The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-03
ON THE
CAPTAIN WEBER
DR.. Mccall and Frank
Boley Are Now Play
ing Franks.
Walters Assert That They Have
Seen Both Men Twice
Since Their Death.
Act Over Again in the Stateroom
Their Last Night on
Earth.

Negroes are the most superstitious peo-
pie in the United States, and those en-
ployed on the steamer Captain Weber are
no exception to the rule. They swear by
all the saints in the calendar that the
spirits Of DIR. James c. Mccall and Frank
Boley hold high revel in one OF the stern
wheeler's staterooms between the hours OF
II and A. NJ.
The two men go through what one OF the
walters calls "a Cherokee war dance"
Then one of the men lies down and min
ute later draws flask from his hip POCKET
and takes q drink. He puts the flask close
to his left hand and goes to sleep.
The other spirit remains around for q
time and then starts to get to bed. 1t
taxes off its shoes and stockings, puts a
pillow from the upper berth on the floor
and lies down. Then the spook sees the
flask, reaches over and seiZes it. After
the curtain falls and rises again all the
negroes can see is the ordinary stateroom
usually seen on a river stea mer, in which
is an empty whisky flask and two bodies
apparently two passengers under the
weather"
80 help me, mister" said one of the
walters yesterday, 'if it isn't just like
life. DR.. Mccall he goes to sleep quick
The other man he walks around long
time. When be takes that last drink of
whisky, then the lights go out"
Thursday morning the Stockton steamer
Captain Weber arrived at Clay-stree It
wharf with two dead bodies in one of the
rooms. They were DR.: James G; Mccall.
physician, and Frank Boley, a
a carpenter. Both men were well known
in Stockton. and several of their boon
companions were down to see them off
when the steamer sailed. Mccall secured
stateroom, but Boley only paid his gen.
eral fare, which amounted to 25 cents. At
Antioch he and the doctor went ashore
and alter asking their way TO a saloon
disappeared. The supposition is that on
their return thsy brought flask of
whisky with them, and that the doctor
dropped more than his wont of his favorlte
drug into it.
Be that as it may both men were hi
larious when the steamer was once again
under way for San Francisco. Neither
was seen alive again and just how they
came to their death no one knows unless
1t happened as the negro walters on the
Captain Weber assert it did. Twice thew
have seen DR.. Mccall and frank Boley in
a state of iollity and then they see the doc
tor go to sleep and then Boley follow his
example.
The captain and purser OF the steamer
laugh at the story and say it is all born of
the Imagination. Purser ellis has slept
IN the room in which the men were found
and ne never saw sign of spook. BEST
room in the ship. Never had better
nights rest in my life," was all Mr.. ellis
would say. The unfortunate part of the
business is that since the ghost story has
got around the entire travelling public
wants that particular room.
1t will be no fault of the walters if eyery
passenger on to-night's trip does not have
"the" room in question. Just who will
see the ghosts, however, remains to be
seen.