The legend has stood for almost 100 years that the angel statue has a "handprint" on the left cheek of the face. The young lady was a pregnant wife whose drunken husband slapped her in a fit of anger. She fell down the stairs to her death, and also the death of her unborn child.
The husband grieved when he realized what he had done and erected this statue in her honor. Shortly after it was set in place, an image of a handprint appeared on the statue's left cheek. The statue has been sandblasted, sanded, painted, and even recovered. The handprint remains. Notice the weathering on the entire statue, except the left cheek.
She died in 1911. Even after 95 years, the handprint on the left cheek of the statue has not changed since I first saw it back in the 80's. My mother says it hasn't changed since she was a child and the legend continues.
When I first walked up to the statue to take the photos for SugarCat, I had a very surreal feeling. I can tell you that the texture of the statue is as worn as the rest of the tombstones, gravemarkers and mausoleums of the same era, except for the left cheek of the statue. You can visibly see the surface is far smoother and lighter than the rest of her. When you are directly infront of her, you can see slight lines going in the same directions, it is in the shape of a human hand.
The legend also states that on the night of a full moon, that you can touch the stomach of the statue and it is warm, even in the winter months. I am not trying that! So I will take their word for it...
Take it for what it is worth...
Happy Halloween...
