THE SEVERED HAND.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1549, 5 February 1887, Page 3

THE SEVERED HAND.

j ‘ 1 ; Who has not heard of the Severed ' 'Hand add th&&trp6WihdTy mystery,which ißnehrotidait/ind .'which even the aßtateheM' rot the -urnsf Sstdtei ■ and olhiir-iheaded of-polictfthehV’-Mr Inspector Pender 1 cannot penetrate j , It is still preserved in spirits iri the 1 Christchurch p6l ico and all efforts to find the body $ ' *hich it be-’ loogs have provedlutile.: ' Aj spiritualistic medium imparted'tbb information .that it belonged/ body of a woman in the TMtelton Roman,Catholic Cemetery, but no steps have-been- taken to verify this. Tbe band still remains in the police station, and according to the Christchurch ITelegiaph it creatediuo/small amount; of; pommotionuthera- recently, The story goes (says the Telegraph) that at this hour (midnight) the twftopp(*pft»t|jof thesevered band room were horrified to bpftpld a mysterious personage, clothed in a long white roboj appear before them, and with its hahdless.arip point to the bottle com gaining ..its longrlost limh. The constables, who in this case deemed prudence the better pert of valour. and distance the best guard (or safety, hastily left their bedsiand the building, appearing qp ( the UWn of the police station in tbpip light apd airy garments. So great was ttye Shock sustained by their nervopa system that the two men, with ft loud cry of com sternation, fell 1 full length OP the dewy 'grass. The portly sergeant ip charge of the " Station, dressed i Q bis long white sleeping vesture and nightcap, appeared onUhe scene in reiponse to the cry. On opening their syee, and having freah in

tiiejr rninds the ghostly visitor they had jusYflad from, the constables *ere not at all reassured by the sight of the sergeant. However, his gruff voice soon reoalled them to a state of pariial calmness; and a deep ; draught of something a little stronger than water revived them sufficiently to "allow of explanations being made. Whether th« ghost will be communicative or not remains yet to be Been, but, lisdepositions would be of great interest, and we hope for the sake of satisfaction to all who are interested in the solution of the severed hand mystery, that someone will be told off to wait upon the ghost on the next visit. Now that it has found that which it was in search of, who knows but that the ghost may not visit the spot regularly ?