Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-10
BEWITCHED.
DISHES, MIRBoRs, AND LAMPS FLYING
THROUGH WINDOWS.
The Inezplicablo Phenomena "nicn
Have Upset Frank w0rloys House.
hold in Gwynedd.
lphiladelphIa Times !

| A stone lar. Weighing apout ioih p'"""',
which was placed On table 10 The house OF
| Frank Wcrlcy. at Gwyncdd. sllu from 'ns
| f.IIc a, about q O'Clock last evening and
made an exit Though the rear door,
| striking The earth about ten feet from toe
| Starting place, breaking into hundred
| nieces. A reporter for The Tines arrived
| AZ iLc house II 3 O'Clock In the evening,
| inst In time 10 ser n small mirror hanging
| in the front pGrlor crack n though u nad
| been ltatod aud draugnt OF cola siI
blown upou ~. Thee ms storious happeu'
| ,nQs have been going on at Mr.. Mof''Y
| residence for one week, aud the Nliags ms
been thrown into great -tat' ~ eNc't'
mont and the residents arc much niystnru'
| Last night great many persons Ni'it me
| scene Of he strange occurrence. VI inN
| OF them venturcd Oh 10 tie porch "l tlV
| house. which Is = two story frame slfuc.
| frrc, q short distance from the rc-t1encc "l
| Wtiiam NJ. Singerlv, IN, lew had 'ne
courage 20 enter. The entire house Wt'
| lighted with candies, and IN the second
| door chamber lies Mrs. Worley. wa0 hat
| been prcs,raled by u nervous shock ~
ccIyed from the strange influences which sp'
| pear to surround everything in the house
| In TO last Friday evening nothng Verglng
on 10 the supernatural hid ever visited that
mart Of Montgomery county, ana c0nst'
oucntly the excitement Is s0much the more
intense.
JARS FLYING THG0CGH The AIR.
last Friday morning when one OF the
| family went down the cellar several irult-
lars were found lying broken near the WIN
| dows, and inquiry disclosed The fact that
| no ore knew ANYTHING about them, and l.
! was rot known where 10 place the b!aln,.
! Later IN the evening Matthew'S son OF Mr..
| Worley, SAYS that while standing In the
ward an empty glasslar came fl, ing through
| the cellar window ~ though IL hid beth
| thrown out bv some one. lie thought no
| thing Of II, but when two more came on,
he thought IL best TO investigate, and ac-
| cordjngIy he and his father started TO 60
| down the cellar stairs.
As soon as the door leadia. 10 the cellar
| was opened several crashes were hclrd, and
! The glass and cbinaware in the house began
| rafting At a terrific rate, several glass cups
| bursting as il though heated beyond the
bowels OF endurance. Father ana son
| then went into the cellar. win re II seemed
as IL al Of the hundreds OF Jars OF run
were irving 10 see which could burst Inc
| n,ickpst. Upon examination nothing could
| DC found which would cause themto break
| excrpt that some o, them were little
H.
| come germentcd for some reason. Nothing
more was said or thought Of the matter
| until Saturday night, when the strange
! proceedings began again. Crockery am
| Glassware on the shelves began TO rattle,
! the lamps shook, and everything bore the
appearance OF an earthquake, with the eX-
! cepton that there was no shock or Jar 10
| the house.
| al AssvARE WALKING AROUND THE HOUSE.
Tuesday the brittle articles began waltz
| ing around the rooms ana shooting through
| the windows and doors. by this Tine y
| became noiScd around the neighborhood
| that srocks were working at Mr.. Worley'>
| house, and many curious pc pie went u
| investigate the matter. Among them Wer'
| Miss Ella Wilmer, Mrs. Theodore Fo'es,
| and George Casncr. They renamed al Tue
| house for over an hour, and NJ the end OF
| that time were repaid for their trouble ~
| seeing the glass over pictures hanging on
| the walls break in mysterious manner.
| The windows were lett open, and clas
cup and two glass chimney, placed on a
| table in the centre OF the room gave
warning shake and suddenly disappeared
rs though shot from cannon. pas-ing
through the Windows and striking the
ground fully thirty feet away.
The destruction was not accompanied by
any supernatural noises, the only sound
being that caused by the wares striking the
ground. Almost hourly similar haSpeningS
took place, and the unaccountable doing
are vouched for 10y Mrs. Annie Lewis, Mrs.
J. Wiltbank, Or. ID. G. Land, William j.
Leanord, and others. BY this time the ru-
mors that Mr.. Worlcy's house was bcwitch-
| ed penetrated into the ncighhoring towns.
and every train brought new recruits to
view the wonderful workings. the yard
was Gllcd with all varieties OF brittle
ware and the light things in the house had
| all been spirited away. Wednesday night
a curious change took place in the pro.
| gramme, and instead OF shooting ont OF
| the windows and doors the articles began
TO fall from the sideboards and tables,
smashing to pieces as they struck the lloor.
| The house was beginning to look like
total wreck and old carpets were spread on
the floors to catch the Debris as 1t fell, so
that ii could be carried away.
DISHES DART OFT OF WINDOWS.
Thursday started in far and proved TO
| be the most eyentful day OF the week. Al
about 10 O'Clock in the morning, as the lit
| tie adopted daughter Of Mr.. Worley was
carrying.a glass dish from the dninS'room
into the kitchen, il broke with crash and
cut her hands severely in several places.
Experiments were then tried. Dishes were
placed on tables and people watched them
for few moments, when the dishes would
either slide to the floor or dart
out Of the windows. As the windows
were kept closed it made havoc with
them and over score OF panes OF glass
were broken in this manner. About noon,
as Matthew Worlcy was standing with Il
small china platter in his hand, he says that
10 began TO move in circle. Tie became
frightened and let il GO. thinking it would
fall TO the door, hut instead OF doing AZ he
expected il went through window A.
though thrown by some invisible hand and
struck the road about thirty feet frOn
where he stood. Towards evening atiiirs
became much worse, and by THURSDAY
night hardly an article made Of earth, glass,
or marble was left entire in the house.
A large platter, two feet long, one fourth
Of nm inch thick, and weighing several
| rounds. which was lying on the table while
supper was being prepared, shot through
the window and fell into the yard, broken
| INTO eleven pieces. About the same time
six oil-lamps, placed in chandeliers In two
different roOms, fell crashing TO the floor.
The people IN that vicinity became fright.
ened, and il was thought best 10 take the
brittle articles from the house. Thomas
JaquCttea, butcher Of Gwynedd, yolun.
teered to take them away, and while they
were being placed in wagon several mir.
rOrs broke. one marble statue was seen
to fly to pieces after it hod been placed in
the wagon. Every breakable article was
then removed, and the disturbances
ceased.
subsequently all OF the Debris was gath
cred up and dumped in an adjoining field,
where il now hes, less the many broken
pieces which have been carried off by visi-
tors. There was large wagon-load OF it,.
II f. estimated that over 900 persons visit
ed the house yesterday. but there was little
TO see. Glassware was taken in aud laid on
the table, while an excited crowd waited
several hours and were rewarded at
1000 O'Clock IN the morning by