Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-01


The iour-st1ricd brick rosl iancc ~ ln3
west Eleventh street, u.tIl Irv weeks
e-o quiet aa1 Intensely respectable
lodging house, BIAS ralcH fo .t.'i urw
distinction .a ugarLE H Io-Jer'7 le.l
ora calovs u.l tu- '2cJ ennon Us
making things .l intarc ls there t.at
Observation-Disclosures U'h4lh ira-
backed chairs and crawl be.ea,u diuus
when co,J i1eela ut.. When d.
.0Jlt,l Is heard they bu3l'e together
lake frightened sheep when ;ae uen
are away from tie house ior any time al
night tuev snow tine ul. hhlf.ur drug
store under with .r'ptons for tine
mre OF yaicriau oui other ueroc-Qulerng
drugs 81 rs fear aud trembling there
because Cd the alleged rstles,uess OF a
disreputahle ghost
The lessccs ot the house are Nr. and
Mrs. lerck. tine former u"Iug engaged
IN the Wholesale dIy goods trade IhHr
lodgings are rented hF persons whose
husines~es would not indicate any ten
dency TO believe I'D tine supernatural, tor
they include Publishing, newspaper
writing. decorative arr, aua schO0,-teach-
inp. Yet nearly an oi them have seen
the ghost or have heard the rush OF the
spirit f.et. tho crashC Of unmaierMl china,
and indications OF dissatisfied spook
during the last fortnight. The only per
son whose HAIR does Lot straighteu IS q
nr4ro servant called Mamie. she says
she Was born with caIl, and while She
hears the noises Size Is not alarmed, Tor
sha knows the ghost cant hurt
her. The second-hoor front room Of
the house ID occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs Nichols. For some time it
is declared by the latter she has
heard footsteps approach her door md
stop. This Invariably occurred at night.
She believed some Que was trying to an
noy her, md IL consequence size waited
close to the door until the steps seemed
nearest. aud tuen suddenly opening the
door. found no one IN the hallway. one
night last week. however. tue spOoh
ORE sence vas made manifest 10 her, she
was sewing between 40 and ii o'clock ut
night near q heavy mahogany centre
table. All at once, she Says, she WIS
startled by most energetic BIO" on the
table. The stroke was so powerful that
the family occupying the parlor heard II
aud saw tie chandelier shake, Mira
Nichols started to her feet and saw tho
form Of n man wearing nightclothlDS
slowly disappear behind Il sofa near by.
The form was transparent Mrs. Nichols
nj once spoke 10 Mrs. derrick about the
occurrence. and tlcg agreed 10 say no
thing further about IT,
Two nights after this Mrs. scott
whose husband is newspaper writer, was
living down waiting for Nr. scott having
closed the door and fastened It by means
OF spring lock. Her attention. she de-
clares. vas attracted to the door IN some
way she does not distinctly remember
and through the panels sue saw the form
OF an elderly, bearded man pass. ms lace
turned toward her, and his body half
turned as though he was dragging some
thing behind him and he wished to pre-
vent any person seeing IT. she was
speechless with terror and was conscious
that the form passed around the loot
Of the bed with its burden and dlsap-
peared apparently in the mantel-piece.
The following night she bolted her door
ami sank into doze. She WAS suddenly
asakened and saw the door standing
wide open. She called her husband,
believing he had returned, but she was
mistaken. lie came home nearly two
hours later. Early this week three
young ladies', Miss Lee, an artist Miss
Meeklin, and Miss Garland, o teacher
in the Wooster Street school, were visit
ed. They had arranged card party, to
which the parlor dodgers were invited,
making, with a brother OF Miss Lee,
Charles Lee, who had just arrived from
Pennsylvania. a group OF SIX. During
the game Mr.. Lee, who had not been
aware of the peeuliarities OF the house,
turned to his sister and asked her who
was in the extension, which IS separated
by glass partition from her rooms She
replied, "No one" But not being sat