The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-03
THE SPIRITS SMASH GLASS
AND GLASSWARE To THE VALUE
OF $500.
Extraordinary Scenes at the Resi-
dense fAr. Woriey, at Gwinedd,
Montgomery Co., Penn.

pUuHoi, WHICH was phTcO OI q '"D Y
in the house OF Fra k Worley, at
GwiDedd, Mon g1me'y county, slid
from ths table at about 6 o'clock on
Thursday evening and made an ex t
through the rear dNor, str king The
earth alb ~ ten feet from tie st irtir g
place, br, aking into bundled pi ce !.
A report arrived at the no 1916 at s
s'slocx in the evening, just in time to
see I'm Il mi'ror hanging in the root
psrlor ack as though il had been
heated am draf of cold air blown on
il. These mys,eri, us Happenings have
been z irg ca at Mr.. Worley's resi-
dsnee for one weeE, and the village
has been thiown into great stata of
exsite ment AID the residents are much
myttifi d t GIT great many per-
sons visited tina scene of the strau GO
occurrences; ma y Of them ventured
into the pc CHI OF the house, which is
tive sto,y frame structure, but few
had the courage to enttr. The en-
tire house wss lighted with candles,
and in the second floor chamber
lies MIS-. Morley, who has been pres
trAted by nervous shock recsived by
the strange y fluepcas which appear
to sarrou d everytGing 10 the hodse.
Up to last Fiiday evening nothing
vsrgipg On the supernatural bad ever
visited that part Of Montgomery coun-
ty, and consequently the ex itement
is so much tie more intense. Last
Friday morning when one of the fSm-
ily went down il the collar, several
fruit isrs were found lying broken
near the windows, and inquiry dis
closed tie fact that no one knew sny-
thing about hem, and is Yves not
known where TO p ace the blame.
A FLYING JAR.
Later in the evening, Matthew, a
son of Mr.. Worley, says that while
standing in the yard an empty e ass
jar came flying through the ce lar
window as though it hAo been thrown
out by some enc. He thought moth
ing Of il, but when two more came
out be the ught it best 10 investigate,
and accordingly hs and his TT er
started TO go down the cellar stsirs.
Az soon az The door leaiingto the eel
lar was opened several crashes were
heard and the glass and CHM
ware in the house began rat
Ting at a terrific tate, sew
elal glass CUPS bursting as though
heated b yoDd the powers of encuv-
anoe- Father and son then went into
the cellar, where it seemed rs if all of
the hundreds Of jars of f. nit were try
ing 10 see wnilh cou d burst the
quickest. Upon examination no hing
could be fouud which would cause
them to bresk, except tnat some of
them we're little waIm, aud it was
thought the fruit had become fer
mented from some reason. Hothi &
more was said or thought of the mat
ter until s tn day night when The
strange proceedings began. Cookery
and glassware Ga the shelves began to
rattle, the lamps shook, and every
thing bore this Appearance of an earth
quake, W tn the exception that there
YVES no shoek or jar to the house.
Tuesday the brittle articles began
wal 1iug around the room and sh OF
ing thriugh the windows and doc 8.
By this time it became noised around
the neigh rhood that spooks were
working at Mr.. Worley's house, and
many culious people went to lnvesri-
gate the matter. Among thsm were
Miss II IA Wilmer, Mrs. Theodore Fo-
len and George Casner.
RRPAID FOR THEIR TROUBLE.
They rem hued at the house for over
an hour, and at the end OF that time
were repaid for their trouble by see
ing the glass over pictures hanging
on the walls break in a mysterious
manner. Toe widows were left open,
and the g ass cup and two glass chin
neys placed on table in the center OF
the room gave wa Mig shake and
suddenly d sappeared as though shot
from cannon, passing through the
windows and striSi < the ground fully
thirty feet away. Toe dest uction Was
not accompanied by any supernatural |
noise, the only sound being that
caused by the wares striking the
ground, Almost hourly similar hap
peniDgs took place, and the unsc-
count BILE doing5 are vouched for by |
Mrs. Annie Davis, Mrs. J. Willbank,
DIR. D O. La d, William J. Leonard !
and others. BY this time the rumois
that Mrs. Worley's house was be-
witched pent trated into the neighbor-
ing towDs, and every train brought
new recruits to review the wonderful
working. The yard was Fl led with
all the varieties Of brittle ware, aud |
the light thing in thu house had all
been spirited away. Wednesday nipht
O curious change took place in the
programme, and instead of shooting
out OF the windows and doors the al
ticlts b gan to fall from the sideboards
and tables, smashing to pieces as they
struck the floor. The houie was be-
ginning to look like total wreck, and
old carpets were spread on the floors
to cstch the debris as it fell, so that it
could be carried away.
AN EvENTFUL DAY.
Thursday starred in fair, ard proved
to be the most eventual day Of the
week. At Abont 10 o'clock in the
morning, az the little adopted daugh-
ter of Mr.. Worley was carrying a g ass
dish from the dining room into the
kitchen it broke with q craeh, and cut
her hand severely in several PLACES.
Experiments were then tried, dishes
were placed on tables, and people
WhtCuSu bnem lot lew mOm6nGS,
when the dishes would either slide to
the floor or dart out of the windows.
As the windows were kept cloeed it
made havoc with them, and over
acors Of psnes of glass vera broken in
this mo ming. About noon, as Mat
thew WUrley was standing with
small china platter in his hand he
says that 1t began to move in a circle
He became frightened and let is 90,
it would fall to the floor, buy
instead OF doing as he expected it
went through a window as though
thrown by some inv ible hand and
struck the Iead about thirty feet from
where he stood. One marble statue
was s.enltp fy to pieces after it had
been placed in the wagon. Every
breaksb'e article was then removed, [
ard the d stni Dances ceased. 1t is e. 6
timated that over 1000 persons visited {
The house today. Glassware was taken I
N and laid On the table while an ex-
,ited crowd waited several hours and
uaNo vauotJad at IN .0E n1otnob -, tha |