"That Ticket Has Blood on It": The Night Seattle Was Haunted by a Cursed Bill

"In One Hour I Will Be Dead."

Strangest Story of Matter On Bill Carrying Threat.

A $5 bill, which has been in circulation as an ordinary piece of currency, was found to have writing on it in black ink that has made the news very lively in this city. When information of the strange United States five-dollar bill was called to the bank for immediate redemption, it was kept as a relic.

The lettering read as follows:

"The last I have. Take it. You took all the rest, and with it my soul. May it scorch your fingers when you try to spend it. May what you buy be damn you forever, God's curse go with it to hell. You got the last. I hope you are cursed murderer."

Besides these words on the back, the following inscription in the same ink appears on the face: "H. K. M. to R. P." On the two sides of the face are written in small characters: "Your work is complete." "In one hour and I will be dead!"

At the sub-treasury the bill is said to have been received from a downtown bank. The receiving clerk there is said to have taken it immediately after receiving the bill. The effort made for verification in the attempt to trace the origin of the mysterious legend has come to a sudden end.

Perhaps new light on the mystery may come up in the future.

The story began when the bill was wanted from the bank by a strange hand at an uptown theater. The teller took it, instead of keeping it as a relic. The strange hand next left the box where the clerk had given it to him to change. Inquiry at the face of the office developed the fact that the bill presented by two young women. They came in late, bought their tickets and gave the bill. As they went in one of the girls turned back and said in a terrifying tone: "That ticket has blood on it."

The ticket seller, who noticed nothing particular about it, thought it a joke. He did not realize the peculiar character of the bill until counting up time. When he went home that night it was discovered the rubber feed pipe of a gas range had burnt in two and set fire to it. When he told the manager the next day the latter ordered the bill to be changed.

Although police watch has been kept for the young women, they have not been seen since. Thus the search for the origin of the mysterious legend has come to a sudden end.