The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-10-24

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MURDERED tnsItan Norman.

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IRIS in RE Ch}ssassw Nation. u waa
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Aungag grounds was nine miles dis I
taut IN. home II ara Old hunter nam /
% Joseph Bozarlh ~hp has Ions
since passed to tbc happy hunting
grounds
About two miles distant from oH
cabin oas place said To De- haunted
Il was shack without doors. with
out windows. and rhc chimney had
fallen down The cabin was situated
iu q dense woods. off from any pub.
tic road There was an old COW path
but even that had been ohljlrralrd
by the dense nndorbrush \ more ad-
mifable place toy q haunted house
could not be conceived Of To Stun
ble On this place in the Eloaming
was enough 10 make the flesh creep
and give one an impulse 20 flee No
person had lived In This cabin in
many years. in fact no person could
live in II, as it was said TO bc haunt
ed
\ horrible murder was committed Z
there. an Indian killing his wife in /
the most brutal manner. cutting her !
throat and seyering her head with /,
an axe.
After the commission OF the deed !
he fled the country, and it is said he !
went to the Comanche country and /
died there.
A white man with his family NOV
ed into the cabin a short time after
and opened up a small farm. The
land was good and the spring furn-
ished an abundance OF pure water.
Game was plentiful and there was
fish In the streams and wild honey
in the trees. The man used to boast
that he had the biggest gun and the
prettiest wife in all that diggns. The
Indians said that he used to boast
that way. He declared that he was
not afraid of ghosts or haunts, in
fact invited their presence as he
needed company.
1t was not long until he heard
strange noises and a voice that seem
ed to whisper out of the air; there
were suppressed means; there was
a heavy information as if body was
falling to the floor. \ headless WON
an glided through the room and out !
through the front door
The man moved away. The dread !
full rehearsal of the murder so frigh-
tened his wife that she fled to the |
nearest neighbor. The brave man |
who was not afraid OF ghosts was
not long following. The cabin was
deserted and accursed. 1t was the
terror of the whole settlement. The
brayest cowboy on the range was
careful not to be Oyertaken at night
at or near the haunted cabin. Many
people would swear to the sights and
sounds heard there.
ter unacquainted with the history Of
the cabin would seek it for shelter
and tell to the camp his experience /
next day only to excite ridicule.
All of the hunting parties from !
Texas heard of the cabin and they !
an avoided it,
While i'm camp last winter in Allen
Bayou. an Indian passed the night
with ms. and while seated az the
camp fire related the details of the
murder and said the stories of the
scenes enacted there were true and
that If We would go over some night
that We could verify the experiences
OF others
We determined to go. taking us o.
companion Ma Summer. who bad
come 800 tbs vav from philadelphia
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