The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
a STRANGE STORY
The Trouble Mothers Spirit Made In hef
Sisters FamiIy-A Dying Request.

Sisters Family-A Dying Request
from the Ct Louis Globe-Democrat.
In one Of the most pleasant and aristo-
cratic localities OF our city, few evenings
aga. by some supposed TO he spiritual do
inc. the bells about the house began to
ring. First the front door bell, then the
g, ryants', then the kitchen, and then all the
bells at once. The inmates watched first
one and then another Of the bells, but they
always rang when they were not watching
After guarding outdoors and in until ex-
hausted, and they had become extremely
alarmed, the ringing stopped at 800 in the
morning. The servant girls gave notice
that they would leave next day, but TO
quiet them, the gentleman of the house
told them that the disturbance was caused
only by electricity, and he would have the
bells fixed; and away he went to see the
bell-hangers and have them ascertain what
wac the matter. They frightened some OF
the wires and loosened others, spending
nearly a day in the work. "All right,
now" said they to the gentleman. you'll
have no further trouble" But the bell
hangers had barely reached the street when
all the bells began to ring again, and with
astonishing violence.
The next evening at ii O'Clock the in
visible belI-ringers began their changing
music again, and continued it half an
hour before reaching the closing note. For
two evenings they acted only as they were
acted upon by the tangible fingers Of
doubling Thomases. 1t WAS thought that
electricity had completed its work, and
there would be no more trouble, but that
thought was a mistake. In the morning
the beds Of the children were found moved
across the room, the location of the other
pieces OF furniture changed TO different
parts of the room, the pictures broken
down and the cords cut. The children de-
MED that they knew anything about ii, with
the exception OF the eldest, who said he
had heard loud raps around the room. The
disturbance was repeated three evenings,
when the children were removed into the
parents room, as they were all too much
frightened to sleep in their own apartment.
The next evening, however, they returned
to it, and they were Just comfortably turned
in Tor the night when the piano began to
play. They opened the door and listened,
and it played most beautifully, accompa-
nying Iady's voice in song. They then
went down stairs and opened the parlor
doors, when the music ceased, and the in
s;rumert was found locked, with no Indica-
lions that any one was near, or had been
there. For five nights peace and quiet
reigned within, the children occupying the
room adjoining that of the parents, the
door being lett open between the apart
mems. One little boy went to bed on the
,inI, .t 81 Il l.. IL
been there long before the family saw the
bed moving across the room loud rappings
and other singular noises were heard on the
furniture. The little fellow was taken into
the parents chamber again, when an invis-
ibie power picked him up and lifted him
three feet and carried him along and placed
him back in his bed. The terrified parents
were now satisfied that il was not done by
any human agency.
While meditating as TO what should be
done, the family standing in group in one
corner OF the room, they all saw what APP
peared to be a little boy emerge from the
fireplace. He looked natural, but thin
and pale. He went toward the door, and
then vanished before their eyes. This
frightened them more than ever. They
made their beds on the floor, and all slept
togethe-.
In the morning, the gentleman related
tho whole occurrence TO an old friend and
M. person said he had heard of a gentle
n. in the city by the name of Tuckett,
w.o was posted in spiritual phenomena,
anu he would hunt him up and see If he
could solve the mysterious problem. See
ing The latter, as per agreement, MIR. i uck-
et:, with clairyoyant and irance-medium
lIae beautiful daughter of one of our
wealthy citizers), and two gentlemen mot
Spiritualists) repaired TO the disturbed resi-
dence and agitated family, at s o'clock the
following evening. A circle was formed,
consisting OF the persons just mentioned and
the family.
The medium, soon being under spirit
ual CONTROL" said 81 zee lady by you, |
madam. She is tall, with dark hair, and |
says she is your sister. A little boy is |
holding her hand" The sister-spirit then |
took control of the medium, and said:
sIsIER:-When l died you promised to
take care of my two little children |
You neglected them, and this one
now with Inc in the spirit world
died from neglect. IL is the
same little fellow you saw in your
room. You placed them among strangers
and they were cruelty treated. This one
died, and the other is being used cruelty by
the persons you have placed him with.
desire you to bring him away tomorrow
and take care of him as one of your own,
as you promised me. Ii you do not | will
trouble you more than you ever dream.
Your own little boy is medium, through
whom / can operate. Ii you take care of
my little boy | will trouble you no more,
but will he around you to impress your
mind with all that is good and lovely, and
will lie guardian angel to you and yours,
greeting you when you cross the river to
where am. Teach my boy to love NE
and TO be a good true man. Good BY.
Your SISTER.
The medium came out of her trance per-
fectly ignorant of what had transpired.
The boy was brought away from where
he was, and there has been no trouble of
any kind at the haunted mansion since.