Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-04-24
A Haunted Hotel.


From the following circumstantial ac-
count given by Prof. McBain, one of the
residents in the building, and no believer
in superstitions, it seems that the promise
is being kept
On Saturday morning, the fourteenth
of March, my daughter, an intelligent
girl of fourteen years Of age, was return
ing from the post-office (Which, by the
way, is kept in room on the ground
floor, in the southeast corner of the build
mgl, and came through the room in |
which the engine stands, and there saw |
a tall, slim man, dressed iii fine suit Of |
broadcloth, with a white night-cap on
his head, and a pair Of white stockings |
ON his feet. She passed him without
speaking, and came into the house, and |
made the remark to her mother and N.Y. |
self that strange looking man was pas
sing through the laundry, dressed as
above, and that he must be fool. This |
was about ten o'clock A. NJ, and went |
out with her to see the man whom she |
described as looking and acting so strange,
lIv When we went out nothing was to
be seen, and we went and looked through
the largest cellar, dark and bleak
apartment forty feet long by about
twenty wide, when all at once she ex-
claimed, Father, there he is, coming
toward ua!" and began to draw me back
to the door BY the hand, and seemed TO
be very nervous. | could see nothing,
but supposing it was some one who was
trying to frighten US, demanded in an
angry voice, "Who is here /? What do
you want?" | received no reply-and
yet the strange appearance passed out OF
the cellar within two feet Of us, as ii ap
peared to her We came into the house,
and myself and Mr. Hubert, my next
door neighbor, got a lamp and made a
, thorough search of oil the premises, but
neither saw nor heard anything. That
j evening we again explored the dark and
) dreary cellars, DC, in company with an
other man, and at the extremity Of the
interior cellar in dark corner found a
2 large towel, clean and iroaed, as if drop
] ped bv some one. This towel belonged
to Mrs. Jewell, and had been washed and
laid by about a month ago. We then
/, ao,,e J.. A. 1auaI,,s;n1 +bo3 ,nr ,t,a;fnr
was of flesh and blood, and that his visits
were not Of an honest character. Under
! this belief, both Mr.. Hubert, another
boarder, and myself came to The conclu-
sion that we would bring his ghostship to
: grief by the application Of powder and
: ball, and for the benefit Of all concerned,
gave due notice accordingly. Mr.. Hu-
bert got his revolver in readiness, and
! gave my daughter pistol also; but that
night all was still, nothing seen or heard.
On Sunday morning we were congratu-
: lating ourselves that our threats Of ven
geance dire had had the desired effect
i, but about ten o'clock 4. NJ, our hopes
. were dispelled by the loud report Of a
pistol and the piercing cry OF "0h my
j. God ?" | mad instructed my daughter
l. that in case she should see him again &c
e shoot him instantly if he would not
Il speak, and that | would stand between
her and any harm. She went TO the
laundry door for the broom, having hel
pistol in her pocket, and just inside the
i door stood the man, looking directly al
n her. in the same garb in which she frs
e saw him. She Immediately drew the pis
e tol, presented il at him, but he seemed in
|, different to the weapon, and at the dis
. tance Of six feet she fred at him. He ai
IS once bent forward, clasping his hands
r across his breast, exclaiming Oh my
r God and under the impression that sht
d had shot herself, ran to the door, wher
r. she exclaimed, Father, / have sho
;, him; be is in the cellar" We, in com
N pany with Hubert, got a lamp, went into
a. the cellar, and, as we were going in, sht
n said, oOh, father | have killed him
re What shall | do? We looked for III,
W man, searched for the traces Of blood
d but, to our great surprise and eonsterna
n ton, found neither. On Monday, Will
r placing clothes on the line in the yard
of she saw him again. When she asked hin
who he was, and what he wanted, h
as looked at her in a very imploring man
e. ner, and after having surveyed her al
I'd tentively asked, "What is your name!
at She replied that her name was \. +. AlC
or Balm. He then, in clear, shrill vote
said, :" Go 10 No. "A, on the fourth story
ar- and see what you can see!" She, in com
ch pany with several others, went TO tn
rs loom indicated, but neither saw nor hear
ge anything. This, be it remembered, wa
at at midday, in open daylight, with clea
rn Minnesota sky, and the sun shinin
he brightly. She did not even know tha
Is, there was such number in the house o
to the fourth story. When asked her VIII
she did not at this interview shoot h II