The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-09

going to the dining room closet found everything In
It's piace-pot a cup or ate disturbed.

going to the dining room close, found everything in
It's piace-pot cup or ate disturbed.
INTERESTING PERFORMANCES.
The chairs ana tables In the servants room were
were heard in parts OF the house as OF somo
person in terrible agony the windows were pulled up
stars; scufes and struggles were heard In the hall
ways and IN the particular room whore the manifes-
tatlons drst occurred. and regular pandemonium
ensued The strangest sounds pervaded the house at
all hours Of the night; members OF the family were
called from all parts Of the building but on investiga.
lion nobody discovered who did the calling, aud
tho family became thoroughly alarmed.
Mr. Marsh does not believe in Spiritualsm, neither
does his vile, and both determined that they must
experiences TO several people OF their acquaintance,
and soon few leading sprituaists got hold Of the
promised TO commune win the perturbed SPIRIT and,
II possible, discover tho cause OF the trouble.
4 SPIRITUAL sEAxCK.
seance AT the residence OF Mr.. Marsh,
at which prominent business OF Somerviile, Mr..
Alexander Wool member Of leading church, q Jus
tice OF the peace ard man generally respected in tho
community. was present Mr. Wood has given tho
HERALD correspondent detailed statement Of the de-
velopments made at that assembaxc, which 10 pro-
nounces the most extraordinary IN his experience
Hessys that circle Was formed, Of which he was one
Mr. and Mrs Marsh were induced 10 join in, although
both were confirmed scepucs, ana alter all was
ready the little group awaited the arrvai
OF The spirit, The first person influenced
was Mrs. Marsh, VINO went into trance
once. She writhed lcarfully and seemed in terri
bic agony Tor about i've minutes Then she described
Esprit land; detailed minuteiy the scenes at her
death bed ana told him things when transpired tncre
that no was thunderstruck Then she became pos
sesscd by the spirit OF Bertha St0ughton, young
girl. who tod her that she was murdered IN tha same
house in o room up (where all the manifesto
lions had 0ccurred that she had peen Inere
by whose frst name was Herbert, outraged,
murdered brutaly, and ner BODY buried near the
rear wall OF the house The number OF blows struck,
the ngonizng OF the poor victim, the burial and
The flight OF the perpetrator were described with
MIN ene the DenOloerS Win awe ana
fear.
MORE sEANCEs.
Several seanccs have since been held with more or
less success. Al the meeting saturday night Mrs.
Marsh was again influenced by Bertna's spirit, and
she detailed again. anI even more minutcly, the CIR
cumstances OF the murder. Al another time she was
taken by the spirit just as the family was about 10
the room she saw the apparion Of young girl about
twenty years Of not very prepossessing ana
dressed IN brown dress with white waist me ap-
partition made an appeal TO her In the following Ian
suag E.:o.r H.r,sr., on H.rs.r,, g,v. m. back NV
ring"
Mrs. Marsh, throwing herself into tho arms Of her
husband said. while looking At the figure with strained
eyes and fear-blanched face:- 80
ssln the name OF the Holy TRINITY, VINO are your"
The reply wRs:-
ii am Bertha-Bcrtha Stoughton. oh, Herbert,
Herbert! give me back my ring"
Overpowered by the consciousness that the vision
was supernatural Mrs. Marsh went into Mysteries,
aud on her recovery found that the apparition had
fed Ths is no nauci ton Of the senses as far
Mrs. Marsh concerned tor as ALREADY stated she 70
intelligent, strong minded LADY, and little disposed
to belief IN the Supernatural.
THE REMAINS
Mr.. Marsh proposes 10 dig up the cellar ana soc II
any remains be founo. He will allow the Spr-
tualists to lnvesgale the and will also invite
the cergymen OF the city 10 examine the iacts and
deciae what they mean. The who,c community is in
state OF intense excitement Thousands OF people
visited the locality and nothing else Is talked Of
in this CITY, Somervle and Cambridge.
EXCITEMENT THE PoPULAcE.
