Arizona republican., 1922-02-25

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-Police and
press having failed to solve the
mystery of haunted house OF Anti
gonlshgNova Scotia, whose, now fam
Gus ghost has aroused the entire
canadian province. science has been
asked 70 solve the mystery.
The Halifax Herald, which recently
sent a reported to Antigonish Valley
only TO have a report that he was
slapped on the wrist by unseen but
sduite substantial hands. today wired
Dr. Waiter Franklin Pierce, director
0r the American Institute for Scien-
tiflc research, requesting that body
70 unaeTtake an investigation. Or.
Pierce is reserving decision.
The haunted house, is the old
homestead of Alexander Macdonald,
100 miles, as the crow flies, from
Halifax. In the dead Of winter Mr..
Macdonald, his wife and their adopted
daughter fled the house. terrorized
by unseen things that had chased
his horses to a lather, the farmer
said. braided the tails of his cattle
and started mysterious fires of or
narily not highly combustible ma
terials in his home.
So seriously was the tale taken
by the country side that the Halifax
Herald and the provincial police sent
representatives ostay three nights
and days in the 'shaunted house
They returned week ago with
shaken nerves, endorsing the farmers
story and adding to it. saying they
had been awakened in the night by
slaps from unseen hands.
Thus baffled, the Canadians have
called upon American science to rout
the Antigonish ghost.
WACO. Texas, Feb. 24.-Miss Mar
cine Matthews, seventeen years
OF age, was in a local charitable
home here tonight as the result Of a
killing in g court room here today,
when she shot G. s. Crosslin, a real
estate dealer and former minister.
She was taken to the home follow
ing her release on bond OF $4,000,
which was furnished by prominent
local residents.
The shooting took place during the
second trial of Crosslin on charges
OF having attacked the girl.
Miss Matthews fired three shots at
Crosslin as she left the witness stand.
He died instantly.
He disgraced me, ruined my
health and deprived me OF an educay
tion, but he will never ruin another
girl" she told officers and news
paper men after the shooting. She
posed smilingly for photographers.
E9EORIA, Ills. Feb. 24--A whipping
post In the court house yard for
husbands who beat their wives was
I recommended today by Sheriff Lewis
Z Hines. ollowing the arrest Of Herman
E N6 sxy1.i fr1c
his 1S-year- old wife in the court
house yard here this morning. The
sheriff saw Parkhill beating Mrs
Parkhill and placed him under arrest
Parkhill told a judge his wife was
Jealous of his sisters clothes and
wanted to dress like a millicnaire's
daughter.
CT. PETERSBURG, Feb. "a. - 4
- strike Of negro pall bearers, fur
nished here by undertakers to
serve at funerals for members OF
their race, was threatened today. A
committee which asked the chief OF
police il they could organize pall-
bearers union, declared they wanted
proposed TO strike If they did not get
ii. The police head told them they
might 60 ahead and organize.
r oS ANGELES, Feb. 2c-For 10
- years the conscience of man who
gave his name as Frank 3. Posen
and who wrote from Elgin, Ill., har-
assed him because he had failed to
pay 80 cents for ride from Los
Angeles to Pasadena on an electric
car. So he wrote letter to Mayor
r. Cryer OF Los Angeles telling about
II and enclosing SO, with which he
asked the mayor to pay the electric
railway company the original 80
cents and interest. sf.
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