Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-06
HUNTER Of GHOST
NEEDS warm BED
Dr.. Prince Sets Out Today From
Halifax for Haunted"
Farmhouse
EQUIPPED FOR LONG STAY

Halifax, N. s., March 8.--The Antig-
onish spook hunt win commence to.
day when the expedition. headed BY
DR.. Walter Franklin Prince, eminent
New iork psychologist. win set out for
the isolated village Of Caledonia Mills.
They will travel By train to Antigonish,
$50 miles, thence by sleighs over the
twenty five miles Of country road to
the Macdonald homestead, on the bor-
der between Antigonish and Guysboro
Counties. They will transport a supply
of provisions and furniture by team
from Antigonish and 70 prepared to stay
until the mystery 10 solved.
DIR. Prince will have bed to sleep
on. That was one Of his stipulations.
II am not afraid of ghosts" he said,
but ] am afraid Of cold and discom-
fort. When was boy in the State
Of Maine,' he continued. II froxe my
feet one day when my father said water
wouldn't freeze. must have a warm
bed"
Just what methods the scientist will
follow in his attempt to bring the
ghost to earth have not been d.
vulged. but he has with him q set OF
bells which he hopes to hear ring at the
approach Of the "ghost
New York, March 6.---Nova Scotia Is
one Of the worlds richest areas in
ghosts, but also one of the richest In
takers and humorists who have produced
famous spiritualist hoaxes in the past,
according to DR.. Hereward Carrington.
who Yesterday discussed the ghosts Of
MacDonald Farm near Halifax.
The MacDonad farm ghost. If there
be one. is a poltergeist, DR., Car
rington said. which is the name in the
lexicon Of physical research for spirit
which makes lot Of noise.
He doubted. however. whether the set
Of rattles. bells: horns and whistle.
snare the ghost would interest an intel /.
lectual and ingenious visitant, as the
Mcdonald farm ghost seems to be. The
chief pleasure Of this haunt Is reported
to be arson. thirty Eight fires in one
night being its record.
May BE Human Examinations ,
IL do not wish to be understood az
supposing that this ghost is genuine,
though the reported manifestations ace
extremely interesting" said DR.. Car
rington. II believe that It Is either a
hoax by local practical jokers, or an
effect produced unconsciously by the
escaping energy Of the human bodies
times net in strange way. 1t IL not
impossible for 1t to cause matches to
become automatically lighted and to fly
through the air. On the other hand,
1t is not unusual for wicked spirits to
take a peculiar delight in committing
arson. This is one Of the common tricks
Of mischievous Ones" (,
DR.. Darlington said that the shouting
and barn burning spirit Of Mcdonald
farm might possibly be the same one
| which nearly half q century ago made
it's headquarters at Amherst, Nova
! Scotia.
The Amherst ghost sometimes playet
with fire. he said, and manifested it
self by other acts of violence. For {
period it was the worlds most famous
ghost. 1t filed reports Of psychical re
search societies and large volume
"The Amherst Mystery was writer
about it. 1t went out Of existenc
ever established conclusively whether
was fraud or genuine thing.
DIR. Darlington has applied one Of til
most interesting modern inventions Il
the art of registering weak and fain
ghosts, whose manifestations woul
otherwise be absent from the sum of hu
man knowledge. This Is the amplifier
or loud speaking telephone, throug
which President Harding and other
occasionally address the nation.
No Striking Results So Far
1t has been equipped with On appa
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