The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-08-01
SOME GHOSTS
IN REAL LIFE
Eight Reports Receive Solid
Endorsation.
VISITS FROM DEPARTED SRlRlTS.
Instances In which Spcctrcs Have
Called on Living folk-Gcneral
Barriers Queer Experience
in India.
VISITS FROM DEPARTED SRlRlTS,


and worthy persons believe they have
seen such things These persons de-
| clare their belief frankly, and offer much
evidence TO support their statements.
I Here are q few oft The ghost stories ~
which the members of the Society for
Psychical Research. Andrew Lang. the
/ e.ssyst. and other persons who believe
all forms aud products of menih action
arc worthy Of study have given careful
attention. There is wide field Tor rec
| search iu the study of ghost stories, and
| one that may hc cultivated with proht
/ though scientific Investigation of The sub
/ ject is only just beginning.
/ General Barter. a. r.. of the British
/ army said be saw "a ghost when he was
! "a subaItcrn u the Sevcniy-lith Regiment
! iu India The Society for Paycn.cn re-
/ search has investigated the General
story. So has Andrew Lang, who tells
/ it an his Dreams and Ghosts. Mis.
/ gartc- c0rrobofates the story, and $50
/ does Mr Stewart 20 whom General Bar
/ ter told hi- adventure at the Time Here
| Is the story.
In 1854 General Barter O.. b.. was doing
/ duty as lieutenant 40 the bin station ot
/ Murrec. m tine puniab. lle lived IN q
/ house Lieutenant I- had built not
/ long before. Lieutenant B. died on
| January p 1854. soon after finishing hls
/ house. This house was on the spur or
A hin 800 or goo yards under the only
/ road with which it communicated by
/ bride path never used by A0rsemtn. Iuc
/ bride path ended at procipico and "a
| foot-path lcI up into 30 from the house.
/ one evening Mr. and Mrs. DoRne cali
/ ell ON Lieutenant Barter. About il o. clock
/ they started for home. The moon was
/ fuu and the lieutenant walked TO the
/ bride path with his friends. who CLIMB
| Ell 30 to reach the road. lie babe them
/ good night and lolterod, smoking ci-
/ gar. IFS two dogs were with him.
Just "a be turned % go home Doe heard
a horses hoofs coming down the bride
path. AZ a bend of the path tail hat
came into view. then around the corner
/ the wcarer of the hat. who rode pony
and had couple of native grooms in
/ attendance.
THE RIDER.
at this time" according to the Gene
rails statement. the two dogs came, and
crouching M my side gave low. frghi-
| eued whimpers. The moon was 40 the
/ fuu tropical moon, so bright you could
/ see 90 read d newspaper hy IT'S light and
saw the party above me advance as
/ plainly as If 10 We're monday; they were
above me some eight or ten feet on the
bride road on The party came. The
/ rider was iu FUN dinner dress. with white
| walstcoat and TALL cnimney-pot hat and
/ Doe sat ou powerful hill pony DARK
| brown with black name and taiD. in "a
ust,ess way. tine reius hanging loosely
/ from both hands. Grooms .ed The pong
and supported the rider
/ Lieutenant Barter knowing they could
| not go anywhere except TO bis own
! house called out. "ouou haiE' lWho is
| itg adding iu English. "Hullo What
/ the devil Go you want horet' The group
halted the rider gathered up the rcins
with both hands and turning discover
Oh to Barter the face of tho late Iael-
tenant B. To was a CHASTITY face
/ that of corpse, and bad The sort oi
beard known as d Newcate fringe The
body was st0uter than when Barter had
last seen The lieutenant.
! Lieutenant Barter rushed up the bank
/ to the bride path. only tO urd t emp
~. Hc went along the whole length oi
/ g. hut saw no sign OF anyone.
The next day Mr Dcane was talkna
/ with Lieutenant Barter and speaking off
! the late Lieutenant D.. said. ellie
/ grew hoatcd before Dis death. and while
/ ON the sick DISC De lct hls beard grow ln
| spite of al we said TO him. j believe Dee
/ was buried with b. on.'
VISITED 1877 SISTERS GHOST
| Here g. another story which has been
! looked into by the society 10 S. confirm
| cd by T. CTS father and his brother.
| who were present The nrst time it was
! told.
In 1876 r. c.. was JIM So. Joseph. 80.
| file was "a commercial traveller and had
done a good days work. lie WIS ecnd-
! ing i'm his orders % his employers and
! smoking cigar when DE realized tlHt
| some one was sitting ON his left with
an arm on the table 10 was his dead
| sister lie sprang forward 20 embrace
/ her forgetting for the moment She had
| been dead nearly "a score of years, hut
| she was gone. Mr.. C. stood there
| the ink wet ON his pen. the c.-ar
| lighted I'm his hand. the name or his
! sister on his lips Tie had noted the eA-
/ preston features. dress, the kindness OF
! her eyes. the glow of her complexion.
( and what he had never seen before. 81
| bright red scratch on the right side of
! her face lie took the next train home
| 10 ST. Louis. and told the story To- his
! parents Ills father was inclined TO ride
/ icule him. but his mother nearly faint
cd.
When She could control herself she
! said. that. unknown 90 anyone else. she
/ accidentally had scratched The face OF
| the dead girl, probably with the point
| of her brooch while arranging something
! about the corpse. She had hidden the
| scratch with powder and had kept tie
| incident TO herself.
! Emma S.. ono Of seven children.
| was sleeping alone, w,n her face toward
/ the west. at a large house near Co.,. iu
| the Sanordshire mOOrlands. England.
/ A. she had given orders 90 her maid 90
call her al am early hour she was not
| surprised at being awakened between .
! and Z ON a fine August morning in $50
| bv a shary tapping at her door. When.
! I'm spite of a Thank YOU, J hear, 20 The
| first and second raps. with the third
! came a rush OF wind that caused the cur
| tains 20 draw up I'm the center of the
! bed. She was annoyed AZ this, and. sit
! ting mp. said. MARY. what are YOU
about?" Instead. however, OF her SER
| want. she was astOnlshed TO see The face
of an aunt 10y marriage peering above
| and between the curtains, and az the
same moment her arms reached forward.
! Whether she herself thrust them for
| ward or they were drawn in an air vor-
| tex she does not know She could feei
| one of her thumbs pressed between the
| teeth of the appar.ti0n There was no
mark there afterward however.
Despite an this. she kept cool and rls-
| Ing. dressed and went down stairs.
| whore she found an quiet when her
| father came down shortly after he ask
cd her why she was about so early, and
! ioked with her as 90 the cause. Soon.
! however he went over 90 his sistcr-ln-
| laws house. where Doe learned She lid
/ just died Unexpectedly. one Of the
thumbs 1f the corpse was marked as
! % bitten in the death agony
Here is a story youched for by Newton
| CrOsland OF BlaCkheath. England. who is
interested in psychic phenomena: