Evening journal., 1922-07-13
BY DAVID l.. BLUMENFELD.
United Press staff Correspondent
CHAPTER I

CHAPTER I
LONDON, July 13. - Omitted
Press) London is the most ghost
ridden ghoul-haunted city in the
world.
In no other city are there so many
authentic" ghosts. ghosts WHICH
have been seen by high and low.
ghosts who represent names big in
the History of the world.
The Tower Of London, that grey
stone. battlemented norman edifice
which has defied the elements for
nearly a thousand years can and
does show ghosts. male and female'
whose earth names will live as long
as history exists.
Sir Walter Raleigh, the first man
TO introduce tobacco to Europeans.
the man who gained fame for his
daring raids on the Spanish galleons
of Phillip the Great. and paid for
his heroism on the Tower block with
his head: Thomas Moore, the great
Elizabethan poet and thinker; Lady
lane Grey-these are but a few o.
the ghosts whose silent feet glide
through the corridors Of the Tower
Many a stout guardsman can
vouch to a meeting with Sir Walter
Raleigh. Indeed. there are British
army documents which prove that
the sentries had to be doubled
on account of the weird wanderings
Of the-ghostly population Of the
Tower.
Sir Walter according TO records
of the old constables OF the Tower.
walks with his head in his hand
while the head never ceases 20 drip
blood. Soldiers have tainted away
at the sight-nOt mere recruits, but
hardy guardsmen OF long service.
Take the case of Private James
Godson, official number in the Gold
stream Guards. 1896, Kings Com
pany.
A night in January, 1898, Godson /
was posted at the Traitors gate from |
midnight until 4 a. m. I
At $40 a. m. a shot was heard. |
and Godson was found by the cor
poraTs guard lying in a faint, his /
rife discharged.
They brought him to and he told /
his story.
He had come on guard at mid
night. repeated his orders and start
ed his sentry-go. At 3 a. m. as the
deep tones Of the old Tower clock
boomed. he saw what he took TO
be a small cart being wheeled round
the corner gate near Cardinal VOL
sey's Tower. He challenged it, ex-
pccting that il was merely a fatigue
party. carrying wine bottles from
the officers mess. but got no reply.
\ Headless Body.
The cart approached, and again
the sentry challenged. He raised his
rife when. he saw that the wheels
of the cart glistened in the moon
light with blood. and that a head
less body lay on the floor of it. He
started 10 call his relief. The cart
disappeared before he had time TO
shout He stood there a minute.
perspiration running down his face.
and then. seemingly out of a wall
came the figure of a man dressed in
doublet and hose. ruffed as to the
neck, with no head above the ruff
he!
Il shrieked," said the man. "and
cooked my rife.
stand" l shouted. Then. as l
took aim. saw under the left arm Of
the thing which was slowly advanc- I
ing towards me. a head, the eyes
staring, the little beard. dripping
with blood.
Il fired and the thing stood there.
the head rolling its CLASSY horrid
eyes at me-then I don't remember
anything.
That testimony is in writing 10
this day in the records of the Cold
stream Guards. corroboratd by Off
GERS who examined the mans rifle
and who themselves swear 10 have ,,
seen the unhappy ghost Of Sir Wal
ter Raleigh.
Ghost of Moore.
Gentle natured Thomas Moore. a..
who shared the fate Of Raleigh has
been seen by hundreds. The late ,
Field Marshal Robert "Bobs" OF a,
South African fame, used TO tell how ..
one winters night after mess. he =,
was stroiling near the block on which f.,
so many heads have rested.
He stood by the block, a ponder g.,
ng, and looked up to see a gentle :
igure kneeling there, his head rest !
ing on the niche built for that pur- a
pose. He made out the features of