St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-03
LOTS OF sPOOKS.
A House Said TO be Literally Over
flowing with Genuine Ghosts.

A lady living in Fifth street, Williams
burg, was startled few evenings ago at
the hasty entrance into the house OF her
little daughter. who sank tremblingly into
a chair and said:
''Oh, mamma, Pm so frightened. I've
just seen ghost in the old Comstock
| house."
'Pshaw, childr' replied the parent,
''there are no such things as ghosts, and
so you couldn't have seen one"
But did, mamma" replied the child.
II had just got in front Of the old house
when L heard a deep, low, gurgling sound
as OF something coming from under the
earth, and then there instantly flashed be-
fore me white form which entered at one
OF the upper windows"
The little girls mother tried to persuade
her that she had seen nothing unnatural,
but the story got abroad, and now there are
numerous people who stop to look for the
| specter.
The house referred to is an old and dilapi-
dated-lOoking tWO-and-a-half-stOry frame
structure, standing at No. IA South Ninth
street. few doors west of Fifth street.
The east side of the house is separated from
| the residence next door by a narrow alley
way, which leads to fine garden in the
iNSi' AAhiooV oilCNtiy OppOoltC lhC AlVuoS
is large private garden and stables which
extend more than half the length Of the
block.
Most of the houses on the block are
painted white, giving it a weird appear
ance, particularly at night. No. IA was
deserted by it's occupants some time ago,
| the tumble-down dwelling, which belongs to
the old Comstock estate, is fast becoming a
ruin.
Others of the residents in the nelghbor-
hood talk about having seen curious forms
lifting about the old house, and one young
lady declares she saw the ''spook" Oh the
| same evening that the little Fifth street
girl received fright Some of those who
claim to have seen the face of man
bearded, and was clothed in white. Some
again declare they have heard the deep
sounds underground, and seen various
transparent bodies floating and lowering
around the place, and the consequence is
that young and old in the vicinity are be-
| coming excited.
The children are delighted at the new
| sensation, and the near by neighbors vote
them nuisance because of their wild be-
havior around the old house.
Between school hours since the story of
his ghostship got aloat there have been be-
tWCCu SCNcllIy live anu lUU dU
one time collected there, armed with brick
bats, stones and sticks, and while they yell
at MIR. Ghost to come out they lombard
the front with great energy.
The windows of the house have all been
smashed, the gate leading to the alleyway
torn off its hinges and tn bell jerked from
its place by constant ringing. So many
missiles of all descriptions have been pelted
through the front windows that the rooms
look very much like garbage heap. The
children make such racket about the
place that the police have been requested
to drive them away on several occasions.
The front door still bears German-Silyer
plate on which appears the name of ID.
COmStock. who, it is said, was one Of the
heirs Of the estate. The property is mort
gagged to the Williamsburg Savings bank
for So, 900. and there are between forty and
fifty claimants to the same.
The story regarding the place is said to
have gained credence from the fact that
one or two deaths have occurred in the
house, in one case the victim being an old
man who departed very suddenly and whose
skull, it is limited mysterOusy. was sub
sequently found in the middle of the
street.
1.-THE rumors have all been started by
the children, think, " said Mrs. Tomlinson
who occupies No. 1916, adjoining. 1.-The
old house was occupied last by family
which found better quarters, and so moved
out"
The house is now the center of attrac-
ton, and young ladies who pass it after
dark are seen to cling closely to the arms
of their male escorts, who likewise take
firm grip on the canes they have made a
practice to carry.
Last night the sidewalk opposite the
residence of his spookship was crowded at
times by curious people of all ages and
police had to clear a passageway for those
who desired to pass along.-New York
Journal.