The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-15
A HAUNTED HOUSE.
Voices OF Unseen Beings Break the
SAUNDERS of the Inmates


Voices OF Unseen Beings Break the
SAUNDERS of the Inmates.
TESNILLE. GA, Sept. 1.-The Enterprise
prints the following ghoulish yarn:
The community around Sisters church is
wild with excitement!
Aud justly so. too.
For the simple reason that a frightful
| mystery hoveIs around an old wooden
| structure in that locality, and a mystery
that perhaps will never be solved by human
intellect nor scientific Investigations
This residence, the work of an ancient
architect. was occupied by Mr.. Bryant
Watkins, who died only few weeks ago,
and the peculiar noises and incidents con-
nected with the history of this building
since the death of his first wife are simply
| marvellous and soul-stirring in the ex-
| trsme.
Kindred from many sections have visited
| this old home for the purpose OF pleasure
and retirement, but the unrevealsd, mys-
teriOus and heart-rending confusion kept up
continually by unseen objects. caused their
immediate flight.
@The more recent developments regarding
this haunted domicile are calculated to
BATTLE all human conception.
Just before the death OF the old gentle
man his daughter who mad been faithful and
sented with two new and pretty underskirts.
which will no doubt have history TO be
handed down from generation TO genera
ton. They were beautifully embroidered,
and altogether their makeup was unique
and perfect
The old mans death soon came on, and
the fate OF these two garments were then
and there sealed.
AT THE BURIAL.
The day for burial was fixed. and a large
concourse of friends and relatives followed
the dead mans remains to it's last resting
place. Among this body was the daughter,
who saw fit TO wear one of her new gar
ments on the occasion. During the burial
proceedings a strange incident occurred, and
an incident long to be remembered
by the eye witnesses. who vouch for its
truthfulness While the daughter was
bowed in sorrow and grief. sobbing as if
her heart would break, suddenly the gar
mont became detached and fell noiselessly
to the ground, completely torn into frag-
ments, and there is no cause assigned for
the strange actions of this piece of wearing
apparel. This caused some confusion
among the ladies' but soon everything was
quiet, and in a short time the proceedings
were concluded On their return from the
burial ground. Of course the topic of every
individual was the popularity Of the skirt
THE OTHER SKIRT
On reaching home the daughter with
others, decided to investigate the condition
of the skirt remaining in the closet. They
entered the closet, and an examination
proved that the remaining article was in
similar condition to the one above de-
scribed. This again startled thetspectators,
and they shrank back in holy horror as
their eyes fell upon the ragged garment
which had been concealed in the closet for
so short time. We bad the pleasure of
carefully examining this garment, and
found some parts Of it perfectly sound,
while other parts at the slightest move or
pinoh would readily crumble to pieces.
This is all problem which will perhaps
never be solved
OTHER INCIDENTS.
There are many other strange incidents
which have happened in and around this
residence that have never been made public
on account of it having a tendency to de-
crease the value of the property. But since
the general topic of this community has
been conferred upon this one subject, we feel
that we injure no one in giving the matter
publicity, and Il is not our intention to ex.
aggerate the story. But will try and give
the facts to our readers as they were given
to us. Among the many incidents connected
with the story is that of
A FIRE soENE,
which occasionally occurs and beautifully
Eliminates the entire surroundings. This
scene is Of few minutes duration only,
and springs up in small piles and vanishes
like a vapor. While this is very interesting
% the spectators, it has tendency q
make them feel like being somewhere else
On some nights, just about the time the
inmates OF the structure began to anticipate
an oil night for the unseen mysteries,
AvoLLEY OF PISTOL SHOTS
breaks the stiffness of tbs night, and again
the slumbers of the weary inmates are dis
turbed and night of restlessness is the re-
suit This piece of folly is not on the
programme every night, but simply side
issue. The greatest mystery, If one can b.
! greater than another, is the
| UNLOCKING OF DOORS.
This. as everything else, is unaccountet
for. 1t ia said that the doors can be secured,
fastened by locks at night but on arising
the following morning they are found to b,
unlocked and sometimes open The mos
battling incident in the whole story is tn
HUMAN VOICES
sometimes heard in and around the dwell
ing. This is truly puzzling and in no way
agreeable to those who have heard the
voices Of unseen humans Space this weel
forbids complete list of what is contin
ualiy occurring about this ancient struct
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