The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-10-18

Pitshwg. Pa According to the
statement Of the prisoners and
guards. murderers' row. In the Al.
lcghcny county Jail iu this city is said
TO be haunted and the fear Of the sup.
posed ghosts has SO worked upon the
nerves Of the condemned prisoners
that the cells Of the entire row have
been vacated and the prisoners re-
moved to another section OF the Jail
The ghost of ". A. Culp, who killed
himself in his cell some time ago
while awaiting trial for the murder Of
his brother, is held directly RESPONSE
bic ion tn" orders issued by Warden
Edward Lewis transferring the Il men
occupying cells In murdcrors row
Culps ghost was haunting them
they declared 1t" had come back
they said visiting cell after cell aIonr
the tier set apart for murdcrurs re-.
hcarsiuE IA" murder of Culp's brother
and emitting none Of !rs CHASTITY de-.
tails This happened night after nigh,
following Culp's suicide. ana always
between H. and | O'Clock in the morn
ing
Screams ~ terror from the fourth
tier OF cells ON he south side Of the
old part Of tn" Jail. whore murdrrcr's
row was situated. aroused the guards
and All m" prisoners, says the y Y
World Lights were turned on and a
search made for the Ehos,ly visitor
hut Of course it was never found
An hour or two always elapsed before
the terrified prisoners could be Gained
down and silence rcigucd once more
throughout the big county Jail
Prisoners Ghost Visits Cell.
Only one prisoner, condemned
murderer occupying the cclR adjoining
The one in which Culp committed sui
eide, man who is To be executed in
October, saw the Culp ghost on the
FIRST night II came back. That was on
the night following the one on which
the suicide was committed The con.
d"mned wretch, who had ben convict.
ed OF q most cowardly crime.
screamed for help and when the
guards entered his cell few moments
later they found him covering in
corner and shaking like a leaf
He had seen CUP. he said CUP or
Cu!p's ghost had come into his cell
and after awakening him had started
TO rehcarse the murder Of his brother.
You have been dreaming, that's
all" said one of the deputy wardens.
reassuringly Don't you know that
Culp is dead and buried and even If he
We're alive 1t would be impossible for
him 20 have been in your cell? Be.
sides, there are no such things as
ghosts. You have been having a bad
dream, so just lie down and 20 to
sleep and don't be arOusng the whole
Jail Ike this in the middle of the
might"
But the next night Cups ghost
came back again. At least, three con.
'demned criminals confined in cells
along murderer's row declared that
they saw it distinctly. When exam.
ined by the warden they all gave the
same description OF the ghost the dl.
-ectiOn from which It came, and its
antics in front Of cells along murder.
-ers row.
This went on for several nights, al.
though extra guards were placed along
the fourth tier. The guards them.
selves declared that they saw nothing
but this afforded little satisfaction to
the prisoners. who were either too
frightened to sleep or who we're dis
turbed by the screams of their next
door neighbors.
Other Ghost Scares.
Cups ghost is not the only one said |
To be responsible for the haunting of !
the Allegheny county jail For years |
the murderers' row there has been
gradually accommodating the reputation
OF being haunted.
Did not Mike RumIniski, the profess
sional stranger. strangle himself to
death In his cell in q most ingenious
manner shortly before the date set for
his execution, and did not he come
back? That was during the time OF
Warden John McAleese.
And did not the notorious Riddle
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