New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-05
4 HAUNTED house IN HARLEM.
THE EVERETT FAMTLYs GHOSTS.

THE ENEREII fAMlL1'S unOci''
OCCUPANTS OF An APARTMENT HOUSE ALARMED
BY STRANGE MANIFESTATIONS.
The occupants of Nos. G2 and 81 East cne-hun-
dred-and-twenty-f fth-st. are alarmed al various
occurrences which they believe are supernatural
that have taken place in their building daily for
over a month. The building is a four-story double
fiat house. 1t was built about year
aro by Charles Wclde. OF Harlem. and
is one Of tho finest in Harlem. On Friday last T..
Everett who occupies the second iio2r' went 10 ano
Twelfth Precinct Police Station ana tOid captain
Davis that his family were nervous ana greatiy
worried every day by strange noises and unaccouhI
able freaks of their furniture. Their door-beli
would be rung violently when no one cOnld
he found near the door. Loud rap
pings. as if some one woro belaborng the door
with a bed Stat were heard at all times OF tho day,
and whistling and strange hummings These things
had seriously affected the health OF his wlfe IN
vestigation by himself and the other occupants Oh
the house, who were also disturbed by the sounds
'' Captain Davis detailed Detective Smith to look
into the case. Smith watched IN the
and not hearing anything started to leave
the place. excaming ''Oh, they are afraid of the
blue-cOats" when the door reSounded with a ter
rife rapping within two feet of where ne stood.
The detective could not find the author of the noise,
and he went back to the station aid reported that
there was nothing unusual going on III the house
that the people only nervous and 1T was
only electricity" The house seemed CHEEKY ana
hOne-like to a TRIBUNE reporter who called there
". T..
floor and has charge of GIlds's drug store in the
same building, said: "On last Friday the mys-
FERROUS manifestations unusually bOsterous.
They have been gradually getting worse fora month.
They are confined almost entirely To
the family of Mr.. Everett on the second uO0r. On
Friday his large heavy table Ill the hall was
seen TO start suddenly and go bouncing along by
had broken p loose S Mr. EvcrcIs little daughter
Louise, ran down here to got me to 60 up stairs.
The NOISE of the table when it first fell over was 80
great that had already started to see what was
the matter. My presence there did not better
things The rappngs on ins GooF w Tb ldI gh hoD 0
ing on the doors took place about half an hour De-
fore you came"
Blanchard Coyle, who lives the third-lloor, d:
X. Kelly and Floyd +. Kane, cX-SuDerintendent of
Wards Island j. A. Sherman aud A. Taylor, who
also live IL the building. state hat the noises We're
| absolutely terrifying. Dir. Kane sald tnat tne
starch was completely taken out of him." he dld
not know what it could be unless 1t was " the
Spri s OF just men made perfect"
Mrs. Kelly, who lives on the top nOOr, has nad
her doorbcll pulled and her servant gIr has been
nearly frightened ont of her wits by the strange Oc-
currences Mrs. Kelly stated that she saw the table
roll along the hall Tor fifteen feet, aud had seen the
extension leaf of another table jump out OF lts
place to the floor She had seen the teakettle
filled with water and placed on the range.
i've minutes later there was no water
in the kettle, and it was filed with towels
and diShcloths. Clothes sticks had jumped over p0r
there's ANA when piano had been played by Mrs Nv
erctt there had been mysterious VIII Ting acc0n'
pannncnt III perfect time and tune. There tad often
been heard weird voice calling through the air
shaft the name OF Mrs Everctts daughter" Louie,
Louiew Mir. Rubener, the mrHc-tcacher OF
Louie" had endeavored IN VAIN to discover The
author of the whistlIng accomplishments The
spirits had whlstled mOckingly III his ears.
Daniel Underhiil. the president OF the New ork
Life Insurance Company, who visited the house
Yesterday, stated that similar case had come
under his observation once where the mystery was
solved by the presence of medium III the house.
The general belief of the inmates OF the house Is
that such s the case at No. g. and that some of
| the Everetts are mediums OF uncommon power;
In answer to RUG OF their door bell
by the reporter, Louie looking As
if she expected TO SEQ spirit" opened the door
She Is pretty dari-haircd and dark-eycd girl OF
thirteen wears. She called her mother TO the door.
Mrs. Everett, i'll Il nervous and agltdted manner,
said that il was their desire TO say nothing about
their strange aunoyers. From another source IL was
learned that the Everetts had been living III the
house about six months. The family consists OF the
father and mother, son and daughter bro her
of NJ Everett and a servant girl. Some tl!nc ago
Airs Everett nursed OF her brothers-In- law dur
| ing "A sickness from winch he died. On her return
to her home IN Harlem the troubles began, aud nave
kept increasing since then. 1t is said that the voice
calling Louie up through the air-shaitj sounds
| like that oil the dead brOthcr-ln-law. Meantime
the occupants of the building contemplate renoV-
ing speedily from the haunted mansion.