THE PHANTOM HORSE: A Weird Tale of Life in the Early Days of California

Item
Title
THE PHANTOM HORSE: A Weird Tale of Life in the Early Days of California
Description
A horror-based story about Mexican superstition. The strange tale describes a conductor who sees a white horse run across the train tracks between San Francisco and San Jose and eventually leads to the mayor (a rich American) being robbed and killed by a man named Vasquez. The purpose of this article was to create a suspenseful story for avid readers and to create fear towards Mexicans.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1891-07-24/ed-1/seq-3/
Page 3
Publisher
New York Evening World
Date
1891-07-24
Coverage
New York City
Item sets
The Business of Newspapers in Post-Civil War America
Media
The evening world. [volume], July 24, 1891, EXTRA 2 O'CLOCK, Page 3, Image 3