The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-02-16
The 50. Louis Ghost Story.
WHAT MISS JENNIE DEBONNAIRE SAYS ABB
TIE NATTER.

TIE NATTER.
From the st. Louis Republican.
There is Il fresh rumor in the way OF
haunted house, and while fully as incredi-
bic as such stories generally are, it is Gre
Ating II small sensation. This time the
mansion s not in q boggy prairie bottom,
but near the corner of Sixteenth and Nor
gan streets, three story brick, with a gray,
desolated appearance. We are not disposed
to ill much space with details on such
subject, but for the OBLIGATION of the lovers
nf the ghostly we give the statement of the
young girl principally concerned. 1t is ex-
actlv a she made it to visitor.
STATEMENT OF MISS JENNIE pEBONNAIRE.
My name ia Jennie Debonnaire / am
fifteen years of age; | think it was last
Thursday went to the house on the corner
Of Sixteenth and Morgan streets first; l
had heard people talking about it, and
wanted to sec so | got the keys from the
agent end went there ! wanted to see IT
there was any truth in the stories; got to
the house MS it was getting dusk think
it must have been near o'clock l went
in and stood in the hall, inside the hall
door; l called out, If there are any
spirits, or anything of the sort, here.
in the name of the Lord let it ap-
pearl Then l saw near the top of the
stairs which goes up to the second story
from the hall, as if it was the head of q
man. The face was pale and bloody. There
were cuts on the throat and head. 1t was
that of q light-complccted man with curly
hair. Then it seemed as if / saw the man
from the waist up; then as if the form was
complete, but one leg was cut off. The man
1aI J,y1. V.,l.
name my father used to call me. said
That's not my name, and will not an-
swer." Then the man replied "Jennie.'
asked him, in the name of the Lord, what
what was the matter with him. He
said, " Come and will show you" Then
| followed him down to the cellar, he lead
ing me. was quite close to him, and he
seemed dressed like any other man and
with two legs. The stairs to the cellar are
underneath those leading to the second
story. When | got down into the cellar it
lightened up. A white light like day.
don't know how he did it. The man pointed
to spot in the east side and said down
there is $4,000 in gold, and then, pointing
t. another spot more north, he said, down
there INV bones are buried .Iasked his name
he said Joseph Scott, and he told me he had
been killed by man named Phil. Amberg,
who was now in Philadelphia. He said he
had been murdered for his money, and that
the man who killed him had taken most OF
the money away with him, but that ne had
buried the 81, 900 in the cellar, as it was too
heavy to carry. He afterward got too
scared of the place to come back for it. He
asked me to 90 and tell the Masons about
it--for he Was Mason that be wanted
his bones buried, and asked me i'll wouldn't
do it for him said would. When !
went up to the front door he kept close by
me, but as / was going out he suddenly
vanished.
Mother and next day went to the house,
and slept in it two nights. We had to leave
it. Mother could not stand the continual
hammering noise which went on, and the
sound of man walking heavily up the
cellar stairs. Three knocks would be given
1T the room where we were, and then
would see the same man coming, it seemed,