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what Tsey Really saw.
For almost a week readers of tho Jersey City
| Evening journal have been interested and
thrilled by n story about ghosts Of the old witch
factory ut Marion. The New York papers have
thus far overlooked tho visits OF tho Marion
| ghosts, and the only news about them Is to DO
| gained from chronicles OF tho Jersey reporter
who wont ont to Marion ovcry night ghost hunt
ing. The Thing that he saw was always tho
same and always visited tho factory at exactly
the same hour each night.
The watch factory is close beside tho tracks Of
the Pennsylvania Railroad. II has not been oc.
cnpicd for a long time. but has been kept in
fairly good repair. It has been used for purposes
other than watch manufacturing at long inter.
walls. According to tho Jersey City Journal 1t
is n place where ut least one murder has been
committed. A man named John Wallace. the
story goes, was found dead on the third floor at
tho south end. Wounds on his body showed
that he had been murdered. This third floor at
tho southern end is where the ghosts have
walked Of late.
Tho factory Ii a gloomy, uncanny place after
dark. 1t has accumulated about itself during
the years when It has stood empty all the queer
psychic chill that hangs about q ruin. There
are few houses near It. and even those few arc
scattered. The streets are completely laid out,
and on a moonlight night one becomes impressed
with the presence OF invisible people and houses
on tho gaslit streets that are otherwise like
At $3.50 o'clock on every night lately, there has
been a demonstration on the third, floor. For
some time before that hour ghostly figures have
been seen fitting up and Town along tho long
lofts. One In particular appeared at the corner
windows. beckoning. with a long lean arm at the
hour q green blush light pervaded the room;
The figure was Joined BY, another. and
they seemed to struggle. The first one,
the taller Of the two. mado violent thrusts at
the short ghost and raincd down merciless blows
with revolving f~ull-arm swings of an axe or
similar weapon. In the confusion came a
t Esan aeSs st T iasi, wy % !sSs n sSs', h snd t SE,sS q and tho tho
upon the scene Of the fight; faces and varying
costumes were plainly seen. Then. at last,
there. would be a ~suffuscd red glow and all
witnesses say. there have been repeated cries
and means. Many believe they could have dis
tnguished the words II there had not been q
train passing on the other sido Of the factory ut
On Friday night the Jersey reporters deter.
mined 10 make a thorough investigation Of the
the fatal hour they went up to tho third floor
Of tho factory with Waterman Logan and three
big dogs.
windows Of the south cnd. Some OF them were
made by the headlight of the approaching loco.
motive. Others were made BY an ELECTRIC, light
on tho other side Of the railroad. Tho ghostly
crowd that gathered after the shadowy crime
were reflections OF the passengers in the train.
The blue haze and the red glow were train
lights. The reporters came down with O low
opinion Of the folks who had heard Vengeance
is mine; take that, and that!"
IL but Win commendaoie honesty the Jersey
story. Then the folks of the neighborhood, who
had all along refused to be interested In tho
what We have been trying to tell you all along,
but you wouldn't listen to u.s."