In an old house in a cathedral town the ghost of a tall, elderly
woman dressed in black recently gave much trouble to the inmates. The
ladies living in the house saw the apparition constantly, and got
quite accustomed to it, but very few servants would stay in the
house.
The climax came when the cook was found in a fainting condition and
said that the ghost had tried to strangle her, and showed the marks
of fingers on her throat.
Something had to be done. A clergyman from the cathedral was called
in and exorcised the ghost, whereupon the trouble instantly ceased.
Investigation showed that a woman, answering to the apparition, had
committed suicide in the house about fifty years previously. An
interesting point is that the ghost was seen in every part of the
house except the room in which the tragedy had taken place.