The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-05
TIE TRADD sTREET GHOST.

News Reporter knows hoouS
An AcrobGlic Hair Brush
The startling manifestations, OF a mysterlous
nature, which began In Tradd street on MOI
day last continued yesterday without aoate'
ment. The house was visited during the day
BY a very large number of persons OF DOLL
races, and though the curiosity G. eacn anu
every visitor was not satisfied, still. here were
some who saw enough to shake the founaa
! tons of their sceptlcism and convince tneu
that there was more In Tradd street thsn "as
| dreamed of In their philosophy. Inc ooJec'
ot THE NEWS is not to give any coloring to the
| eac,s. Int to describe the occurrences as re-
lated to its reporters by the eye-witnesees %
the scenes. The public then can form lneli
own conclusions. u.o,sor
By nalf-past eleven O'Clock, on iuesaaS
night. all the inmates Of the house nao ue'
parted except Emma Moultrle, who rents 1ne
nremises. and a friend of hers, a coioreo
woman. These being afraid 10 pass the nign'
alone .,o,ns
locked the doors and sought a resting place
elsewhere. About seven o'clock, yesterday
morning. the several occupants returned, and
busIed themselves In cooking breakfast and
rearraneing the furniture which had been dls
turbed on the previous night. The house was
then perfectly quiet, and remained 30 un'i'
about eight o'clock, when one OF tne "o"en'
who was stoopIng over a stove IN the oack'
room Of the first door, was suddenly brought
to an erect attitude by the noise of a nubolno OF
COAL FALLING UPON THE FLOOR
bshind her. She looked at the doors and
windows. They were all shut, and al.
forded no possibility of the entrance Oh
the mysterious nubbin. While ponoer'
Ino over the new manifestation, another
nubbln dropped very near the first, but the
woman failed to mark the direction from
whioh It cam The EXPLANATIONS OF the
woman soon brought the other inmates to the
snot az well as some outsiders, among them
two white men.
THE NEXT EXHIBITION
OF the mystery was a dry bone which az
reared to come from nowhere In particular.
but iell in the midst Of the group. 1t was an
old dlscolored fragment, a part of a Joint With
about two inches of shaft bone attached. The
bone was evidently an ancient afalr-per-
haps older Than the phosphate deposits. One
of the bystanders picked up this interesting
relic OF prehistoric times. and while all were
~,ntently examining it a fragment OF brick
q ONE OF THE WHITE MEN
on the leg. All eyes were then turned TO.
wards q staircase In the northwest corner OF
the room, from which the brick apparently
came. AT this moment another fragment sp-
peared upon the scene, coming directly out
of the staircase and falling In the middle OF
the floor. Several other fragments OF brick
and coal fell 10 the course Of q half hour, but
nv nine O'Clock the Manifestations had ceased.
A reporter oil TIE NEWS Visited the house
about noon and obtained the foregoing de-
tails. He also saw and conyersed with one OF
the white men alluded TO, who solemnly
ayowed the truth of the statement regarding
what happened after he entered the room.
THE NEXT MANIFESTATION
occurred about seven o'clock In the evening,
while a reporter of The NEWS was present.
This was In the shape of a piece OF brick,
about oue-fourth OF the size OF o whole orlck,
which fell In the back room before q doorway
communicating with the room In front. The
reporter was standing In the 'front.' room and
distinctly saw the brick fall upon the floor.
At that time there were several colored
women In the back room, who were hidden
from view and could easily have thrown the
brick without being detected, but each and
every one OF them Indignantly, and with every
appearance of candor, denied having IN any
wey caused the rnmpus. One OF them, who
held an infant In her arms, dropped Into a
chair and
A little girl drew up In q corner and trem-
bled like an aspen leaf. They all agreed mai
the brick came down the stairs already spoken
OF. Upstairs, lamp In hand, went the re-
porter, followed by several dusky explorers,
and searched every hole and corner, but
NOTHING WAS FOUND
that could have caused the brick to fall. An
examination Of the brick showed that a
quantity of fresh earth was sdherlng to 1t.
Later in the evening two gentlemen well
known In this community visited the house.
One OF these ascended the stairs with q color.
ed man. and took up apositlon Ia the front
room of the second floor. The other gentle
man. who had remained In the back room on
the first floor, after the lapse of q few minutes
also began to ascend the stairs: He had NOT
risen a half dozen steps before
SOMETHING wHIzzED DOWN
the steps beside his legs, and fell upon The
floor behind him. It proved to be a hair
brush which the Inmates of the house said
t ley had left upon the ohimney-piece 10 the
room wherein the gentleman on the second
floor was standing at the time. This gentle
man positively ahlrms that neither he nor the
oolored man with him threw the brush down
the stairs. Indeed, neither OF them could
have done 30, as the landing of the staircase
is separated from the room In which they
were standing by a partition wall. Only a
man who could shoot around e corner might
do such @ deed. The two gentlemen do moi
court publicity, but they are ready to. make
afa iayits of the facts connected With the gy'
ratlous of
THE A%cRoBATIo HAIR-BRUsH
which concluded the spiritual entertainment
of the evening. AS said before, the colored
people who lived In the house are panic
stricken. The women fatty refuse to stay