The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-09
THE PITT STREET GHOST

THE MAN AND DOG OF ''So. 10i'--rREAr1SotAl
crowd TO THE wArEa-A supsnsrrr1o1jg I
BUTCHER.
Owing to the posse comttot,s into which the inhsbA
tants Of Pitt street formed themselves last night Cad
tain Cherry. Of the Eleventh precinct did not have
very arduous task laying the ghost nososioaI
"No 1o4" For ten days past pale faced man
with black dog has beon In the habit,
tho local chroniclors state, of walking through,
tue Railways Of No. loi aud Knocking upon tts,scv
cra doors This information bong published abroad,
through the ready medium OF hundred tongueS
naturally attracted great deal OF attention 10 tina
particular mansion, which Is modest. dun colored
affair, i've s,ores high. that stands gioom,ly baee
from the sidewalk. Night before last about i've thou.
sand people into Pit street. shortly after eight
O'Clock. 10 tho ghost. Naturally such vast and
sudden assemblage interiered with the busi-
and peace OF tho ncighUorhood. Cap
tain Cherry, of tho Eleventh prccinct, Was
appealed 10. He responded with all tho available
at his command, but when they came upon shekround
they found only women and children 10 combat The
Pit ghost .No. io4' had tnen there,
and they going TO that ghost or remain alb
night hAs
WASHED AWAY. .
happy thought struck the Captain. sc>tien Of
hose was attached to convenient hydrant, end In
little while "a two.inch strcsm was sDrUihx
al tho street. Last night there wpS NO.
necessity Tor this heroic trsstment To Il In
habitants OF tho blocks surrounding the hsuAisd
house unconsciousy constituted themselves q conn-
miitee on water, ana did moro to scatter tho CROWD
than the police could have DONE AS carly hA past
o'clock there least three thousan dbpSp-
pile trying to got view of No. 1O4 Pitt street. When
they did see 1t they ordinary vo story, bfoWn
painted tenement house that stands about one nuk.
dred feet from the curb The 5000 would have bscn
5000 or even 10000 in little while bal
not the posse eomitatus, manning the windoSS
sprung TO their work. Although ''Uld ProbabiliuoS
had said nothing about II there came sudden y
upon Pitt street, From every window shot cut Ne
sis Tho crowd scattered and laughed as IL ran.
Good nature IN iact the prevailing temper OF ts
nau block hut they had little TO do save keep.
ing out of the way OF tho water that came mysterousy
rms MAN VINO SAW 1T PRISE
The HERALD reporter had the honor OF being intro
nais. FIVE or SIX doors below No. ioi there is "a
nudertakeF's shop, aad over that shop lives Mr.,
When tho reporter Called Mr.. Hammer soandt
asleep his business requiring his active pur ti0lpston
at about one o'clock IN the morning Mr. nammerf
kindly rclia1uished the ombraoe Of the drowsy god
aud talked ~,th the reporter. He saw tho ghost
first He Is quite positive that he saw IT, Accord
ing TO Dir. Hammer 1.-The ghost has two forms 1t waa
man n tho nrst instance aud then IL was dog. Z
ou must not think that this affair only OF the last
ten days, said Mr.. Hammer, 't has OF The
year used TO live in that house. but you coudn't
give the price OF tho entire bock and the value OF
the German Catholic Church opposite--the Lady Of
Sorrows--tO induce me to live there again.
But lell US what tho ghost looked hkc.' asked The
reporter.
.wcl when first saw him, ;" answered the butcher.
who perfect giant In form. "ne y decent look
ing sort OF fellow and thoue hit 1t was real live ma.
soon found that 1t wasn't. When the ghost
again IL WAS Ike dog, big black dog, running
up anu down the halls SO my wife and | pulled
and came here TO i've. This man very -
all hc said According to the carefully suited state
OF the people Inc ncghborhood and tho stories
were listened 10 who tho reporter dodgins the
snects OF water that spread out from every window,
tho butcher was the prime never Ia the sensation
! which bas latterly made Pitt street famous h.a
shoulders certainly broad enough tn the bur-
den. There arc ANY quantity oil scoucrs ia ana about
Pitt street who claim mat II The hatcher
was 1--we man, and II he saw dog with M man thae
do was a properly constructed dog But the butcher
Is firm in hs supernatural belief
| TnE EFFECT.
| The consequence OF this is chiefly observable
among the women ana chldrcn-the hysierlcaI por-
ton OF our community. Every sto0p WITHIN Two
blocks OF the haunted house pcopcd last ght by
mothers many OF whom had nursing babes ~ their
breasts There was grand idea Of ava
over the entire throng Have you seen
remark that took the place OF this 10 q
fine evening" Babies were scared 10 sleep by tho
| whispered TACT OF the ghosts existence The only
babies hat not ulled this those
VINO were caught by the intermittent drcnchina
showers that came squirting from tho windows Such
babies objected TO baptism by Immersion strenC-
Ously as II they had been members OF the Pans
Presbyterian Council at Edinburgh. Toward eleven
O'Clock the crowd was at Its height, but there
disorder. Every one had como TO the ghost OF
mo l04" do something remarkable, and when ~
ghost failed 10 come 10 timc the dsappoiuteG spect8-
tors turned sadly away When the reporter len tho
street there still four i've Thousand JSs0pio
lodging about. and thore was only individual VINO
had not come TO time That individual was tho ghost