Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1896 — A Ghost Story Exploded. [ARTICLE]

A Ghost Story Exploded.

It is a relief even to those who scorn to believe In the supernatural when a supposed ghost is clearly proved to be of earthly origin. One of the most famous murder cases in Australia was discovered by the ghost of the murdered man sitting on a rail of a nam (Australian for horsepond) Into which hid body had been thrown. Numberless people saw It, and the crime was duly brought home. Even the skeptical admitted that this ghost seemed to be an authentic one. But some years after, a dying man making his confession said that he invented the ghost. He witnessed the crime but was threatened with death If he divulged it as he wished to, and the only way he saw out of

the impasse was to affect to see the ghost where the body was found. As soon as he started the story, such is the power of nervousness that numerous other people began to see it, until its fame reached such dimensions that a search was made and the body found, and the murderers brought to justice.