St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-12
A Night Spent in an Old Man
sion Occupied by Cob
Inns.
Strange Sights That Made
the Hair Stand and Flesh
Creep.
The Most Blood Curdling, I'm
earthly Yells Ever Heard
Anywhere.
Enough Of Horror and Ter
pop to Last a Whole Life
Time.

Houston. Texas.
''Tom Murray" said Cy, 'slept In the
old haunted house that no one in Hous-
ton will go near, and in which no one
has slept since the Texas Traffic asso-
citation boys became so badly democrat
lied there. Murray, who is game enough
for fifty men, laughed at them and their
story, and to show his disbelief of any,
thing savoring of the supernatural
moved into the house to make it his
quarters. Murray moved out again.
You heard what he said-that he had
had enough: reckon he had. He won't
talk of the matter, and what he saw or
heard he keeps to himself; no one jokes
him about it; Murray is bad man to
rifle. he said more about it last night
than ever before, but it seems that he
has had enough to last him, and if
Tom Murray says he has had enough,
that settles it. You see.n continued
Cy, "a lot of fellows formed what they
styled the Texas Traffic association,
nervy set, ready to tackle any kind of
ghost, even the ghost of chance on
anything; we'll, they got the old house
free of rent, and furnished it suffi-
GENTLY for sleeping accommodations
and took possession; remained only two
days and beat mastery retreat. Like
Murray, they got enough. The house
is now in possession of the gentleman
from the spirit land, and the Il. r. A.
has seeded The bedding, ETC., are all
there, and if you and Jack wish to take
whirl at the ghosts | will obtain the
key for you, and you may settle down
there and open
SIEGE ON 'sHEoL'
as long as you please" So, Cy got the
key for us, and Joe and concluded to
begin at once.
Provided with cigars, material spir-
it's" and other things necessary for
comfort and for Investigation, we walked
down to the mouse at s p. IN. and took
possession.
The house was one of the old-fash-
Toned Southern houses, two-storied, but
wide and rOOmy. 1t faced west. with a
veranda extending along its entire front;
a wide hall, beginning at the front door
and running the entire length Of the
house. On either side of this hall were
bedrooms. sitting room, bath room. etc.;
a wide stairway, commencing about the
center of the hall. led to several large
rooms above. Joe took room on the
left front, and one on the right of the
hall. The moon shone beautifully
bright against the front OF the house.
We darkened the house by securely
closing the shutters, or outside blinds,
turned out our coal Oil lamps and re-
tired. Mosquitoes being peStifeTous
night patroler the year round in the
nicely arranged OH brass rods above the
hnHc tNa had n unit Innr
In my room sound as if some one
were trying to break the rods above the
bed with hammer reused me to sit
ting posture. l peered through the
gloom, but saw nothing. Instantly
cold wave seemed to nit across the bed.
and it took all my will power to prevent
my teeth from chattering. Just then
the door between my room and the next
one was violently slammed shut, and
concluded to explore. l had matches,
and quickly lighted my lamp. l then
opened the door again and went
into the next room for the purpose of
ascertaining where the draft came from
that had blown the door shut. All win
dows and the other doors were found
closed. There was not the semblance
of draft, and l was in a quandary to
account for the shutting of the door.
l examined the brass rods and found
them intact. Putting out my light,
rolled into bed again, and had no sooner
Strengthened out for nap than chair
was knocked over and the door kicked
shut, ten times harder than before.
Sleep was out of the question. arose,
crossed the hall and spoke to Joe.
asked him if he had heard anything.
He replied that he had heard the slam
ming of the doors, but thought had
risen to look for drink. lie said some
one had been trotting around in his
room and whispering in low tones, but
that he had not seen anything. l re-
turned to my room, relighted the lamp
and found chair knocked over Oh the
floor and the door closed. The next
room was bath room, and while con-
sidering what next to do
FURIOUS SOUNDS
proceeded from the bath room as of two
persons contending in a scuffie. and
then sound as though heavy body
had been violently thrown into the tub,
which was of zinc. This last occur
renee made my hair briste to get on
end, ana brought Joe into the room to
investigate. We entered the bath room.
All was still and nothing to indicate a
struggle and the bath tub was empty.
After talking while we separated. and
each went to bed, but not to sleep.
Whispering, the sounds of footballs, low
laughter, and other unearthly sounds,
continued until daylight, when they
ceased. We saw nothing. but heard
plenty. So ended our experience of the
first night.
The experience of the night was con-
fined to sounds only, and we, more than
half disappointed. returned to the hotel
TO answer the numerous inquiries of our
friends and receive their congratula-
tions. Many q laugh went round at the
expense Of Murray. who fortunately
was not present; also at the diseomfit-
ure of the t. L. A., whom the boys de-
clared were scared at rats, gusts of
wind and such other. to them, satisfac-
tory explanations of the whilom ghostly
phenomena. The Yankees meaning
Joe and y were declared "trumps," the
more so as we expressed our determine
ton to spend another night in the
house. After exploring the bottoms of
sundry glasses we retired to rest and
sleep, having been awake all the
previous night. We arose for dinner,
and passing the afternoon pleasantly |
chatting, varied by occasional adjourn
ments for refreshments, receiving
the full homage of the darkieS of the no |
tel. who looked upon us in rather an |
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