The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-08

IN Dtltef nea,ln- IL was nard Tor me TO
believe the appearance was an halIuc,na-
ton, yet there was no way in the Wor d
for the women to have left the room, for
there was only one door, in which / stood.
/ never saw the women before or after
ward.
My next experience was even more
startling. II was in the evening, and, as
before, the sergeant's room was temper
ariiy vacant, while 1 was engaged In the
clerks Office. Lights were burning ey-
eryWhefe, and several men were in the
building. When 1 got through my work
in the office l stepped into the passage,
and, happening to glance into the ether
room, l saw Sergt. Shoemaker, who died
year ago last July, standing between
the desk and the sofa. knew Shosmak-
er Intimately for years, and there is abso-
lutely no possibility for my being mistak-
en-. He had charge of this Jail up 10 the
time Of his death. The figure 1 saw was
perfectly distinct and solid, and was in
the full light of an incandescent lamp His
head was slightly bent, as if he was in
brown study, and he was walking slowly
toward the sofa. While I stood there
staring at him he vanished prec .sely as
the two wemen had vanished. 1t was like
shuIhng out a candle-one instant he was
there and the next instant he was gone.
Ghost With Whiskers.
II admit frankly that 1 was frightened"
continued Officer Foster, Il never receiv-
ed such shock in my life, but 1 forced
myself somehow to go into the room. 1t
was perfectly empty. l have seen nothing
since, but hardly a day or night passes
without noises and other manifestations
We have about ceased to pay any atten-
ton to them"
Mr. Joseph Crowley, the night clerk and
operator, has had his full share of I'M
canny experience. When he was assigned
to duty at the precinct he made a good
deal OF sport of the current ghost stories,
but he soon witnessed enough to thor
oughly puzzle him. One night last month,
as he tells the story he was at his desk
writing, when something prompted him
TO look up, and he saw tall, dark beard
ed stranger standing outside the rallied in
closure. The man looked i'll and thin and
was dressed in black Mr.. Crowley was
about to inquire his business when the
door. Remembering the ghost eto-
ries and sure that trick
was being played, he sprang through
the gate and rushed toward the figure,
which disappeared in the hall He was
only two steps behind, but the hall was
empty. There was no egress except past
the doormau, who was on duty. and not
one OF the several officers on the floor
mad seen a soul. They made an instant
ana thorough search of the building, but
could find no trace of the mysterious Wis
itor He had vanished like feat of con-
juring.
few night afterward Clerk Crowley
was again in the Office talking with Pa
troImen Edward Harrison and George
shafe, when the pale, bearded stranger
suddenly appeared in the door. That time
he was seen by all three of the men at
ABOUT the same instant, and they rushed
toward nm with one accord. Exactly
what happened they have some difficulty
In explaining. As before, the strange man
| gllded backward into the hall, passed into
little patch of shadow and that was the
last seen of him. They ran over the very
spot where he had been, questioned the
doorkeeper, ransacked the building and
searched the garden with lights from one
END to the other. but all in vain.
Ohlcer Harrison is very practical, com
mon sense type of man. He is perhaps 60
Years ola, put still active, and is tall and
strongly built. He has a stern. aouiltue
face, and talks briefly and to the point.
Felt the PhantOms.
'T don't believe in ghosts" he so,a
Ihats all nonsense, and there rnust he
some explanation for these things. sim.
don know what 1t is, and the best /
can DO is to state exactly what | Witness
ed | saw the man with beard He
simply appeared and disappeared. ami
wnere he went to / have no idea. It was
the quickest thing 1 ever looked at. we
made very thorough search. and I'm
certain he was not hidden about the
mouse. L never saw the man before. b,t
ms race was very peculiar, and I would
know 1t in thousand. Yes, 1 have heard
noises and teps-frequently What
causes them is a mystery. We've tried
our pest TO ma out, but have so far failed
All the same don't believe in ghosts +"
r, nnl
but felt them. He states that he was
! seated at his desk on another occasion
| when something that seemed like a cola
hand grlpped him by the neck. For an
instant he was too startled to move. bnt
at the first struggle he was released. and
wheeIihS around, found himself alone.
| Inc CLOCK stood at exactly 8 a. m
| The sound of heavy footsteps in tba 6oi,
and corridors has been heard at dffferent
times by nearly all the officers about the
| building. In conversation CorpI Harr,,
| hyatt described that particular mamie :.
! tation.
Il have heard 1t twice" he said az.
sounded exactly as if some powerful mar
had entered the front door and walled q :
tar as the office On both occasions 7
ran out Immediately and no one was tho
! The FOOTBALLS were as distinct as anvtbiro,
l ever heard in my life."
sometimes the sound of WALKING, comes
AASAAA ttiS NOuit IOOIn upSta1f. where fbara
| was formerly a row of four Condolences
cells, used for combining prisoners under
sentence OF death. One night when the
noises from that quarter were particularly
! loud, several officers went IN to i,,I,esti
| gate and were amazed to see the bea,,,,
+ docket fly through the air from the Judge
desk. II struck the floor with a crash
audible all over the building, but whaI
propelled it they were never able 70 ana
| out One of those who had an exnerience
with the sofa, which seems to be the storm
center, so to speak, of the Sergeant's room
was Driver Dell of the patrol wagon. He
went in to get bit of rest and had no
sooner stretched himself out than the sofa
moved from the wall fully yard and then
moved back again. The motion was GEN
! tle as If the legs were on well-oiled wheels
| but the startled driver did not tarrv for
another ride. He sprang to his feel and
sought his rest in another part of the
| building.
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