CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-05-28
DEAD MANS CANON ,.! =.
By
Fitx Mac.

tne period mentioned contain ed the
history (divested Of its spirituality Of
the finding Of the body of a murdered
man in that canon. by myself and Mr..
Steele's sons. the next morning, and
its Identification by means Of . brace.
let on the arm AS shat Of Olivar Kim.
ball. q miner. from California Gulch.
We dug where the dog had disappear.
ed. and feund the body with the dirk
still sticking in the breast. On the
blade of that dirk were tho two letters,
d. G
When reached Denver my wife
met me at the door in tears, saying:
You're too late. o, why didn't you
come soonerf The poor girl is dead
She has been so well and cheerful
since l wrote for you. but the night
before last. about half past 7 O'Clock,
she fell into nervous spasm, and at
she was corpse. She kept repeat
ing over and over. HE is found at
last-oh, my darling. / am coming to
yon l am setting of directly. Ny
work is done; you will be avenged. :"
From half past till was the
very time had been following tho
phantom Of the horse and dog.
I consider the connection between
these two events worthy Of your closest
attention. think the source of the
obscure connection between the two,
though not without many parallels in
the data of psychology, has never been
intelligibly explained
One Lass word. On my next visit
to California Gulch carried with me
the dagger found in Kimbails breast.
Calling on Griffin on. day about noon,
when he WIS nt his cabin, I related
all the circumstances Of that night in
Dead Mans canon. We were seated
on . bench outside. He listened with
.'f' N""o "Hh piaHcnrus out WIN .
sardAnic CLEAN in his eyes. At last !
drew the dagger suddenly from my
pocket and pointed to the Initials.
Are you the only person who
knows Of thisf" he asked. with =
swift deep glance into my eyes.
mo; st least . dozen Arc ~
familiar with IL ~ myself" II
answered.
EXCUSE me an Instant" he said,
raising and going into the cabin.
beard the sharp report of .
revolver, and for Just an instant /
thought the william had shot me.
When got to the door he had fallen,
but he cody rnis~d the weapon to his
hcsa and nred again.
The papers said it Was financial diff. /
ficulties. ! had my reasons then for
keeping silent, and this is the firss
time the whole truth Of the matter
has been told.
Yours truly.
NJ. p. Fclch.
+. ST. you make use Of this
story will you please send me . few
copies Of the issue. in which IL
Appean. directed to Canon City,
and oblige. M.P.F
N. Bon reading over this paper
l find I have failed to cover what II
regard ~ the most important point
scientifically viewed) in it namely:
the apparition Of the horse and tho
dog. The horror which the greater
part Of humanity has or an spp~ri-
tion Is undoubtedly due almost entirely
to the supposition that IL represent. .
troubled and sinful spirit doomed to
wander upon the earth in expiation Of
some crime.
But the ghosts of the dog and tho
horse how can thess be accounted for
on such . suppositionr
Now. arc not the facts plainly 4
these, that we make the frst mistake
in supposins there is any ything spiritual
(that is. Of the souD about these
appearance, at all.
Most people are narrow enough
mentally TO continue to associate these
ph.nomenx In some indefinite way