Year: 1870

Since the fall of the Pemberton Mills,
the city of Lawrence has known no
such excitement as that produced on
Saturday, the Goth ult., by the unac.
countable appearance of females fea-
lures, in q light of glass in the window
of house on Broadway. 1t appears
that few days previous to the discov-
cry of the phenomenon an elderly lady
aftera long and weary sickne5, had died.
The day succeeding that on which tho
funeral occurred lady who was visit
ing one of the tenants ofthe same house
in passing saw figure in the attic win
dow, which she instantly recognized as
that of the deceased lady, and with
great CONSERVATION communicated the
fact to the other occupants of the build
ing, and in short time the neighbor-
hood was made acquainted with the
strange and exciting discovery. The
window of the room in which the wo.
man had died was Immediately under
that of the attic, and WAS usually the
sitting place of the deceased. Some
supposed that by some means her face
had become impressed upon the glass;
but the fact that it was not in the room
occupied by her, and in q room that
was usually unoccupied, displa-
ces all belief in this idea. Du-
ring the day and evening the story
of ghost on Broadway was widely
circulated throughout the city, and ear
ly the next morning, which was the
Sabbath, people commenced to gather
about the ill fated and haunted house,
much to the annoyance Of its inmates
and Immediate neighbors. None pro-
fessed to believe word of tho wild sto-
ry, and were convinced upon an actual
view with their own eyes. A sister of
the deceased, hearing of the matter,
visited the place, and pronounced the
likeness to be that of her relative. The
only remaining members of the family
are two small children. The excitement
momentarily increased, rs also did the
crowd in the street, and by noon it was
so great as to render the passage of the
horse cars quite difficult. The inmates
tried various means to rem owe the fig
ure from the glass, but were unsuccess-
ful, and, with view to sending the
crowds away, removed the sash to tho
rear of the building; but as means OF
scattering the people it was only sue
cessful in drawing them away from The
front of the building to the rear, where
the face was seen to still better advan.
tage, though it seemed to have some
what different appearance. 1t was only
| when the sash had been removed and
secreted in the house that the crowd be-
gan to disperse and wander back to their
cause of the singular vision, and all
agreeing that "there was something ir
it, anyway"


Early on Monday morning another
crowd gathered around the house, and
DR.. Wm. d. Lamb, prominent physi-
clan, obtained permission to remove the
sash to his Office on Essex street. Here
it was placed in his window opening
upon the main business street in the
city, and every one could get a fine view
from below. The window was exam
ined by scientific and intelligent men,
and while some were of the opinion that
it might be the result of the lightning,
when some person had been sitting
near, Others thought this theory one OF
mpossibility. OF course the many su.
perstitious were satisfied that it was the
"ghost Of the dear woman and nothing
more" There is one thing about il at
least, that seems strange, and that is
the fact thatno face or figure is to be seer


in looking from theinsidc. During the
day firm of photographers, after sew


eral attempts, succeeded in getting g
very good likeness of the sash and the
face it contained.


No one can account for this strange
phenomenon, but men who are practi
cal and possessed of good share of com
mon sense, conclude that it must be one
of these curious defects that will some
times appear in window glass. The
strangest thing in its connection is that
1t was not discovered until after the
death of an inmate of the house. Those
who believe in the spiritual" are ma


king the most of the circumstance, ant
doubtless there seldom occur such in
stances upon which they can 50 surely
reach the partially superstitious mind
Ghost or not, there has nothing occur
red in the city of Lawrence of this ma
ture that has produced such wonder
ment since the well-remembered sto
ries of various apparitions in connection
with the fall of the Pemberton Mills.