Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-09
A HAUNTED HoIsF
Its Inmates Frightened by the RAM.

i's Alihates frightened by the Ren,,t
oohauct OF Bewitched Goblat
ms city was actually axcitedIa..
over haunted house No. 345 Firsf o+ ll'ght
alongside the Long Brancb esenue
writes an Elizibethport CORES 80 road,
The New York World tn IHt OF
Vlslted by reporter ana found ~ was
OF excited women, who seemed 10 i.l
the greatest terror. To say the inbob;.5 N
are scared would but feeblv errr,'' ~
Ihey tell an almost incredible g. u.
sights and sounds within the ,os1' u
weeks. The first floor is occupied ~ lew
Decker, blind cripple, who lost hi -uI'
by an explosion and his eyesipht a -" ~
fourth OF July celebration vears we
ms wlte stated that they moved int
ola mouse three months ago. Durir(, N
past month they heard knockipgs ~ a NY
front and back doors between 1bo 1ne
OF midnight and l O'Clock. Mrs ~
salG she sat up two nights to watch ~ ny
er any person was trying to get in M
knocking continued, although NO a. ne
visible, and bright moon was sbi,; "'s
Wednesday night she thought the r,arlss,'
would be torn down by the noise St
dreamed three nights in successio,, 3 3ne
box of gold was hidden in the CO.
impressed with this, she and the cbiI5I'''
together with Mrs. Gerringe. who Iivoi-
stairs, went up into the attic Mondav ~
pulled board out of the floor nesy 4 ~.
chimney Instantly a big yellow CAT
jumped out. O"'
One OF the boys put his hand in tbe
mole and pulled out package of letters
Ihey were addressed to "Mollie England
and told her to be of good cheer: that She
was III gloomier place before, and one
OF the notes said $50 was in the Adams
express office awaiting her orders. The
date on the letters was 1870 and 1879
They were addressed to No. 345 Fiftb
avenue and some to No. 32S Livinpsto,
street. A box was also found in the bola
containing a withered wreath. such rs i
placed ON the coffin of dead person. 4
quaint goblet of brown-glass was also
found containing an amethyst stone
The goblet was placed on the manteI. and
Wednesday night, so the family assert
1t flew across the room Just glazing Mrs
Decker's head, and struck the door. leev.
ing two big dents, which are plainly
visible.
The family at this became so terrified
that they put the goblet outside the
house on porch over the door. When
the glass struck the door and fell on the
floor 1t danced around the room Mr.
Gerrlnge, Who had just come home from
work, was called down stairs bv the
frightened Deckors. He told the repor-
ter he picked the glass up when it shook
his hand as if he had hold of a galvanic
battery. He ran and put it outside the
house. In the goblet was card bearing
the inscription, Behold, we stand at the
door and knock"
Yesterday morning the fagman at the
Long Branch station, when he heard the
remarkable tale about the goblet, laughed,
and said he would like to look at that
glass. He walked over to the house and
was in the act of reaching his hand to take
it down from the porch, when it fell be-
fore he touched it, with a crash, and broke
in pieces. He was so startled that he ran
across the track and would not again app
proach the house. The bundle of letters
was thrust into the stove by Mrs. Decker,
as was also the box containing the
wreath.
Mrs. Decker and the other inmates as
sert that music is heard at midnight play
ing on the front and back stoops, the
spuHuS Delup SlIlLdf 10 lUOse produced
by harp and violin. At midnight in the
upper room the sounds are the same as
if ball was being batted arould or ten
pins being rolled across the floor. Shouts
of laughter are also heard, but diligent
search has revealed nothing.
1t is said that years ago strange young
woman was confined in the house and
died there. A number of the children of
the tenants are sick and they ascribe
their illness to the haunted house. Mrs
Decker says the cat which flew out of the
hole in the attic tugSed viciously at her
hair, and then disappeared. Her story
is corroborated by all the other ten
ants.
Last night the house was surrounded
by gaping crowd while inside both
families were huddled together in the
room downstairs. Mrs, Decker says
they have not slept any since Monday
night, and that she is going to move i'm
mediately. Mrs. Gerringe also says she
has been looking for rooms, and that she
would not sleep upstairs again for a
fortune.