Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16


landlords first wife had been psssionately
fond of dress, and before she died she de
| clared that she could never lie easily in hel
grave if she' thought anyone else was II
wear her clothes, and that she should come
back every Saturday night and count hel
clothes.
A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE.
There was very curious coincidence
which happened few months since right In
the house where live, and which find il
hard to explain. There was lady Of whom
we were all very fond, who had rooms on
the floor below US. She gave up the front
rooms and reserved another, into which she
placed all her belongings and then went to
Albany to visit sister. A member of my
family had been out and returned in the
evening at 10 or 1880, when at the door of
this room he saw lady in black. He was
obliged to pass her, and be saw that it was
our friend. he spoke to her and asked if he
could be of any service, thinking that she
could not unlock the door, but she simply
bowed as if she did not wish to speak aud he
came on up quite astonished. Three days
later her family came to remove all the
things. She had just died when he saw her.
He was not thinking of her at all when he
saw her there, nor had she been ill but few
hours, perhaps minutes-we do not know
that exactly. She died of apoplexy.
The only other authentic New York ghost
that know of is that, or rather those that 1
saw, and others saw, in the Metropolitan
Hotel, in room 242 This room fronts on the
Prince street side, and must be described to
tell the story. The room is about 10 feet
wide by 10 long and has an alcove for bed,
adjoining the main hall, while a narrow
hall alongside of the alcove leads from the
room to the hotel corridor. The room has
but one window, and has a fireplace by the
side of the window, and they both take up
the entire wall space. An old-fashioned
bureau stood by the window on the left
hand, with the hall door as the starting
point. A small stationary washstand is
placed between the door and bureau, with
movable gas burner above it. A small, oval
marble table stood in the center of
the room, and couple of easy chairs,
two plain chairs and lounge
completed the furnishings of the room with
a wardrobe. There was no possible way of
any one entering the room except by the
door. had arrived from California that
day and was tired, so after dinner wrote a
few letters and dispatches and went to bed
as soon as they were sent. To write these
had to move the little table over close to the
washstand, and opposite the lounge which
stood against the wall at the right side. I
went directly to sleep, and do not know
how long | slept when 1 awoke suddenly
and sat up in bed, and saw two men seated
at the right side of the room, one on the
sofa and the other on chair. with the little
table, which had left on the other side, be-
tween them. The gas. which had turned
almost out was full on and these men were
playing euchre. They did not speak, but 1
knew the game by the play.
A GHosTLY MURDER.
The man who was sitting on the sofa was
thin, delicate looking man, dres sed in a
light suit OF clothes, with seanty reddish
hair and Struggling beard. His forehead
was unusually broad and high, and the rest
OF his face so thin that it gave him pecu-
liar look. His hands were long and thin,
and the lett wrist was misshapen. The other
man was stout, dark, with piercing black
eyes and thick eyebrows. His hair was
straight, thick, short and shining, and his
heavy black mustache dropped. Yet 1
could see small triangularscar at the edge
of the mouth. His cheeks and chin had
that peculiar blue tinge that some men
have after shaving. He was handsome, and
was dressed in dark clothing. They played
out one hand and one trick on the next.
when they seemed angry and quarreling,
though heard no sound, and in an instant
the dark man drew long knife and stabbed
the other one in the lett breast. The knife
penetrated to the very hilt. The wounded
man shivered little, his eyes closed and
he was dead. The other one rose and lifted
up the inert right arm, drew it forward and
clasped the hand around the knife and
pushed the table closer until it held the
dead mans elbow in such position as to
prevent its falling again, after which he
gathered I'D the cards, put them: in his
pocket, and the whole thing disappeared.
might give long description OF my ter
rors, only it would not be true, for was not
frightened, and lay down to sleep again,
thinking it was dream, but in the morning
l found the table by the sofa and all the
things l had left on the table upon the
bureau. Still, did not attach great i'm
portance to this, as had often walked about
in my sleep when 1 was young. All the
next day I was very busy getting my
steamer ticket and one thing and another,
and had forgotten all about it before night,
but that night was aroused in the same
manner and saw the same thing and found
all my things displaced as before and the
table at the other side. The third evening 1
spent with some friends and returned at
about II. and almost Immediately retired,
IHouSh DOiOIS ulu So, 4 lieu rope LlaI
had been around my trunk fast to the leg of
the bureau and all through the supports of
the table in more than 20 knots and piled
the table with everything I could get on it,
and left the gas turned up brightly. The
same experience, only that the rope was left
neatly coiled up and all the things put on
the floor.
SEEN BY OTHERS.
Then began to. feel creepy. tried to
get the chambermaid to sleep in the room
with me. She said she would ask the house.
keeper as it was against the rules. The
came to me, and in answer to
my questions as to whether anyone else had
ever complained of this room, she hesitated
and finally admitted that a sick lady had
once insisted on having another room. She
gave no explanations, nor did I, but I
thought would give it one more trial and I
determined to sit up all night in the room,
but when it came on to u o'clock, con-
cluded that 1 could see from the alcove quite
as we'll, though it was not far away. / sat
down upon the bed for about half an hour.
and all at once the whole scene was re-
enacted, and 1 must confess to feeling very
queer.
In the morning sent for Mr.. Adams, the
clerk, and asked him if any murder had
ever been committed in that room, but he