The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-12-24
MURDERER'S GHOST
Haunts Montana Road, and Horses
viii Not Pass Spook.

From the Anaconda Standard.
Miles Fullers ghost haunts ,,the roa?
between Butte and Rocker, and it's first
appearance was made Friday night as a
party of merrymakers was on its way
from Crystal Springs to Butte. The nignt
was a dreary one, and clouds cut off the
little starlight that would otherwise have
been in evidence. The time was just mid
night, that popular hour when graves are
supposed to yawn. The tally-ho had just
topped the littl eraise below the Sunrise
saloon, when the horses stopped snortiag
in terror, for their eyes had caught the
CLEAN of something white. An instant
later 1t came out of the darkness, and
the sight was SO appalling that the pas
sengers actually fell out of the carryall
and fled shrieking toward Crystal Springs.
The horses were petrified with terror for
a moment and then fled panic-stricken
through the darkness, the driver in his
fright being unable to control them. The
tally-ho was almost completely wrecked
and the driver and horses escaped serious
injury only by miracle.
As soon as the passengers arrived at
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ion they had seen and the danger In which
the driver had been placed. Immediately
a party was formed to hunt up the driver
and lay the ghost. The driver was found
before going far, for he had swung tue
horses towards the springs and he stiil
had control of them although the wagon
was wrecked. The poor brutes were act
ually wdnging wet with sweat and terror
and were trembling so their teeth ratified.
II have the horses all SAFE" said tho
driver. go up there and see what has
frightened them" and the rescuers hur-
ried on only to see a shadowy, phospho-
resent object disappear over a hill to-
wards Rocker.
One of the men who saw the ghost Is
positive it is that of old Miles Fuller,
who was hanged in Butte few months
ago Fuller used to be a resident of that
section of the country, and the people
there say there is no doubt that his spirit
is now haunting the road. 1.-THE sight was
a terrible one" said one of the passen-
gers when the driver stopped his
| horses I looked out, and coming directly
toward us were two people on horseback.
One was a woman shrouded in white and
riding a white horse. She was leading a
horse so black that he only made a faint
shadow against the darkness, and upon
his back was a figure bound in straps
and with a black cap tied over his head.
He sat on the horse like a soldier. We
only took one look, and then we fled, but
we searched our souls for screams to tell
how frightened We really were and we
were not content until we got into The
shelter of the hotel at the springs"
Many of the residents of Rocker cor
roborate the truth of the ghost story. IL
may be that some one is playing prac-
teal joke, but that is not believed by the
superstitious, and a number of schemes
are being planned whereby the ghost will
be laid at rest again. Why Fuller's spirit
should be accompanied by a woman Is Il
mystery which his best friends cannot
solve, as he was elassed as a womil
hater during all of the years he lived in
Montana.