The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-04-22
GHOST STORIES.
Peculiar Conduct Of Some Restless
Spirits from the Other World.
GHOST REVEALS BuR1aD C1TY.

Soo SPoohs lint SCOneO q house.
Strange Reappearanoe of
Young Woman in. Maine
Haunted Spot.
Coadepec, little village In the
State Of Michoacan, Mexico, has al
ways had a,reputation for ghosts and
spirits. In the past year, especially,
Inhabitants Of the air or the streams
or the graves of the many dead that
lie buried all about the village have
been wandering about like colony Of
reckless night owls.
They have not been the least shy,
like ordinary ghosts, for they have
been seen by hundreds. In fact, there
is hardly an inhabitant of the place
that has not made an acquaintance
with some spirit or other from the
past.
Jose Miranda of all the people
seems to have protited most by their
acquaintance. One nighu several
weeks ago as he was coming home
from neighboring village ghost all
IN white, Its gray cowl falling back
from its shoulders leaving its head ex-
posed to view, met him. It was
standing between him and the moon,
which was shining brightly through
the hollow sockets Of It's eyes and q
bullet hole In it's skull.
1t stood still and pointed with one
bony hand toward the. mountains.
Moranda was unable to move, but the
horse, as soon as it caught sight OF
the ghost made for the village as fast
as it could run.
A week later Miranda was riding
| along this same road when the ghost
met him in the same place. This
time 1t seized the animal by the bri.
die with one hand and pointed with
the other In the direction Of the hills.
Jose thought he had better humor
the ghost, and turning round went In
the direction indjca ted.
| In about quarter of an hour they
arrived at the foothills. The ghost
stopped and pointed to huge stone
at the foot of tall tree and then In
mediately disappeared.
It was two weeks before Miranda
could persuade any person to go with
him to the spot, which he had mark
ed by cross. He succeeded at last in
persuading an Indian and a mission.
ary from Mexico City to accompany
him.
When they got to the place they
tried to move the big stone, but could
not. They then dug under one side
Of 1T and let 1t roll down the hill.
| After about an hours work they
came upon circle Of skulls, stone
axes and relics of long past age.
| Examination showed that the big
stone had carved upon it's surface a
gigantic hand and that the Circle of
Skulls, as the place is now called, was
part of the remains Of great ancient
city which had been buried by land
slides.
at NaSonville, In the town Of Bur-
rillville, r. l.. there was large house
which had for some time been bonn
barded with showers of stones. The
people of the wrought-up village, af-
ter weeks OF careful Investigation and
many conferences with their leigh
bors, are ata loss to- explain where
the stones could have come from.
They had all heard the lombard
ment often, and as many as fifty men,
women and children had surrounded
the house, looked behind every tree
and stone wall within a hundred
yards, and had even secured a distant
grove of trees; but they had never
been able to catch glimpse of any
kind Of being either flesh or In spirit
| that could have been suspected OF
| throwing stones.
|. Finally, the owner Of the house Of
fered reward of S25 for the solution
of the mystery. Then the lombard
ment ceased. Many people ar.
gued that human being was at the
bottom of the whole affair, contend.
Ing that ghosts would not stop their
devilment simply because price had
been set on their apprehension.
But If 1t isn't ghosts" asks one
man who isn't afraid of being called
"bughouse," what then is it?n
The North Woods Cemetery, at
Haines street and York road, Phila-
delphia, was the scene Of much ex.
citement among the residents Of that
nelghb0rnood. Many people declared
that they had seen spooks.
The supposed ghost appeared regu
larly as soon az darkness fell, and
with an uncanny motion Of walking
upon air. fitted trombone gravestone
to another. There was no conven.
tional groans or clanking of chains,
but its appearance was so uncanny as
to draw crowds Of awe stricken people
night after night.
| a hOrSeman named Edward Hogan
awaited the spook's arrival, and wher
1t appeared ran toward 1T. The ghost
proved to be the re1lection.of al asceto
lene lamp. The light reflected on &
large polished granite monument was
distributed about az the gaSolent
tlickered and gave the appearance OF
a ghostly moving picture.