Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-10-21
GHOSTS TERROR|zE
NATIVE PEOPLE
At B|sbEE
Mysterious Woman in White
Who Rolls Immense BouId-
ers Down on Houses Has
"ZacatecaS" in a Panic.

Bisbec. Arlz, Oct. 20.-Risbcc has
a ghost that Is not satisfied to behave
as do the ordinary, w%cll-h bred kind.
Huge bouIders sent crashing down the
hiilsides by mysterious hands. a
woman in white who appears nightly
upon the hill top, long-drawn-out
walls as OF Il lost soul, ana stones
thrown through windows of houses.
coupled with many other weird. un-
canny noises and sights. are making
life q terror for the settlement known
as 'Zacatecas,' composed of Mexican
residents on the upper end OF Brewery
gulch.
Every night for a week at least three
of the officers have been called up
there to Investigate. SO far they have
been unable to solve the mystery,
which proceeds to thcken as each
night passes. The rock throwing and
boulder rolling continues. The Mexi-
cans say a woman IN white" makes a
nightly appearance at amy time be-
tween 10 O'Clock and midnight ON the
crest of the hill. ~tarries a few mo-
ments, Weers and walls, then vanish
as into the air. followed almost inn
mediately by II shower of stones from
a mysterious source somewhere above
the settlement.
These wild orgies on the part Of the
natives Of spookland started last
March. Constable Farley McRae. in
making a trip to the district. found
the body of a two-weeks old babe ~
the. -, a.. Igl1.fan. ~ fst.1 -I... a.
collection of adobe huts. The body
was wrapped in "A sheet and was evil
IDENTITY Of American p%arentage. Al
though The officers made diligent
search at the time, no traces Of the
parents could be found.
The night following the discovery
of the babes body the mysterious
boulder rolling began. and like unto
the weird tale of Hendrick Hudson's
spirit, with those of his followers,
playing at nine-pins in the foothills of
the Catskills. the dwellings Of the
poems We're selected as the targets in
little game of nine-pins being
played by an unseen hand.
The boulders were, some of them,
of huge size. large enough to crush
III tnt uOpIS anu SlutS u TWO vi llli tt
of the houses which they struck. and
although both the McXicans and the
secured the hillsidCs there
abouts time and time again, no tract
IF human handiWork could be found,
Rushing 20 the spot whence 1t
as though the rocks or boul-
lers had emanated, only the inky
olackness of night greeted the search
FRS. while from SHINE other portion Of
hillside n vollcy Of rocks would
DC poured upon the houses below, and
he mystery solycrs. completely baf-
led. could only stand and listen TO
falling stones, unable from dark
ness to get a line upon this past chan |
of spookdom because il shifted
l. position 50 frequently.
About a week after the finding Of
he babes body the revels Of thc spirit J
n spirits suddenly ceased. For about |
wo weeks after that, however. the !
'Icxicans say that after nightfall an |
american would suddenly APP |
)ear and sit down on the spot where |
he body was found, would weep for |
II hour. then suddenly steal away. |
Although the direction She would take |
yer the hills and out into the coun-
ry was followed on several occasions, |
sum and substance was tbs. thcI
.ucst always came to naught.
Then the Visitations of the woman
broken, and during the summer
nonths comparative peace reigned in
Z~acatccas," ave for the sudden
cath of Il woman there q few weeks
,r, a,,,l YI,, J.gtr,,,tfa,, OF 80. & fhf \
uts by dynamite two weeks ago, |
aused by a drunken Woodcutter
shooting uu" the place ana accident
ny hitting,a few sticks OF dynamite
18th a stray bullet. the hut being
lzed To the ground. -.
Monday night the terror returned.
Vollcy Of stones suddenly rained
pom every house in the settlement
Flowed by several hinge boulders
down the hillside. ono
the door Of n dwelling. smash
,g it to bits. Then the attack Of the
nscen foe was directed continuously
this one dwelling, ana tn. in
ahitants were forced to seek shelter
ON the flying missiles in another
ouse nearby. This kept up for soy
'al hours, gradually ceasing as the
malt hours of the morning APP 4
reached. y
The . are reduced to a state
terror bordering on madness by the
of these spirit gambols,
nd il is as much as ones life is worth
venture anywhere near the settle
cnt after nightfall. Anyone in
incd to do is liable to receive a bull
{ between his ribs for every one Of
g MeAicans is armed with some sort +
weapon. i.