THE SEVERED HAND.
A. OHRfS'iOdGKCH GHOST ST »P.Y.
Who baa n- 1 heti-d of tho Severed ii>tnd and tho tsxTnordin-^ry mjete*)? which enshrouds it,, and which even t\ c » tv cocas of the vi <&t ;<stuie. and cka • :iti ded of polict m^n Mr luspeetor Pende? cannot jionetr-.to ? It 18 flliil presarvrd id apitiiß m "hj (Jtirißic »arch pol 0* statin. and all efforts 10 fiud the body to nh eh it belongs have proved fnti.e. A. spiri - ual stio medium mparted the information that it belong d to the body of a worn*' m the Lytteltun Koman(Jatbu!HoGeineta?y but no aups have bt-eu takeu to verify this. 'He ha .d still remalnp m the io loest-tti '-, a«»d according to ih* Chi is o>u oh lYl»<r.»ph it. created no small *»ru- unt o' c uirnouuu t»iw ■ rewtitlj. To» etorj (a-ysthe TeUgmph) th* at this hour (oiiduight) <he ivy . <>ccQp »»t* of the stored ht»d voum were hortifi^ 10 behold a mysterious personage, oiottud iv h lon^ » h<t« robe, appear boture them, and with » haudless arm poiot to t»<* bo tie containing ins lonii-lost limb. Tbe constables who iv this case deemed pruoence the better part of valojr, aad distance the best guard for Bafety, » -aetily lbf« their bedß and the building, appearing on the lawn of the police station iv then lig t and any garmeutß. So great ww the shook sustained by their nervous ay B.em8 '.em that the two men, with a loud cry of consternation, fell full length or the dewy graas. The portly sergeant m charge of the station, dressed In hi* long while sleeping vesmie and nl_htcap, ap peared on tho scene m response to the cry. On opening their eyes, and having frtoeh m their mu.ds the ghostly visitor they had just fled from, the com) ablet were not «t uil rutiSßurd .by la<« eight of the eergeant. However, nis gruff voice scu.n recalled them to a state of partial calmness, and a deep di aught of aonuthing a little stronger th»n water revived them Bbffioietitiy to aik-w of exp'anatio s boing mudo. Whether the ghost will be communicative or not iemams yet to be eeen, t>ut its depositions w>>uld be of gre*< interest, and we hope for the sake < f satisfaction to all who aro intetestei m tho solutiou of the severed haud ray»:?ry, that someone will be told off to wait upon the ghofit on t^he next visit. Now that it hue found 'hat whioa it waa m search of, who knows but thut the gh-jst may not visit the Bpotregu arly ?
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1476, 7 February 1887, Page 3
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429THE SEVERED HAND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1476, 7 February 1887, Page 3
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