Mysterious occurrences at Falmouth.
Early on Tuesday morning some evil-disposed person commenced target practice on the windows of the “King’s Head” hotel, in the occupation of Mr Thomas.
A brickbat, hurled with unerring aim, smashed the windows, and fell into the room. The invisible spirits continued to discharge volleys of coal, coke, and stones, interspersed with brickbats. The owner failing to discover the originating cause, communicated with the police, and a watch was set, but in spite of the presence of this representative of law and good order, the bombardment still continued at intervals throughout the day and late into the night, the watchers being unable to discover the direction from whence the missiles came.
The police, suspecting that the projectiles came from some back premises, ordered all the windows overlooking Mr Thomas’s yard to be closed, but still the missiles came at intervals, but from whence no one was able to discover.
Damages to the extent of several pounds were done to the windows and furniture in the rooms. It is to be hoped that the perpetrator of this dastardly outrage may be speedily detected and receive his well-merited need of punishment.
Other parts of the suburbs have of late been visited by a pretended phantom, who, with a long cloak reaching to the ground and oddly shaped head-dress, suddenly and silently emerges from stables and quarries to frighten hapless females and children, or unwary lovers, who may be passing, retiring again to a hiding-place and repeating the experiment as opportunity offers. Such wanton and mischievous rascality deserves to be summarily dealt with by a swift and unerring lynch-law, and several have intimated their readiness to punish such cowardly miscreant on the very first opportunity. Should he fall into their hands he will, doubtless, receive such ghostly instruction as will make him a wiser, if not a sadder, man.
Cornishman, 3rd August 1882.