West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-07-14

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Police superintendent Takes
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Police superintendent Takes
PaFt Ia.
g 1t is Surprising" said Police Super
intendent Campbell, Of Brooklyn, to a
New York Sun reporter the other day,
"how many mon there are in active lite
who. while successful in their own BUSH
ness, and apparently sound in general,
haye some yagary which when upper
most in their conversation. raises seri.
Gus dopbt about IL efr mental condition.
4 have number OF such visitors, and
bavo been In tho habit of sending them
to the Commissioners OF Charities, but
recently they sent me word that IL they
should undertake TO care for cranks 10
would take an asylum ten times as big
as they have got. An intelligent man OF
polite address called upon mo some
months ago and said that he had a COLI
plant to make which he had put off
speaking about as long as possible, but
he was annoyed almost to death, and
wanted police help. State yodr case,' L
said. We'll, there is an OK eep sion to INV
house, and the roof IL Just of my sleep
ing room. Now, every night big
crowd of fairies congregate there and
make every sort OF mischief.
"'Whst p said 1.
"'Faries,' he said: fairies
"'Oh,' said. Il never saw one lie
seemed surprised. and when ask ed him
10 desci toe them he said that they were
| little people OF both sexes, about two or
three ieet tall, dressed in fantastic cos>
tunes and with funny faces.
"'What do they dot 1 asked.
"'Oh. they chatter and dance and play,
and run to the window and make faces
at me. aud run away again. They keep
1t mp all night, apd CAN'T get any sleep,
and I'm not going to stand Il any longer.
It's been going on now for months, and
1t Is injuring my health Seeing that the
man was in earnest, and that the best
way to take him was the most serious
way, L said: This is an outrage, and
plHst be stopped. That's what am hero
for, and the fairies must go out or will.
depend upon that. Now, I'll investigate
this matter. and you won't be troubled
again. You go TO bed tonight and go to
sleep, and yon'l hear no more of the
fairies.' Three moaths passed, and the
man and his story had almost passed out
OF my mind, when one day he came into
my Office, saying, Here L am againp
"'Whats the matter now?' L asked.
"'Fairies,' said he, the Same old fair
ies.'
why / said, Il thought wo bad
broken up that gang of fairios.'
"Well,' he said, after you drove them
Off didn't 500 M hear any thing more OF
them until last night, when they came
back again. Now must ask you to
attend to them again
81 promised hitn that would and he
went AVA, thanking me, and as l vent
heard from him since L suppose that
have bahfshed the spirits as successfully
as before.
"a few days ago gentleman, who is
well known in business in New York
and lives IN the vicinity Of the Heights,
called upon me and complained that he
was intensely annoyeu by boys who fol~
lowed him about, crying Cat cat | cat p
Every morning, he said. as he passed
from his house to the ferry, he was pur-
sued by boys uttering these cries; that
they followed him ON the ferryboat with
their noises and to his place of business.
He only escaped them when he went in
side TO work. Wien he came out at noon
they began to annoy him again with the
cries, and as soon as he stepped out from
restaurant where Ee took his lunch the
cry of Cat! cat! cat + again rang in his
cars. He could not get i'm a stage. or
cross the str eet, or step out of doors but
that the cries of 'Cati cat! cat ! reached
his ears.
"'Why do you suppose that you are so
annoyed 2 asked. on he said, IL
suppose ii is because l believe i'm feeding
all the cats that con @ to my place, and
whenever SEQ cat L want to feed it. /
suppose. If cats hungry, I've got "A
right to feed it, haveu'tl p
Certainly said. 'hut can YOU de.
scribe those who annoy your
"'Now, that's the worst Of it, Ia said
Il have never seen them. Pshaw, if |
could see them I goGldn't ask help of
any body, j would redress nv wronpa
myself. But these cries seem to COME
frem invisible persons, right out of the
air.
81 called i'm the Captain of the police
precinct where my visitor lived, told him
the story, and gave him instructions to
put stop to this outTage, and that is the
last heard OF tho man haunted with the
cries OF Cat cat! cat.'"