Wellington’s Ghost.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 49, 27 February 1901, Page 2

Wellington’s Ghost.

Our telegrams on Saturday morning, stating that tho Wellington ghost had been laid, will bo further explained by the following telegram previously sent by n. special correspondent:— The Wellington ghost appears to have been run to earth. Last night, as a young man and two women were returning home in tho ghost locality, shortly after eleven o’clock, a figuro in whito apparel appeared near tho pathway. Tho women screamed and went into hysterics, but tho young man gave chase, and succeeded in running down tlic “ghost," who, it is said, turned out to bo a. young man well-known in tho suburb of Brooklyn. Ono of the frightened women is very ill to-day. The police have been communicated with, and proceedings arc likely to ensue.

The business still continues to have its humorous side. Last night some small street urcliins built up a ghost on the reclaimed land. They mado a cross of sticks and draped it with whito paper and cloth. Then they scurried off up town and told a policeman. They also told various other people, and said the ghost was doing a cake walk up and down behind the Public Library. Police, citizens, and urchins hurried to the sceno, and there sure enough was the ghost, his outstretched arms waving in the wind. The visitors remained at a safe distance and threw stones at him. From one of the volleys a heavy stone went through the paper 1 and the “ ghost ” collapsed. Everybody dashed forward, each hustling the other in his eagerness to get a glimpse of the ghost. “ Let the man up,” said one; “ kick his ribs in,” shouted another. Then the police officer strode up and found the “ ghost ” to be the work of human hands.