The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-06-24
HER GHOST NOT LAID.
Mrs. MatsOn's Wrath Appears
to Mrs. John Monroe,
A White Woman Who Lives in
South Topeka.
The Ghost Says That Novels Did Not
Commit the Murder, but "a
Man and Woman Did"

The Matson ghost has not appeared
during the past three or four nights
The Lyle family is still holding the
fort. They are not able to move owing
to the serious illness of Mrs. Lytle's
mother, otherwise they would not re-
main in the house any longer than it
would take to move.
Mrs. Lyle received a call yesterday
from Mrs. John Monroe, a white wo-
man who lives at Fifteenth and Jeffer-
son streets. Mrs Monroe is a firm be-
lever in the theory that Mrs MatsOn' 5
spirit returns to earth. She claims that
she had a personal visit from the muir
dered woman recently and insists that
the Lyle family speak to the ghost
when II reappears.
She has something to say said
Mrs Monroe, and you should speak to
her. There is some mystery that she
wants to unraVel and that is why she
comes back. You are in no danger for
you have never done her any injury" "
Nevertheless Mrs. Lyle does not care
to hold a conversation with the ghOslIy
visitor. She says that when the noise
commences she puts her fingers in her
ears and is thereby spared the sensa-
ton of hearing the demonstrations.
Mrs. Monroe saw a Journal report
er. She said: 1T was rather late at
night when Mrs. MatSOn came to me.
I had gone to bed and Mr.. Monroe was
down town. She seemed to come in
through the door and stood beside my
bed. 1 did not know who she was for L
never saw Mrs. MatsOn during her life.
She wore a dark cOlOred checkered
dress such as they tell me she had on
when she was murdered. I said: Who
are you? She said:
- 1 am Mrs. MatsOn.'
Then remembered about the muir
der and 1 asked what she wanted.
D." Does Mrs. Perkins live here?' she
inquired.
Mrs. Perkins was the woman who
lived here before did and Mrs. Matson
n = nElrr ut
Then Mrs. Matson sat down on the
foot OF my bed and talked to me. She
told me that Novels did not kill her but
that a woman and man who live not far
from here did. She said that they got
her into their house when the woman
hit her in the head with a billy. They
then loaded her into a wagon and took
her home. When they got her there
she began to revive and the man hit
her In the head with an ak. She said
that was how the blood got on the door
frame.
That is the story she told me her
self about how she was killed. I never
did believe that the man they had ar
rested was the one who killed her.
That may be part of what she wants
to tell and the reason why she comes
back
and she said that they had been given
to a man whose name do not remem-
Il started to say something more. but
she went. She went away just like
that" and Mrs. Monroe snapped her
fingers.
She was asked if the form had gone
out Of the door and she said, 4 just
can't tell how she went"
Do you really believe it was Mrs.
Matson's spirit?' was asked. Il know
1t was" replied the woman decisively.
Were you not frightened?"
mo, I was not frightened There was
nothing 10 be afraid of. I knew that
re n
for had not wronged her in any way
and did not know her. I wanted to ask
her some more questions but she went
away before had a chance to do so
Mrs. Lyle is afraid but she need not
be for she will not be hurt. Mrs Mat
son has something to say and that is
why she comes back to her old house.
Some one ought to talk to her"
The old Matson house has again be
come interesting. The cOlored people
carefully avoid the place after nightfalI
and many a cOlOred man has walked
two blocks out of his way to keep from
passing the house.