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Show WHEN A WITCH LIVED IN OGCEN Story Recalled by the Excavating for a Large Building at the Northwest North-west Corner of Twenty-fifth Street and Lincoln Avenue-Recollection Avenue-Recollection of Old Mother Claxton. In the excavating for the store buildings 'at the corner of Lincoln avenue and Twenty-fifth street, a story of the early days of Ogden and a witch who lived In a cabin on that spot la brought to mind by unearthed Pieces of charred and decayed lumber. lum-ber. When the excavating started for the foundation of ihe building a number num-ber of the old timers of Ogden gathered gath-ered at the spot and expected that the skeleton of the witch would bo uncovered, un-covered, but later this Idea was dispelled dis-pelled by the statement from an old resident that the body waa removed to the cemetery a number of years after burial on the vacant lot whero the cabin once stood. The building of store buildings on this lot recalls to the wind of early re$ldents of Ogden the fact that for more than a Quarter of a century t.ils corner haa not had a building "on it. This has been later attributed to the fact that the property 1b owned by non-residents and they have never taken time, to investigate the opportunities oppor-tunities that have been offered la Os-den Os-den real estate and buildings. About thirty five years ago, in a cabin on this corner lot, lived an old woman by the name of Claxton, and who, by appearance and in actions, gained the name of "Witch Claxton." It is stated that she took perfect delight de-light In living to keep others in fear all the time. At night women and children would be frightened while parsing the spot by the eudden and dramatic appearance of the witch. Not only were women and children backward about parsing the spot, but men would pass with a hurried step. One cold and bleak morning In November, No-vember, men passing the corner were attracted to the cabin by agonizing cries and shrieks While no one cared about venturing Into the cabin, apart y of them broke open the door. There on the floor, lying in front of an old fashioned fireplace, was Wltrh Claxton flKhting off an imaginary Imp fmm Hades who had been sent for her by his Satanic majesty. Medical aid was summoned and everything possible was done for the woman, but she died within an hour after be Ing found. As there was no cemetery in Ogden Og-den at the time the witch was rdaecd in a rough pine box and a grave opened open-ed a few feet from the cabin, where the mortal remains were inforred. The following day the cabin of the witch with all its crude furniture was fired and burned to the ground. It is said that for years following the death of the witch and the destruction destruc-tion of her cabin, the residents of that part of the town always referrod to the corner ah being haunted, and many were the nights that the young peoplo in going to their homes from dancci3 and entertainments vowed they witnessed the horrible sight of the witch fleeing from the ruins of her cabin astrldo of a broom and pursued pur-sued by imps. |