Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-04-26

piven in the inclosed stli iavt o. John ch- .,
ardson are Of Isbiic notcriety here, and cam in
no doubt. be sustained by any amount oI c'i' in
dcnce. You are at liberty 10 make any USE m
oil the paiJaiis YOU c. oose. Respectfully,
WIN ]. BRIGHT.
The.S,ato Of Ohio, Trumbull County, ss-
Before ne. Wm. ]. Bright, Justice Of the
Peace in and for the county aforesaid, per-
sonnily cane John Richardson, who being
duly sworn, deposes as follows. o,n resi-. I
de Mt ot Pamy'umiany township, Mercer CO. e
pa i've four miles east OF the centre o. n
II ntrurd, Ohio; have lived where ! now rc' |,
site eome nine months. About live weeks
pgo NV at'ebtiea WIS arrested b? avery sha'p 4
nnd loud whisth. seemingly m small cI"'e'
in one corner OF my mouse. This was follow
ed by loud aud distinct rafs,as ldud ss per-
son couid conveniently rap with hs knuck-
les. The closet door is secured or fastened ,
by wood. button that turns over the edge
of the door. THIS button would frequently
turn, and the door upea, without any visible
agency This was ioilowed oy i"ui and
Gi,urct (app renily) hamIn vuIce,Vh!ch cold
be heard, rhaps, fit! rods.
Alter repeating "a very loud nnd sAr'll
scream several time$,he voice fell TO n low
or KY, and in a tone about as loud MS ordi- ,
nary conversation, commenced S eakiHg ~ =
plain and distinct mlnnJr, nssurng the iam-
~ that we would not be burned, aud rcqnes-
ting us to huve no fear f any injury, as wo
were :n no danger Tho G manifestations
being oltogeth,r unaccuuntabia to mysrt'
snl fl n'v, wG searched the CnirC house, 'O
fna, il possjbIe, ;he case of this new aud
sia,tling phehninenOr, bit found no onr III
or about the premises but the family. Agnn
VIC were startled by repetition ofthe screams
which were repeated, perhaps, dozen tines
when the voice prucecded to inform us tina,
the conversation came from tie spirit UI t"o
broihers, calling themselves Henry and G 20.
Free, aud cloimcd to have been mnrdered'
GONE eleven years since, aud then gave us
what they represented as history OF the
tragedy, aud insisted that We should call in
tume U the ne GLIB to hear the disclosure
John R,nney, Henry Moore, and some dozen
others were then called in, 10 whom The his
tory was detailed at length. We could rea-
dis dis cover difference in the voice pro-
'essiug 10 come from thf tNc spirits.
About the third day alter these mani estu.
tons commenced, my vie brought hnm III
meat into The house, and laid it on the table
and stepped 10 the other side o. tar room,
when it was carried BY some invisible agen-
cy ron tour 10 SIX feet from the table, ami
thrown upon the !ioor. At another time a
bucket of water WAS without human lands
tskeu If. m the tih" carried come six leei,
ant 3outlL upon he floor. THIS Was fol-
lowed by inr-e dining table .Irning round
from is position 81 the edo oi the runtn,1nd
carried forward 10 the s;ovc u distrncr ut
more than SIX feet. THIS was done while
ia, 20 " - no person Hehr ii. The same td-
tie hia. since thut time, been thrown oh IL
side without human agency, and often been
made 10 dance about white the tan ly were
oIiinx around i. At onn tim di-hes, knives
aud Turks, were thrown lram ile abIe 10 ,hc
opposite side o; lae room, breaking the dish.
e5 TO piscea.
Ua another OCCASION thc voice requested
Mls. Richardson to rcTvyc the dishes iruu
the tatle which waa dune immediately. y.whcn
the table commenced rocking Violently back
sad forward, aai continued the notion Sc
that the ti4A2J could not be washed upon 1t
but were pIlced.i vessel aud set upon tl,
floor, ir1m W i,n number few from The
tub to tho chamber four over head, and wer,
thls broken 10 pieces. what croi.ery re-
maipad We attempted to secure by placing Il
in II cupbourd and shut The doors, whicl
were thrown violently we're open, and The
diahes Il " k lightning, one utter anuthe
upains, tna opposite idle and irukrn 10 pie
cel Az anr,her ,ime Il drawer Ia the table
was. while there wus no person near it,tra~I
Out, and plat. lhu, bad been accd there
carried acro,s he room and s5rJken agU!ns
the opposite wall. Ana Tho kini OF niuu-
stration hus Continued unt,l nearly al IN,
erocgory ouout he house has been utoSul
aud destroyed.
At dlnvtcur timcs tie drawers OF s,,n,
sitt,nE in bed 10, IN have been taken cut
and at one tin, cur. fully placed o. a pel.-
A large stove .Uol,rr HIS been, waic on the
stove, ill d with water, tipped up, and cAus
ed to stand On one and, und the water wa