Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-13
GHOST REVEALS BURIED CITY.
Peculiar Conduct of Other RestIes,
Spirits.

Peculiar Conduct of Other Restless
Spirits.
Coadepec, a little village in the state
Of Michoacan, Mexico, has always had
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 a 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 that has not
made an acquaintance with some spirit
or other from the past.
Jose Miranda, of all the people, seems
to have profited most by their ac-
quaintance. One night several weeks
ago as he was coming home from a
neighboring village, a ghost all In
white, its gray cowl falling back from
its shoulders leaving its head exposed
to view, met him. It was standing be-
tween him and the moon, which was
shining brightly through the hollow
sockets Of it's eyes and a bullet hole
in its skull.
1t stood and pointed with one bony
hand toward the mountains. Miranda
was unable to move, but the horse, as
soon as 1t 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
it seized the animal by the bride with
one hand and pointed with the other
in the direction of the hills. Jose
thought he had better humor the ghost,
and turning around went in the direc-
lion indicated.
In about a 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 i'm
mediately disappeared.
1t was two weeks before Miranda
could persuade any person to got with
him to the spot, which he had marked
by a cross. He succeeded at last In
persuading an Indian and missionary
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 it and let 1t roll down the hill.
After about al hours work they
came upon a circle of skulls. stone ak
es and relics Of a long past age. Ex-
animation showed that the big stone
had carved upon its surface gigantic
hand, and that the Circle Of Skulls. as
the place is now called, was part Of
the remains Of a great ancient city
which had been buried by landslides.
At Nasonville, in the town Of Bur-
rillville, R. l., there was a 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 neigh
bors, are at a loss to explain where
the stones should 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 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 a reward Of $25 for the solution
Of the mystery. Then the lombard
ment ceased. From this many people
argued that a human being was at
the bottom Of the whole affair, con-
tending that ghosts would not stop
their devilment simply because a
price had been set on their apprehen-
sion.
But If it isn't ghosts" asks one
man who isn't afraid of being called
"bughouse," what then Is it?"
The North Woods Cemetery at
Haines street and York road, Phil
adelphia, was the scene Of much ex-
citement among the residents OF that
neighborhood. Many people declared
that they had seen spooks.
The supposed ghost appeared regu-
larly as soon as darkness fell, and with
an uncanny motion Of walking upon
air, fitted from one gravestone to an
other There was no conventional
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 when
It appeared ran toward it. The ghost
proved to be the reflection Of gaso-
lene lamp. The light reflected on a
large polished granite monument
was distributed about as the gasolene
fickered and gave the appearance OF
a ghosty moving figure.
About two miles from the village of
Canton, Me-, is a cosy, old-fashloned
farm house which Is located directly
opposite a graveyard, with no other
house in sight. From the window Of
this little house nothing can be seen
except the graveyard with its gleam-