The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-11-18
OFF NIGHTS
FOR GHOSTS.
Two Visitors at the GOrdy
Homestead Saw no
Sign Of Spooks
There. =,

Milton, Del., Nov. 1.-THE Baltimore
Sun says: Reasons for the alleged ghostly
demonstrations at the old GOrdy home
stead are not wanting In Milton, but ex-
plsnati TOW 90 freely and differ 30
widely that entanglements accumulate.
A Sun correspondent visited the Gordy
farm yesterday for the purpose Of making
the acquaintance Of any ghost who might
happen around. and waited and watched
for hours. The watch was in vain, a. the
witohing hour Of midnight came and pass.
cd without ths slightest manifestation or
sign Of the supernaturai. :
In buggy driven by Mr.. William
Fields, Of Milton, the trip was made over
the i've miles Of lonely road shat aeparat-
cd Gordy . farm from Milton. An old hay
barraok, where it ID said that . queer
served to be entirely dark. Mr.. Folds
stated that he never did believe that
tale"
The farm was reached early In the even.
ing and the ghost seekers were introduced
to the old dining room, whore Gordy's
first wife ID said to have been poisoned and
whore Mr. Morris, the tenant who 10 about
to moye, says almost oil the startling
sounds are heard between dusk and mid.
night. .
W uO uuW Utuyl WIFI ubpuVWp E0~
marked to the visitors: IT guess you won't
hear anything but snoring, 10 don't get
frightened. Il ID all Imagination any.
how" The old gentleman took himself
OF to bed and slept the sleep Of the just til
morning.
The young Nj. Norris remained while
longer and told Of noises he had heard,
and retold how . ghost unlocked his door
and opened 1t Then he left the two visi-
tors to their fate.
Mr.. Fields said that he wasn't much
on imagination, and ANYTHING he heard no
intended to Investigate" But he did not
got the chance to display his vaior, for tho
hours passed with no sound save the
scratching Of dogs on the porch and the
whistliDR OF the wind outside.
The return home, under the starl, was
as unev sntful. a. the wait at the house, tho
light In the old barrick again failing to
appear. 1t was felt by both Investigators
that the Gordy farm had not sustained its
and Mr.. Fields said that 1t
must have been IAN off night for the
ghosts"
In spite of this there are still llany per.
sons In Milton who refuse to accept the
elder Norris doctrine Of unbslicf and givs
reasons for the place being haunted. Mrs.
j. H. Fields said: II have been studying
this Gordy matter for long time and
know the place Is haunted. I believe
know what the ghost is and what 1t wants.
Every one knows that ghost can never
rest as long as any money that 1t had
when alive Ia hidden away or buried. Now
Gordy's second wife had 81. 800 with her
when she left N. Y. with him, and every
body admits that Gordy got this money,
for. I believe that GOrdy hid that money
on the farm, and that poor
woman ghUst stays about the place, hop
ing somebody will find the money and give
her chance to rest"
Mrs. Fields also told OF dream which
had pointed out these things to her. She
she said, that she was driving
along the ~Gordy road with her husband
and In passing fodder stack near the
house she caught eight Of two small catch
oils hidden underneath the stack. She got
out and opened both. In one she found a
lot of bloody clothes and the other was
alled with gold dollars.
OF the superstitious beliefs Of the neigh
borhood Of Milton, Mr.. j. H. Ellingsworlh
said: There are people In this pl ACE who
have these ideas so strongly in their minds
that nothing could convince them they
are wrong. They have NO reason for be-
lieving them, except that their mothers
and fathers did the same thing. For in
stance, on New Years Day there are q
number Of houses here which q woman
cannot enter at all on that day. II female
comes to the door they will Look out the
window and toll her to 60 away. With q
man 1t 10 the other way. He is supposed
to tring good fortune and Ia eagerly well
coined, while the woman Is turned away
because she is said to DO bad luck on that
day.
Another case Is that of a man here
who, when he Is i'll, always ,akes his
medicine out Of green glass bottle with
tho neck broken off. though he could not
give any reason for doing 1t. Some Of
the farmers believe in certain times of the
day and night to plant things, and think
II they plant at other times they will not
prosper"