THE EVENING STAR — MAY 27, 1935
Officials Skeptical
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Mar 27 —It wasn’t just a ghost of the common cemetery variety. William Tankezicia, 24, said he saw, but a hitch-hiking ghost, who “leered from sightless eyes and jerked a bony thumb” in the most approved style of begging a ride.
And that, William told Highway Patrolman Peter Brown of suburban Willow Springs, was the reason he swerved his father’s car sharply as he passed a cemetery. striking a post and overturning.
But when Brown and the bruised youth scoured the grounds they found nary a trace of the pedestrian apparition and William was booked on a charge of disorderly conduct.
From—The Evening Star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.), 27 May 1935. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
