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P.E.E.R Investigations
| The Accomac Inn
Wrightsville PA
April 16, 2010
The Accomac Inn stands on property included in the first land grant on the west bank of the Susquehanna River. Visiting dignitaries included Marquis de Lafayette, Samuel Adams, General Horatio Gates and Philip Livingston. Also, the first metal-hulled steam vessel built in the United States took its maiden voyage from Accomac’s shore.
Information courtesy H. Douglas Campbell Jr.
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| Investigation Details
The story that makes up the whole persona of the haunted Accomac Inn deals with the murder of Emily Myers by the rejected John Coyle Jr. in 1883. John Coyle Jr. fell for a young lady named Emily Myers and when she rejected his advances, he became frustrated and shot her. The newspaper article recounts that about 5:00 in the morning of May 30, 1881, Emily went to the barn to milk the cows. It was then that John approached her and again after many previous rejections, insisted that she marry him. Again when she refused the proposal, without hesitation John drew his pistol and shot her once in the chest. It was brought out in the trial that Emily did not immediately die as John watched her hand and arm twitch as she lie on the ground just feet away from the Inn. Imagine this scene; a young woman realizing her inevitable end as she looks up at a man who has repeatedly confessed his love for her and has now committed her to her grave.
Coyle’s first trial that found him guilty was appealed and a new trial was ordered by the Supreme Court. When the case came before the same judge, a motion for a change in venue was requested and granted. The new trial was moved to Gettysburg in Adams County. The trial which lasted two weeks drew heavy attendance from the public showing great interest in the outcome. The jury retired on May 5, 1883. Their deliberations lasted three hours and as they returned to a crowded court room, they again returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. Motion was made for a new trial on which Judge McClean heard the arguments, overruled the motion and sentenced John Coyle Jr. to be hanged by the neck until dead.
It is said that because of this well publicized crime and trial, no cemetery wanted to be associated with Coyle or his crime and would not allow him to be buried on their grounds. His mother claimed his body and had him buried on the hill behind the building overlooking the property and the Susquehanna River. His grave was headed with a stone marker.
On the evening of April 16, 2010, a preliminary team consisting of several clairvoyant investigators arrived at The Accomac Inn to meet with management for a walk through of the property. As we were led through the entire facility moving about from floor to floor, going up one set of stairs only to descend on a totally different set of stairs; a few of the PEER members lost track of their exact whereabouts even though they found it easy to recount their personal experiences on the tour. Nearly every person on this walk through sensed the presence of or was approached by a spirit in this building.
Even with four teams, twenty investigators in all, we needed two sets of vigils since we determined on our walk through that there were at least seven locations in which we needed to sit for spirit communication. These locations were from top to bottom; the attic, The Anderson and Lafayette dining rooms on the second floor, the main dining room and the catering storage area on the first floor and two particular sections in the basement.
The personal experiences during the initial walk through were abundant which enhanced PEER's investigation at the Accomac. All of these experiences and encounters will be discussed in full in Steve McNaughton's new book "Ghosts, Angels and Elementals of Pennsylvania's Susquehanna Valley" which is due out in the Autumn of 2010.
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EVPs
EVPs were captured during this investigation with the use of our Ghost Boxes. Even though we actually heard most of them live, we will still call them just EVPs since we needed the electronic device to hear them.
The following 9 EVPs were captured in the attic and in the main floor dining room.
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