The excitement in the vicinity oil tue haunted house
during sunday afternoon and evening was intense IL
Is estimated that i've thousand people called at
the residence OF the Marshes and sought admission.
policemen guarded The door aud kept the misce
laneous crowd away. Toward evening Tue exctement
increased as II generally believed that attempt
woud be made to og for The romans. The HERALD
representative, with Others went In aud sought 10
verify If possible the stories about unearthy sounds
nd strange developments Of the sprils but nothing
was vouchsafed TO them Mr.. Marsh declared that
she heard the ghosly footsteps, but the newspaper
men could discern nothing
DIGGING FOR THE BONES.
Three gravedigeers went down INTO The cellar 70 Gig
for bones The cellar Is about twelve feet square and
about feet high, and hcaped the sandy ground
as all manner rubbish. With the aid OF the lamps
alton. Alter scramblng about all-fours party
soon became scatod. u being Impossible 10 stand.
Mrs. Wilde, the medium. had pointed out the spot
where the remains we're supposed to be buried. IL
was IN the extreme nortnerly corner OF the place. and
the searchers at once began the work. With cons'd-
cradle labor and trouble they soon dug deep enough
TO allow themselves 70 stand erect. For the
hrst hour hardly word was passed, the
mind OF each being centred on the skull and bones
which they expected every moment 20 unearth. Al
one A. ii. Mr Marsh went up stars, and the diggers
lett 10 their labors and imaginanona Inc
medium Saturday stated that the BODY
buried four ieet doep, which depth, ut the
time mentioned, had been attained, but with
determined to dig all over the place to depth OF
between i've anu SIX feet The work therefore won't
The recital blood curang ghost stories served
keep the minds Of the aborers fully aroused As the
continued dig they piled The dirt 10 the floor
behind them Upon striking the water pipe put into the
cellar some years since, and which buried
depth OF three feet 1t was thought that when II
was Lard tho worKmsn had not dug deep enough TO
disturb tue remains OF Bertha. To make sure that
the body not In the vicinity OF this pipe
tho searehers dug tnrec feet below IL either side,
but without discovering even q bone.
However, AS the digging went on from this point
tho interest increased us several discoveries were
fiddle OF the cellar lime found In large and small
Jumps. Mrs. Marsh happened to be peeping through
he hole q! the time ana the discovery suggested TO
threw lime upon it with tho object OF completely
destroying IT.
The discovery Of what appeared 10 DO human rib
tended TO increase The excitement but at this
unclure an announcement was made from
up stairs that Bertha had been
heard waltziDg heavily IN the room overhead
Mrs. Marsh's chambcr). IL was soon revealed,
a reality large Newfoundland dog belonging to Mr..
II arsh, which dashed suddenly througn the hole
ne cellar, bu. soon made as has.y an ext. Mrs
hall nour, expressing the utmost confidence that they
would surely IND the body. suddenly all were again
startled by sound such light be produced by the
all OF heavy object, but ;nis proved 10 be the
log, which Was dashing about tue place. About TINS
me the reporter struck his spade object which
Il FIRST appeared TO be human skull. Mrs. Marsh
much affected by the discovery that she became
and obliged TO return ND stuirs The objcct
yellow, and the interior was hicd with clay bat
ne fact that Inc OBJECT the remains
u u harmless old tin dipper. The party was some-
xsat disgusted bat continued their work.
FIND.
A pile Of stones. the uppermost Of them being
lbout Two feet below tho surface Of the cellar, next
claimed attention Many OF the stones OF
treat weight, but they were all removed,
ind the diggers were rewarded by finding sew
,rll pieces oil bono, which appeared to be parts
u a human body. One piece resembled short rio;
mother the first JOINT oil the third hnser oil hand,
nothcr piece knee bone, and another the back Of
skull. The party became convinced they we're
bout TO unoarth tho body, aud continued IN their
aDors With the coming dawn the digging was
Utmost complete In tue soutneriy corner OF the
cellar n mound was struck. which contained
many old Scotch ale bottles Tho digging
,le about SIX A. NJ, nothing having been found
Except what has been stated above The result OF the
TX hours work shows that tho body oil the girl sup
posed have been murdered ID not In the cellar at
ne present time. The theory prevails generally that