Soiu. a,d himself
them remarked as he lit cigar ana se"'''
Tow 'i If we had jug of Bourbon, we would be
We'll. suppose we send after bottie?' SAID an
TO the objection that they had no one 10 se'o
send ,he stff holding his head toward the skele
ION nIust the thing" replied the first speaker MY
old white horse knows the ToaH Lo,,pheIis saloon
started he will go straight TO Jack Capipoe'i
They all laughed picture Of the the s 0ne on bem e
white horse came into their minds ana one q, er
Insisted that the idea too good to pass without
o and get the horse" he said, "and will write
The daredevil thinking a. To TO and Saced
Il in an envelope, The letter was sealed ana nu-
dressed TO MI rPhey then securely fastened the
skeleton 10 the well-cinched Spanish saaule ~ o U
horse did not much like the looks OF ms Iiuei an" III
wben he was turned loose he started toward 'he
town of Washington In galIop' eva, oonita, ~ the
PenThlic of Texas and a great crowd had assem-
bed in the town 10 witness '9nsreS Sioxjco The
and discuss the latest news from MeNNy' nc
ToHng men. after watching the horse and MS horri
ie-lookng rider fol moment Iua',gG is r1E as
back into the office without some ilSsiN
TO the result such peSe u in me
dcctors Comfortable Office before the fire when the
report of pistol reached ther @ learn mil the
am most day ynS ast WRa yeh appe @Ss w
An old PLANTER by the name or Homes VIZ hi
slowly along on his way back from town TO so iiS
home when he suddenly found himself as ne s ,
face TO face with a genuine ghost lie HH U. ivSD
sr him 70 see the hideous thing pretty plainly lie
was game man, but he a1terWaId s1i pitn ' horse
Was trotting slowly along, and there sat the grim I'm
monster bolt upright in the saddle re coa nd he
imasin@d that its eyes were two balls OF hre ns
shouted something but 1t Kept f3ig alu 70 draw
his pjstoI With shaking hand ana ilte ne HaSl a
and the report frightened me Ola VIII hen o The old
ne sprang forward In a gaI0p aIi9 ne sbakne
homes rattled as If the devil hmsel1 were sndhiS
them The farmers horse neTue he Wheeled in his
tcEs and started back TO town with the speed or
the wind Frs MT Close o hm and it looked the
Terrible monster reaching out l,S Iohs, oliS
IIis own horse happened TO be good one ana under
the double stimuant or irlsht anu iih soou as
c,lIrg
~ f,roor reached town he began TO fire the re
naming shots from his pepper-DoX ana sho~t i0i
If was early. and the stores were still open REQ
pie rushed the sidewalks; ana Wleh u uleS
and some terrible grinnng white object on VIM t
horse riding after him. they dd n9t Know VIA and
make of il. The negroes shouted Hho rs, am
then one man fired a shot at the thing That was
the signal for general uproar ana seen ~ qI V
citement and CONSERVATION such as Genera lious,,
ION said was never equaed outside of the inferna
regions" Mr. Homes would have stopped III i id
of the hotel but his frightened morse enter ,a,'eI
dirrerent ideas on the subject. and ran on AROUND
the plaza. 1T never occurred TO single HiulN Lu'
'1 Ton cry was in session the time and the
members rushed into the street supposine rn9 i
Uv Rad SURPRISED the capital In those unhappy
times every one carried arms. and as Farmer
Homes came around the second time WIN ms , mn
bair streaming in the wind and death or the devl
on his white horse in hot pursuit the Iexans
pmntied into the pack Of bones and they could be
heard rafting and cracking above Inc slehloil a
9n shot of the first voiey struck white horse
Hounds. of which there were ioity packs III 'i ~
the two steamboats, lying at me wharf I1rfn a"
The steam i'm the boats boilers INTO thelI WhslleS
the sa ar tT OF War. Order out the Rifles and
capture the thing They are not aira'u Vi 'i'e u''
Women and children were screaming and the ne
groes were praying At corner OF ne street 'mf
fell throwing Mr.. Homes sprawllng IN ule sam, ma
DER The old white horse. having nothing 10 iol-
low trotted around TO Mr.; Campbells saloon, saloon,
where he stopped and interested himself in kicking
az the hounds. The crowd including several Con
gressmen and men who had distinguished them ZEN
Selves i'm n dozen battles with MeXicans and md
fans ran inside and fired at the thing through me
I windows Not q man was game enough 10 lace
His Satanic Majesty and ask him what ne wanted.
These men were not afraid on the battlefield or
the field of honor. but the devil on his pale horse
possessed terrors that crushed all human forutude.
The strings with which the bones had been tled
IN the saddle had doubtless become weakened by
the great strain 10 which they had been subject
| ed and when three four monster DOodhounds
seized the skeleton they easily tore II loose and 1T
feli with A clatter upon the sidewalk. The whole
pack fell upon IT, snarling and yelping, and
dragged il about the Some Of the holder ones
peeped from TIE saloon and saw the saddle empty
and the hounds tearing white object to pieces.
/ and one into whose mind "A ray Of the truth had
crept said Let 90 and help the dogs TO Kill
General Houston. when told the true story,
I threatened have the three worthless eXied or
shot Mr.. Wilson, VINO is yet living says that ne
had 60 hide from Farmer Homes for long
time, and that he never did forgive him until they
met on the battlefield of San Jacinto in the follow
I ing ADri II is said that Santa Ana never laughed
but once while he was q prisoner in the Texas
camp and that this story as told to him
bv an American officer. 81 think" he said. that /
should have run away as the old farmer did, for
we are all very much afraid OF the devil"