Year: 1876

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Her HOrse-Her Untimely Fate Attrlb


uted to n GhOstly ApParitiOn.


NEwMANSTOwN, Lebanon County


Pa, June 20.-The strangest of al


ghost stories is creating a terrible ex


citement in this section of Pennsylvania


Miss Katie Leininger, aged Is, bean


tiful and accomplished young lady, ha:


been dragged to death and her body


horribly mutilated; and her untime.
! ly fate is attributed to terrible ghOstly


apparition that frightened her horse on


q public road, on their way to this qui-


ct village in the night.


Miss Leininger is the daughter of 8


citizen of this place. She invited q


friend to accompany her TO a country


fair about five miles from the village.
/ The lady who went with her was Miss


Ada Hoffman, also from this village.


Their conveyance, consisting of one of


the family horses and an open phaeton,


was got ready, and young brother of


Miss Hoffman went with them 10 drive.


The journey to the fair in the twilight


was delightful, as the drive was among
some of the finest scenery in the State.
They arrived at the small village of
Schaefferstown at O'Clock, and enjoy


ed very pleasant evening with their


acquaintances at the festival. The two


young ladies were recognized as the


representative bellies of that section, be-


ing courted and fattered for their many


qualities and accomplishments. The


weather was warm, and theywere dress
ed in white cambric robes. Little did they
think when they left home that before
they returned one of those robes would


be a shroud of blood and one of their
bodies a lifeless, horribly mangled
corpse.


1t was after II O'Clock before the
young ladies told their attendant they
desired to leave. The night had grown
very dark, and as the road was as dan
gerous at midnight as it was grand in
the twilight, the friends of the young
ladies impOrtuned and begged them to
remain until morning. This they re-
fused, stating that they desired to go
home that night, and they were not
afraid to travel over the road, as they
had frequently done before. They left
their friends and proceeded on their
journey hOmeward. They had gone
about mile along small stream known
as Mill Greek, when the young driver
says that he saw a strange, unearthly
looking object ahead of him on the
road. He knew that he was near ra-
vine known for long number of years
as Ghost Hollow. All of a sudden the
white object came nearer and frighten-
ed the horse. The boy-driver is about
fourteen years of age, and he insists
that the fearful thing jumped upon the
horses back, which set the animal run
ming at a frightful pace. Over the road
the horse plunged in the black night,
and the young ladies screamed with
fright. Within three quarters of mile
of this village they reached small
bridge spanning Mill Greek. The horse
dashed madly to one side and struck a
stone heap, partly demOlishing the car
riage. The animal was intensely
and began to rear and
plunge The driver leaped out
and carried the reins with him. The
horse darted ahead over the rocks
and Miss Hoffman, seeing that her
brother, the driver, jumped, cried that
she too was going to jump if she lost
her life. Miss Leininger said, ''No;
for heavens sake keep your seati"
There was a short struggle, and Miss
who is a stout well built per-
son, was master of the situation, and
she jumped. The wheels caught her
dress and after carrying her around |
several times she dropped on the rocks |
nearly senseless. She Shieked fearfully !
when she was first caught, and this add
was still in her carriage. The horse |
dashed ahead and Miss Leininger heard |
he noise of the rushing water. She |
hen determined to leap. She made the |
Effort, and jumped from the front of the |
carriage instead of the back. Her foot |
caught in the running-gear near the |
orward spring, and she could not dis
Engage herself. Her body touched the
ground. The horse plunged madly on
md the unfortunate young lady scream
d in vain for help. There were not
many houses near the road, and the
people were all in bed and sleeping
oundly. The horse dragged the bleed
NO, mangled, lifeless young woman at
east half mile, going directly to his
lome, and when he reached there he
walked slowly, while the lifeless corpse
# the young daughter of the household
vas being dragged on the ground.


The father of the young woman sat at
lome waiting for his dear one to arrive.
lie heard the horse pass and he went
o the front door to see 1t was too
lark to distinguish his own animal.
finally a neighbor, also returning from
he same fair, saw the horse and caught
linn. He had a lantern, and looking
nder the carriage, he discovered the
nangled body of the once beautiful
oung lady of the adjoining farm. The
wO households were aroused, and when
he men had come together the gashed
nd bleeding corpse was removed with
ifliculty. The sight was a horrible
ne. The back part of her head and
,ack were rubbed fiat and the flesh was
If to the bone Her beautiful black
lair laid in ringlets clotted with blood
long the road. The highway appeared
S though a log had been dragged over
t. The surviving young lady is now
wing at the point of death. So is the
mother of the dead. The driver still
insists that a horrible ghost-like form
It shadow frightened the horse.-Ne10
Fork Sun.


Washington Knocked Down.