Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1899-04-13
GHOSTS.


of q ghost. occurred in l.24.
A farmer, returning homeward
from Southam market in warwick-
shire. disappeared by the way.
Next dsy q man presented himself
at the farm house. and asked of the
wife VI her husband had come back.
No. she replied; 'and I am un-
der the utmost anxiety and terror.
Your terror said he, cannot
sarpsss. mines for last night "a |
lay In bed. quite awake. the appa-
rition of your poor husband appear
I'd to me- He showed me several
ghsstly stabs in his body. which is
now lying in a mari-pit.'
The pic was searched. the corpse
was found, and the stabs. in num-
Der and position. answered in eve
~ way to the description given By
the ghost.seer. to whom the specter
had named q certain man as the
culprit; and this man was com nit
ted to prison and brought to trial
at Warwick for the crime, before a
jury and the Lord Chief Justice
Sir Robert (afterward Lord) Raw
mond, who was succeeded in 1888
by Sir Philip Yorke. The jury
would have speedily brought in
verdict of guilty; but he checked
them by saying:
Gentlemen, YOU lay more stress
on the allegations Of this spparition
than they will bear. cannot give
credit to these kind of stories. We
are now IN court OF law. and must
determine according to it; aud
know not of any Law which will nd
NIT OF the testimony Of an appari.
tion; nor yet, il it did. doth the
ghost appear to give evidence Cri
-r, he added, 'csll the ghost.'
The farmers spirit being thrice
Summoned in vain. Sir r ,bert again
addressed the jury on the hitherto
unblemished character of the man
Isccssed. sBd sssut.s asserted . De-
lief in bis perfect innocence; add :
ing, Il do strongly suspect that the
gentleman who saw the apparition
vas himself the murderer. aud k.ew
all about the stabs and mari pit
without any supernatural assistance; I;
hence | deem myself justified in
committing him to close custody
till further inquiries are made
The result of these was. that or
searching his house sufficient proofs
of his guilt we're found; he confes
sed his crime, aud vas executed at
the next assize.
In the list of the officers Of tn.
Thirty third Regiment, when serv-
ing under Lord Corn wallis in
America. and then called the Frs
West York, will be found the names
"f Captain (sfter~ari Sir John
Coape) Sherbrooke and L,eutenan,
George Wsnward. The former had
recently joined the Thirty -third
from the Fourth, or Kings Osn
R-g'ment These young men. be.
ing similar in tastes, and very at
tached friends, spent much of :heir
time in each others society, and
when of duty were seldom apart.
One evening Sherbrooke was in
Wynward's quarters. The room
in which they were seated had two
doors, one that led into the CON-
mon passage Of the officers bar
rack, the other into Wsnward,s o
bedroom, from which there was no
other mode Of egress.
Both officers we're engaged in
study, till Sherbrooke, on raising
his ewes from book, suddenly saw
young man about twenty years of
age open the entrance door and ad-
vance in the room. The lad looked
pale, CHASTITY and thin, as il in the
last stage of a mortal mslsdv.
Startled and alarmed, Captain Sher-
brooke called Wynward's attention
to their noiseless visitor; and the
moment the.lieutecant saw him he
became sshy white and incapable of
soeech. and, ere he could recover,
the figure passed them both and en-
tered the bedroom.
Good Gnd-my poor brother 7
exclaimed Wynward.
Your brother ! repeated Sher-
brooke, in great perpIexity. There
must be some mistake in all this.
Follow me-
They entered the little bedroom
lit was tenantiess and Sher-