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THAT GHOSTIs Still Causing Excitement Up in Slabtown.Charley Kirkendall Gives a Description of the Ghostly Visitor,NornBA Wan 3tat i iin a iKanehemeWhile Another Story Says It Is That of a little Girl Who Mysteriously Disappeared Some Years Ago.csl.DinoonmanWestis a' andaii :cove M trat-Mrs son to IWaThe ghoEt iB still the absorbing topic up in Slabtown. Last night another large crowd gathered at the loot of Waller street and watched and waited m vain for the coming of the ghostly visitor.Tbo stories toid grow more weird day by day. One in circulation now is that several years ago a colored woman, with a small girl, viBlted old Aunt Eibbee, on Ggobo island, She remained a few days aud then went away without the girl. The little one was never seen again and there was always a suspicion as to what became of her. Now Slabtownerasay that the ghost of tho little girlhas returned to haunt the spot.Charles Kirkendall, the barber, and John Minor claim to have seen the ghost at close quarters. They Hay that it reBambleB a big bunch of mist. The face and eysB, etc,, can be distinctly seen. When they approached it the mist seemed to scatter and disappear. They say H did not vanish suddenly, but seemed to gradually fade away,Kirkendall sayB that the ghost seemed to wear a white hood and A1 that he coaid see this distinctly. He tfa is positive he saw a real ghost and describes graphically the cold, Jc creepy sensation that he felt as he bc approached it. He Baid it was ail he f n could do to keep from running, iv, A number of young men will'or watch every night until they have ki solved the mystery, i erofstrterluiba:fOcwnanrmSt.quTfcw-O'
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Fri, May 05, 1899
Page 4
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