The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-08-16

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did not go up stairs. The front
stairs had never been finished and the
back ones were so dilapidated that we
hesitated to trust them with our weight
By eleven o'clock we had taken our
seats in the sitting-room, eyes and ears
alert and ready for any emergency.
There was no lock or catch on the door
opening into the parlor, but it was
shut The two windows looking out
of the room had been boarded up. We
placed our lanterns in q corner, and as
we watched and waited the room was
in semi-darknesE and the house as still
as death.
1t must have been near midnight
when the performance opened. We
suddenly heard faint notes of music,
and the sounds lasted for two or three
minutes. | was satisfied that the
sounds came from a jewsharp. My
companion whispered that two female
voices were singing, while a guitar
played an accompaniment. The
music had scarcely died away when
the parlOr door opened as noiselessly
rs the swing of a cofiin-lid. | was per-
fectly satisfied that it was the work of
human hands, but Twas startled. | had
not told the detective that ! expected
to find Kelly in the house. had SIM
ply said that | expected to make an
important discovery. When the door
swung open the man started up in
alarm and whispered:
Great heavens! Let us be goner'
put my hand on his arm and wait
ed for the next move. In about
minute we heard tunk! tunk! tunk!
on the cellar stairs. | knew that the
sound was made by the oyster-can be-
ing lowered few inches from the
floor and drawn up again by the string
but my companion rose to his feet,
wheeled half around and whispered:
Look out for yourself! The Gus
sed thing is coming up out of the cell
larln
keep still-listen," replied, and
when the can had ''tunked" one for
each step the sound ceased Then the
parlor door slowly and silently swung
to. AS l have told you, l was dead
sure that all these things were caused
by human agency, and yet | felt
creeping of my flesh, and my forehead
was damp with perspiration. The
detective with me was as brave a man
rs ever took up trail, but such was
the effect upon him that his face was
as white as snow. his teeth chartered,
and he clutched me and pleadingly e1-
claimed:
IF we stay here another minute we
are both dead menu
| sat down and drew him beside me,
and as did so the parlor door opened
again, and from the front hall came
groans and sighs and dull sounds of a
struggle. | knew that the wire | had
seen was being worked behind the
laths, but my companion could stand
no more. He seized both lanterns and
started out, and | had to 90 along or
house he made a run for the highway.
and | found him on the farther side of
it when | came up.
"What's the matter?" | asked
Good God, man, but my nerves are
all gomez he gasped. Il wouldn't
stop in that house another five minutes
for all the money in the statei"
| was satisfied that all the noises had
been made by human agency. Some
one had taken possession of the house
and | had a feeling that it was Kelly.
1t was just in line with his other sharp
tricks. | did not tell my companion
what | suspected nor what | intended
to do, but | had all my plans laid be-
fore morning. The old house was two
and half stories, and whoever was
hiding there was likely to be in the
garret. 1t was also likely that this
garret was reaC he'd from the second
story by ladder. If the person was
Kelly or any other sharp fellow, the
ladder would be drawn up, or any one
showing his head above the scuttle
would receive rap. If | got a
squad of men and surrounded the
house, the occupant might get off by
some unknown way, or find hiding
place unknown to Us. II we failed to
find any one, the whole city would hold
Us up to ridicule.
L htl e W d> no NlHloN Ill the garnet
at the back end of the house. 1t was
hardly daylight before l approached
from that direction, entered the place
with great caution, and hid myself
away beneath the kitchen stairs.
expected the occupant of the garret
would come down before noon,
but he did not show up. 1t was a
dark and gloomy day in the fall. with
frequent rain squalls. and about two
o'clock in the afternoon | crept up
stairs in my stocking feet, entered a
room near where the garnet scuttle
was located, and began playing the
ghost for some one else's benefit. | had
brought along mouth organ. and
sounded and hung on 20 a few lonesome
notes several times over. Pretty soon
| heard q slight movement overhead
Then l took tiddle-suing. made one
end fast to a nail, and when | had