20/34 Not a word is said about _why_ the constable went to, and examined, the rail. But Mr.Rusden, author of a History of Australia, knew the medical attendant D.Farley (who saw Fisher's ghost, and pointed out the bloody rail), and often discussed it with Farley. Mr.Souttar, in a work on Colonial traditions, proves the point that Farley told his ghost story _before_ the body of Fisher was found. But, for fear of prejudicing the jury, the ghost was kept out of the trial, exactly as in the following case. On 25th October, 1828, William Edden, a market gardener, was found dead, with his ribs broken, in the road between Aylesbury and Thame. |