The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-11
MONTANA SPECTRE WHICH IS
NOT AFRAID OF BULLETS.

In Butte. Mont. IT is possible that tn,
coroner may bc called on almost any tim,
10 hold an inquest over the remains OF {
ghost, Determined men are hunting
nightly, for the spook. and in most in
stances they are armed with repeating
| rifles
! The ghost has been fired al severa
times az close range. bat cold lead doesn'-
seem to- interfere at all with ATS nocturn-
al tours OF the town.
Many men ordinarily believed to bc
truthful declare that they have met the
spook, and the local newspapers have
been so nlled with the strange doings ol
the apparition that women and children.
and men with nerves are all OF trem-
bic when they venture on the streets al
night which is seldom
From Dublin Gulch or the east 10 Mis-
soula Gulch on the west. and from sum
nit on the north 10 South Butte, all the
town is talking about the ghost. and here
and there adding a thrill and a frill 10
the tale. The population of Dublin Gulch
is Irish.
In Walkerville and south 20 Butte prop
er there are thousands Of Cornish miners
living In family groups or i'm boarding
houses. To the west, toward Missoula
Gulch. and beyond IL, there are lots OF
Missourians while To the south OF these
there are many Italians and Scandina-
vians
All these are more or less superstitiops
and all are devout believers i'm this ghost
Lead won't kill 1t, they say, and so
some OF them are moulding silver and
copper bullets Ia put the ghost 10 sleep.
Tell any Of these men that the ghost Is
creation of their Imagination and you
will have "A tight on your hands.
The ghost first made it's appearance I'm
Butte about two weeks ago Since then
u has been seen dozen times ON each
OF these occasions, with fragrant disre-
gard of the curiosity which it's presence
aroused IL neglected TO say what IL wts
out for--or If IL did those who saw it
We're travelling 50 fast i'm an opposite Iii
recton that the specter's remarks could
not overtake them.
GHOST is EIGHT FEET TALL.
The description given of the ghost by
these tirst-nighters, as they are called.
20 distinguish them from those whose
acquaintance with the spook is of later
date. is rather vague as 10 detail but
conforms generally to the traditional
idea Of ghostship, They agree that the
specter is eight feet tall luminous and
transparent
one man, who never has been suspected
of having an N-ray eye says that the
ghost carries large, open-taced watch
In it's pocket. like one that Leys, the
Jeweler. has in his window Another de-
clares that he knows the ghost is "A real
ghost. because he could read the sign of
the California brewery through &C.
Mr.. John Murphy of Dublin gulch in
sists that from the ghosts breast there
issues a flame which glows like the head
light OF an engine; that its face is % a
bluish-yellow cast. and that its eyes are
like large balls of red fire. IL stretched out
its HANDS TO John, and he asserts that
these also were transparent and luminous
Newspapers I'm Butte devote much space
To the ghost. In the Miner it's adventures
have been told I'm headlines like these:
SHOT AT THE GHOST.
Party OF Five Men Made a Successful
Search for It Last Night.
NO DOUBT THAT IT EXISTS.
Apparition Was Encountered on the H.
- anu T. iIhih NbiiH OF the Iumn~
house ON North Main strcet-It
Appeared Twice Inside OF one
hIinute-Two Shots Fired at lt
Without Effect
To show that. with two bullets IN his
cor its) craven heart. the ghost was stni
able 90 60 business this heading from the
same newspaper j. offered in evidence.
GHOST STILL AT LARGE.
With n Swing OF Its Arms II Lays out
Two Brave Young Men
HAS CHANGED ITS OPERATIONS
Ten or Twelve Determined Young aIen
Visit tho Scene Of Ghostlv Appsriaon
with a Shrek and Scream IL
Strikes Terror TO Their Hearts.
SHOTS DIDN'T HURT SPECTER
Under the FIRST or these headings tho
Miner presented this CorcumstaEtlall-
count of the shooting 0f the ghupt
The much talked " ghost which has
given the public theme on which ~