The Ghost Walks.
Skldom has the "ghost walked" in snch sensation stylo as the ghost which walked into tho Coroner's Court in tha Strand the othor day. Tho twe'lvo good men and true were about to iociuo that the corpse on which they were sitting, which had been taken from tho Thames, represented all that waa mortal of one Charles John Wilson. Tho iJontity was exact. Physical confirmation, down to a peculiarity of two of tho finger*, corresponded exactly. Such as Wilson was doscribed to be, so was the " moiety, damp body." Just in tituo to save himself Irott a Verdict of "found drowned," Charles John Wilson entered tbo court and explained to tho bewildered jury that ho was himself and not a " body," that he was alive and well, and that ho had nover seen and knew nothing of the drowued person who was just about to bo attached to his name. Undet theso circumstances thero was only ono course open to tho j'iry. Thoy unanimously exonerated Mr Wileon from tho imputation on his living reality, and they returned a verdict against tho cubject of their inquiry "That it was tho body Of ffl person unknown, and that it was found drowfled."
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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 208, 4 September 1886, Page 4
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203The Ghost Walks. Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 208, 4 September 1886, Page 4
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