The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-11-20

"BEAUCHANP'S
LIGHT SHOWS
Negroes See Strange Things
In Frankfort
Where Man Was Rangsd--Un-
canny Light Seen BY
Superstitious.

Is an uncdnny ta-e uuL los OF peoPic
declare they lbve seen tire Lg1t- and
know it is a real teing. Everybody
In Frankfore has Lead of the Beau
champ Sharpe uagedy that happened
over eighty years ago on Madison
street lust across from tne State
House. Beaucnailp stabbed Sharpe
one night about nine o'c -ock at the
side door OF Sharpe's iesidence on
Madison streeuand galloped away on
a swift ioI Sc. Shapes body was nol
found till next morning and Beau
champ would never have BEEN sus-
pected Of tine murder but for the fact
that next morning about dayiignL, ne
met a man In wagon about twenty
mics or more from FranforkL Tie
man asked lin wat ne news was
and Beaucrainp told MIN taatne lad
heard Ihat "a lawyer named Searpe
he'd been ki led in Frankfort last
night" The man CaIne oIi To Frank
fort and learned Snarpe's booy was
not discovered and 10 one nad heard
of the murder till about inc time tie
stranger mad told Of the murder twen-
ty miles from the scene oiS the acJ.
THIS showed very piainly tnat tie
Stranger must be tue murderer he
was trailed TO ms nome in Barren
county, arrested, brought back 20
Frankfort, afterwards confessed and
was hung on the nil belweerI where
the Feeble Minded institute now
stands and the east side of tine ceme-
terry.
Soon after that a negro slave said
he was passing along close 10 the
spot where Beaucnamp was hung and
he saw a lighJ or big round ball of
fire rise up, fit around a few sec
onds and linen slowly move over into
the cemetery where Sharpe was
buried. 1t scared him nearly ID death
and in telling about it he always re-
ferred to 1t as "Beaucnalnp's light"
,r'or tnany' months after thar not a
negro in Frankfort cou d be induced
to go ur the Arsenal road after dark,
but every lew years some one else
is reported 70 nave seen .in0 same
light to do the same thing that the ne
gro described. Only a few months
ago some OF tie teachers at the Fee
BILE Minded Intsitute saw this light.
Tney were sitting at ttel window one
night looking over towards the cem-
etery and all at once bright hight
seemed to rise out of the groundand
move slowly over the hedge intot DIE
cemetery and On towards Slarpe's
grave. One of the teachers VINO had
heard the older people talk about
"Beauchamp's Light" jumped up from
the window and exclaimed Goodness,
there's Beauchamp's Light let's 60
10 bed"
They did go to bed in hurry, but
they did not sleep ior tney talked
about ghosts and the mysterious ligl /
all night. Ask some of the Older peo-
PIE abouC FlaDktor and they will tell
you some strange things about Beau
champs Light.
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A Second Paul.
Burlington. Kansas, Nov. 13.-Rev
French e. Oliver, who is holding a re-
vival here, has issued an open letter !
to William J. Bryan. urging the Me-
brasakn to become an evangelist and
that he would become an I
equal TO tine Aposiil Paul. IN AZ
Twelve years ago" writes Rev.