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| The Detroit News, September 4, 1927 |
No matter where he went, a ghost pursued Arthur Jackson, 21 years old, 2212 Sherman Avenue, so assiduously that he was nearly frantic until he conceived the plan of outwitting the specter by disguising himself as a woman, he told Judge Frank Murphy when arrained in the Recorder's Court Saturday, charged with stealing four dresses from the store of Emil Gries, 4420 Dix avenue.
"A real ghost?" the court inquired.
"A real one, your honor," the defendant replied. "He walked beside me all day long, and kept me awake at night. Unless you've been followed by a ghost yourself, you can't imagine what I went through."
So earnest did Jackson appear that Judge Murphy let him off--with $25 fine.
