The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-09-22
TRAVELLING MAN FELT COLD
HANDS AT The BED CLOTHES.
GHOST WITHOUT A QUESTION
Man Was Strsngulated in the Room.
Story did Not Surprise The Clerk
AS ~ Had Heard Il Before
From Others.

San Francisco. Cal. Sept. 2l.-The
following incident occurring III a
prominent town ia Mcndicino couu.y
Is narrowing enough to cause even
the most hardened ghost skcpuc
spiral thrill. Happening to clear
headed keen man OF affairs it IS
best related ia his own words.
1t was in the fan OF 1904 when
business took me TO a town in Men
dociuo county for stay OF two or
three days. Arriving there about 10
o'clock at night, went at once to
a hotel and asked for a room. The
hotel being crowded | was consigned
TO a small room containing a single
bed, 4 chair and washstand. 1t
looked pleasant and clean, and not be-
ing too particular, | thought it woulu
do very well. After lounging around
the office for awhile, bought mag
azine, decided to retire and read for
an hour or two. This | did. But
growing sleepy blew out the coal oil
lamp and was just dropping into a
doze when | heard soft, stealthy foot
steps just at the foot of my bed. Be
| fore / could move or even speak
felt a pair of hands stealing cautious
ly along the bed covers. was wide
awake in an instant, my hair stand
/ ing on end, and expecting every min
ute TO feel the clasp OF those hands
/ about my throat. | could feel my
/ heart beating as l never felt 1t be-
| fore and as ! never want TO feel IL
again. The hands were still gliding
| stealthily along the bed covers when
! | regained my wits To some extent
and jumping out OF bed seized the
water pitcher and waited. Instantly
the footsteps ceased.
4 struck a match and lit the lamp.
I No one there | examined the room
and every object in it. Not a sign
of an intruder The door was secure
ly locked and entrance by The window
was impossible. l tried to persuads
myself that had had a bad dream
or Il nightmare, and thus arguing
with myself went back to bed, deter.
mined to try II again. once more |
eXtingushed the light and tried to
go TO sleep.
Presently the footsteps came as
| plain as before and those horrible
unseen hands stealing cautiously
along the bed clothes. Tho 'OlShly
terriet row | leaped up and made
for the office. When | demanded an
other room. hurriedly relating my ex-
perience, the clerk showed little sur
prise, but a peculiar expression came
over his face as he said: So you
heard il, too? Well, the house is
| full, but you can take my room for
| tonight and tomorrow I'll try TO make
| a change. This time / retired and
slept Well iii morning. During the
day went about town attending to
my business affairs and told my
1 strange experience TO several of my
customers. one OF them stated that
about two months before this time a
man had been found dead IN this
same ROOM who had apparently died
OF stranguation, as shown by long
black marks about his throat. The
coroners jury had given a verdict of
death from natural causes and the
body had been shipped east, which
ended the matter.
No, ! am not a believer in ghosts
or anything of the sort, but do know
this-those footsteps in that room ana
those creeping hands on the bed COW
crs did not belong to a living person,
and | know this, toO-that | wouldn't
go through the same experience
again for anything in the world.