Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-08

/ doctors residence which was situated ON
/ Road street right near where the reservoir
| Is now and steadily made their way down
/ FredericE street boo the direction of the
cemetery Now in the papers that Dr.
/ Delcanle left after his death. and which
came into the possession of the gentleman
/ by whom am now employed he says that
| his original intention was to enter the
/ graveyard by the Market street entrance.
but that at the corner Of Frederick and
/ Sixth streets he met a watchmau. bv the
name of Bowman, who seemed to regard
him and his man so closely that he was
| afraid his suspicious might possibly have
been aroused, so instead of entering the
Market street gate he made detour and
came out on the Fourth street side.
Quickly scaling the fence on this side of
/ the burying ground, he, in company with
the negro, quickly made their way to the
family vault Of the Carwell's as he had
brought along a number of keys il took but
moment to open the door Of the vault and
enter. Selectingthe coffin, which contained
the body Of the young girl the doctor and
! the negro, had just drawn it from its resting
| place when their attention was attracted by
/ a light moving along the path and IN their
/ direction. So frightened was the negro at
/ this unexpected inteuuptiouthat he dropped
/ his end of the coffin and aed in the op-
/ posite direction from that Ia which the light
/ was approaching The end of the coffin fell
/ to the floor with resounding crash, and at
that moment two men dashed by iu pursuit
/ of the fleeing negro
The Doctor was just preparing 90 steal
/ out Of the vault, and take the opposite di-
recuou from that loo which the men had
| FU| Hf.. IHf.4 HI O. d D.
steps of the men coming back again. Il was
impossible then for him TO flee so he drew
the door of the vault shut. and coucealug
himself iu the dense shadow of that gloomy
/ place. awaited Developments ih- another
mowent the twomeu, had halted before the
/ door and trying the same. they apparently
/ came Go the conclusion, that it had not been
/ opened -o proceeding ON their way. talk.
/ iug eEciledly they left the imprisoned
] doctor, t0 e0gitatc upon The chances he
had of escaping from his very unpleasant
/ prcdiClmeut
After waiting for a reasonable length of
] time and hearing nothing that would lead
] him To- suppose that the men would return.
/ the doctor tri a the door and finding 10 in-
/ deed locked me set about trying To- open it.
/ His keys Doe had unfortunately entrusted TO
/ the care of the negro, so. with the exception
] of small peu-kniGe, he was without means
/ of forcing the lock but anyway he set to
work with the knife, and after a fruitless
I half hour work he came to the conclusion
that he was indeed a prisoner until some
one should let him ont in the morning He
/ pictured 20 himself the astonishmeut of the
good folks of the town when il should be-
come known that he had been found body
snatchiug; but being philosophical man.
the doctor knew that worrying would not
/ help matters any, so he seated himself on
the coffin he and the negro had drawn from
] its resting place, and i'm a few minutes de.
spite his great anxiety, he was fast asleep
How long he had been asleep the doc.
tor in his memoirs, admits that IL would be
impossible for him to say, but ne was sud.
denly awakened by a terrific scream that
seemed TO emanate from directly back of
him. As he turned about TO discover from
whence the sound issued he was horror
stricken to observe the lid of a coffin slowly
rise and O. long grisly arm reaching out iu
his direction While he stared panic
stricken at this dreadful apparition IL raised
its other arm and shook It's grisly fore
finger at the doctor three times.
The doctor in his terror, screamed for
help; he beat upon the iron door of the
vault until his hands blcd, the appariion
100 the coffin raised itself slowly upon one
. of It's arms, and then stretching out IT'S other
arm, it tried TO reach the doctor. who was
crouchiug ia tine other part of the apart
meut And now me saw long ghostly pro.
cession approaching up the path which led
. t5 the vault IIe stood as one traushxed as
/ this new horror presented itself to his view
/ AS they came nearer he could distinguish a
low chanting sound that they kept up
/ They were all garbed i'm long white shroud
/ clothes, and as they proceeded along the
/ path more white robed figures arose from
ont of their graves and joined the horrible
I procession. As the doctor watched iucap-
| able of motion. SO paralyzed was he with
I terror, Inc felt a touch upon his shoulder
and as he turned about with shrek he saw
the form Of the grisly occupant of the coffin
who was standing over him with a bcsccch.
ing attitude and motioning TO the empty
coffin it had just left Realizing the horrible
meaning of the spectre the doctor cried
aloud iu terror and rushed 20 the door but
started back in terror as he saw c1ugrcgated
about there a procession of white ROBBED
figures
Again the spectral figure touched him.
and as Doe tried to- shrink from It's cammy
loucN, ne found ulWali AS NJ 900 tine clutch
of vice. He screamed iu terror and inn
mediately a terrible uproar became general
outside The air was filled with uucarthly
noises, the strange white robed figures
seemed to writhe iu their fury. as their long
skeleton arms were lifted threateuiugly 10.
wards him, and as me felt himself being
pushed down into the coffin. by his horrible
captor he cried aloud In his agony, upon
which all the horrible crowd congrega,ed
outside, set upa terrible clamor. which only
caused him TO fight more desperately with
his ghostly captor This seemed To- iufuriate
the spectral congregation outside, for they
began to tear up the dirt and stones and
hurl them in at the struggling doctor This
attack soon became general and as far as
the eye could reach, could be seen white
robed figures, fitting about and tearing np
the earth, as The doctor felt the lid of the
coffin being forced down upon him, he gave
one long, loud cry, and knew no more
Now, gentlemen" said the narrator of
the above, "the old doctor was found the
next morning confined i'm the family y3u1t