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This talisman , it was also believed , would open the devil 's conscience , and cause him to lift the stone and unlock the great iron chest containing the gold and silver . Loud noises , it was said , were heard under the stone , which was the voice of the devil rebuking the follies of the men who came in search of this treasure . These poor people also believed that Kidd had murdered a woman in cold blood , and buried her under the same stone ; that she would come to life when it was lifted ; and that her ghost haunted the spot every night , and not less than a score of Dutchmen had seen it . The more religious of them declared that the ghost would hold communion only with a certain priest , who came once a year , at midnight , to invoke in an unknown tongue a blessing on her troubled spirit . `` The divel 's soundin ' - stone is it ye 's wants ? '' ejaculated Mr. Brophy . `` Shure , it 's beyant -- a mile , about -- perhaps two -- perhaps not so many -- perhaps more .