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Show OIL MAGNATE OWNS A GHOST It Waa the Prize Package Given With Mexican Palace That H. Clay Pierce Bought. II. Clny Pierco, St. Louis oil magnate, mag-nate, is now tho owner of tho Dordn Gardens at Ceurnnvaca, Mexico, and may bo said to bo tho custodian of tho ghost of tho Dordn Gardens. Nothing was Bald about it when Mr. Plorco paid $16,000 for tho hlHtoric spot which waB tho favorlto summer haunt of Emperor Maximilian and Queen Carlotta in tho days of Mexico's splendor splen-dor as an emplro. But it is to bo '.supposed that tho ghost, having occupied tho gardens without loavo thoao many years, will contlnuo to do so, and an oocaslonal glimpse of tho ghostly Intruder may bo vouchsafed to tho guestB of Mr. and Mrs. Plorco after Mr. Plorco has Bfccnt $100,000 in restoring tho gardens gar-dens and thoy are ready to entertain tholr friends thord. Mrs. Plorco, who will bo tho mlB-treBs mlB-treBs of the mansion of tho mod empress, em-press, is an Edwnrdsvlllo (111.) woman, wom-an, tho daughter of MaJ. William M. RuBsell Pickett Beforo hor marrlago to Mr. Pierco Hho was Mrs. Virginia Pickett Durrowos. Tho mansion, in recent yoars, hns divided into several suites nnd has been lot to tenants. Theso say that thoy often seo tho ghost Whose ghost is it; nnd why it hnuntB tho Dorda Gnrdons nobody protondB to know, but it is tho belief of tho locality lo-cality that tho ghostly nppoaranccs havo Eomo rotation to buriod treasure and a dark crlmo of tho long ago. St Louis Post-Dispatch. t |