The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-12-26
GE,OsyS BRO0KLYN.
bOor-Bsl's Runy, Doors Hailed, end
Brick Thrown Through o Win.
GeW-a Vain search for small Boys.
New York Times, J

* 8i1 7eii7'.ious- 'Ir iSuiE III pdIlIGu-
lar and Jail Brooklynite- in general are
pulling their braius orer some very mys-
ierious phenomena which has recently been
occurring at No. lS6 Clinton avenue. where
Mr.. Il. Thomas AMI wife, have resided
for more than two years One evening be-
tween two and three weeks ago,
Mr.. SMITHS FRONT DOOR BILL RANG,
and be went to the door TO see who was
there. Nobody was there, and 10 small
boy was seen running down the street. Mr.
Smith went back to the sitting room dis
gusted, and the door bell rang sgain. Mr.
Smith was again disappointed, for nobody
was at the door, not even a deserted babe
in a market basket The ball rang several
times that night, and at the same time the
two doors OF the house were kicked and
ratified and banged with great vigor, while
the most careful search failed 10 reveal the
presence Of sny one at any of the doors, or
any reason why the doors should be ratified
and the bell rung Finally, Mr.. Smith con
cluded that at was only the wind" and at
q late hour the family retired, and nothing
more was heard that night. But the next
evening the same
STRANGE RAPPISGs AND RINGINGs WERE
HEARD,
| and then the asionished family began to
think of ghosts and spirits, and "spooks"
became the chief topic OF conversation.
| These startling phenomena have continued
every night since Mr.. Smiths fruitless
| journey TO the door, and finally became so
| exceedingly monotonous that Mr. Smith
| determined to find out what they meant
The whole family devoted themselves TO
the task OF solving the mystery which sur
| rounded the phenomena. watch was
placed at each door and guard placed in
| the yard. Ii was of no Use, Tor the doors
ratified and.pounded with their accustomed
| violence,
AND THE BELL RUNG
| Just rs loudly. Mr. Smith is not a believer
| IN ghosts or spirituslism, and TO prove to
| the frightened ladies in the family that the
bell was certainly rung by human az ency,
he sprinkled -four and ashes along the sp-
prosch to the front door, confident that he
would thus be able to show the footsteps Of
the disturber OF their peace. But the bell
was rurg, and no footsteps were discovered.
Then Mr.. Smith sought the aid of Brook
lyn's infallible police, and Capt. McLaugh-
lin, OF the Fourth Precinct. was persuaded
to look into the matter. The Captain and
and Detective Price went TO the house last
| Monday evening, determined to capture the
ghost, md treat it to nights lodging in a
police cell They had been at the house
only few moments when the familiar
FOUNDING AND RINGING
began, and they were utterly unable to
| fathom the mystery. The disturbance
ceased at 10 o'clock and the poles officers
| left, completely mystifed. On Tuesday
evening they visited the house again, heard
the same phenomena, and met with the
same non-success in determining the cause
On Wednesday evening the disappointed
| Captain posted several officers around the
house, with instructions to note the slightest
movement that might be made Then he
and the detective stationed themselves JUS,
inside the door, and waited ready to open
it the instant the bell was rung, while an
officer outside kept his eyes fastened steadily
| upon the door. In a moment or two
THE BELL RANG VIGOROUSLY,
and several heavy blows were stuck upon
the door in quick succession. The Captain
sprang out of the door and clutchsd Just
what the officer on guard outside had seen
empty space, and nothing more. A path
leads from the front yard around the house
to the two rear doors, az the house stands
several feet from the buildings adjoining
on either side. This path was securely
guarded by the policeman, and vet while
Capt Mclaughlin was trying TO recover
from his establishment at the front door,
LARGE HRICK WAS SUDDENLY THROWN
through the dining room win ow, which
fronts on the path, shivering the glass and
falling inside the room. TIE brick must
have been thrown from the pathway, but
the officers were positive that no person
was there. This was the most serious de
monstration the invisible agency had yet
made, and can only be accounted for on
the theory that the ghost, II ghost it wa-,
wished 10 show it's contempt for the brook
Ign Police. Yesterday Detective Price
Iansacked the house from cellar 10 roof,
and found no concealed wires or other
mechanism by which human agency could
produce the phenomena. Fortified with
the most
PROFOUND SKEPrICISM
in the matter of spooks, and fully deter
mined to cover the Brooklyn Police with
CONFUSION oy ierretii our the e, cause oil Mr.
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ANYTHING GHOsTLY
that had bsen.seen mr. hoard dnr;no the
evening. Mr.. Thomas said that he knew