ghost of Jonelle Lambkin article in newspaper 1894 (Lincolntown)
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ghost of Jonelle Lambkin article in newspaper 1894 (Lincolntown)
| acg13666 (View posts) | Posted: 22 May 2009 8:20PM GMT |
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I ran across this article in the Weld Co, CO newspaper and found this very interesting.
Does anyone have any info about Lincolntown or this ghost story?
Thanks,
Anna in Colorado
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Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Weld Co) Date: Jan 4, 1894
A GHOST RINGS THE BELL
The Woman in White Who Is Startling an Arkansas Community
In the village of Lincolntown, which is settled principally by Negroes, and which lies eight or nine miles south of this place, there is a little church, surrounding which is a mystery that is greatly perplexing and worrying the community.
Every night there is to be seen in the belfry of the edifice a woman in white, who rings the bell three times in the most solemn fashion and who then disappears. How the woman get there is what is puzzling the good people of Lincolntown, for the only approach to the belfry is a stairway to which entrance is gained by a single door, and not only is this door guarded every night since the commencement of the mysterious tolling, but the staircase is watched by 200 or 800 eyes, and at dark the belfry itself is watched and thoroughly searched and is found to be entirely empty. Besides, the belfry is only large enough to hold the bell itself, and when that is in motion there is no footing for a person.
The rope that is ordinarily employed in ringing the bell hangs all the time in plain view of the crowd and is perfectly motionless. The woman is also distinctly visible, but whether white or black it is impossible to tell. Even if the figure itself was a figment of the imagination, the ringing of the bell is not, as that is to be unmistakably heard for a quarter of a mile. The Negroes are much excited over the matter and say it is a portent of ill to the race. As to the identity of the ghost, it is generally believed that it is the restless spirit of a woman named Jonelle Lambkin, who on account of some misdemeanor charged against her, was put out of the church here in spite of her continued reiteration of her innocence. Jonelle died about two months ago, alleging with her dying breath that she was a wrongfully accused woman and that the community would ultimately receive proof of this.--
Arkadelphia (Ark.) Dispatch
Does anyone have any info about Lincolntown or this ghost story?
Thanks,
Anna in Colorado
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Greeley Tribune (Greeley, Weld Co) Date: Jan 4, 1894
A GHOST RINGS THE BELL
The Woman in White Who Is Startling an Arkansas Community
In the village of Lincolntown, which is settled principally by Negroes, and which lies eight or nine miles south of this place, there is a little church, surrounding which is a mystery that is greatly perplexing and worrying the community.
Every night there is to be seen in the belfry of the edifice a woman in white, who rings the bell three times in the most solemn fashion and who then disappears. How the woman get there is what is puzzling the good people of Lincolntown, for the only approach to the belfry is a stairway to which entrance is gained by a single door, and not only is this door guarded every night since the commencement of the mysterious tolling, but the staircase is watched by 200 or 800 eyes, and at dark the belfry itself is watched and thoroughly searched and is found to be entirely empty. Besides, the belfry is only large enough to hold the bell itself, and when that is in motion there is no footing for a person.
The rope that is ordinarily employed in ringing the bell hangs all the time in plain view of the crowd and is perfectly motionless. The woman is also distinctly visible, but whether white or black it is impossible to tell. Even if the figure itself was a figment of the imagination, the ringing of the bell is not, as that is to be unmistakably heard for a quarter of a mile. The Negroes are much excited over the matter and say it is a portent of ill to the race. As to the identity of the ghost, it is generally believed that it is the restless spirit of a woman named Jonelle Lambkin, who on account of some misdemeanor charged against her, was put out of the church here in spite of her continued reiteration of her innocence. Jonelle died about two months ago, alleging with her dying breath that she was a wrongfully accused woman and that the community would ultimately receive proof of this.--
Arkadelphia (Ark.) Dispatch