St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-17
Awful Stories Told by Numer-
Gus People Of Hobgob-
lin Experiences.
"IR Live a Thousand Years l
Can Never Forget That
Sight"
The Two Mysterious StPang-
ePS Who Called Oh a Noted
Captain.
A Tale in Which Grave Dig
gers and Reviewers Fig
ure Prominently.


house was rented by a couple who gave
their names as Linkjoy, and who APP
parently were man and wife. They said
they came from Northern city, and
seemed possessed of some means. They
were, to all appearances. on good terms
with themselves and the world. but
eyiuced great reticence on the subject
of their previous lives. When they oc-
eupied the house spoken of for nearly
pear, the neighbors were startled one
hight by shrieks of terror and hOarse
cries. more as if from an Infatuated
wild beast than from a human being,
issuing from the LinkiOyS' dwelling.
Several of the men ran over to the
house. thinking they might he in need
of some assistance. but. on their knock
ing. the sounds ceased abruptly, and a
voice assured them there was nothing
wrong.
One remarkable thing about this
voice was that no one could say whether
it was that of a man or woman, some
declaring it to be one and some the
other. For the want of a leading spirit
the neighbOrs returned home, though
satisfied that there was something
seriously the matter at the LinkiOyS,
and when morning came and the house
remained closed and silent this impress
sion was confirmed; so i'm body the
gentlemen residing near determined to
Investigate affairs. They received no
answer to their demands for admittdnce,
so the door was finally broken in and
the house found to be in ST. te of the
Widest CONFUSION.
The furniture lay about broken. blood
covered the floor and on the walls were
found marks of where some bleeding
body had actually been beaten against
them. But, singularly enough, no trace
of a body or bodies could be found,
although the premises were searched
over and over again for such. Nothing
could have been more completely
ShrOuded in mystery, and after while
the people ceased to occupy themselves
trying to solve the problem, but for
years the house stood untenanted and
bore SO ill a name that no one ever ven
tured near it.
In the course of time it became the
property of Mr.. -, of this place. who
recently gave it thorough renovation,
and thus improved it soon found a ten
ant. This was Capt. Adam r., who is
well known all over the state as a gen
tleman of unimpeachable honor and
veracity, and who had never even
heard the tragedy spoken of,
as it occurred long before his removal
here from distant state. Capt. K. and
his family occupied the house just three
days. and at the end of that time left,
declaring it to be haunted. The captain,
on being interviewed by your cores
pondent. said: Il know | am exposing
myself to ridicule in saying such a
thing. but to any WiSeacre who knows
there are no ghosts | have to say only
let him spend ore night in that old
LinkiOy house, and then if he feels in
cined to laugh at me he may do so all
ne likes
On being requested to relate his Px-
perience. he complied without hesita-
ton. for, as he said, all who doubted the
truth of his statements could prove
them for himself. The story in his own
words is this: 1--WE had been busy all
day getting settled in our new home,
and when evening came were sitting on
the porch to rest. The group com
priSed my wife and me, orr two
grown daughters and our son. The
porch is nearly 100 feet from the crate.
and is approached by a walk hordered
by dense cedar trees that cut of all
light frem the neighbOring electric
burners. While sitting cOnversing we
saw two figures enter the gate. 1t was
too dark to determine the sex Of either,
or even whether they were white or
black. They came straight mp the walk,
moving without noise, and seated them
selves in silence in two vacant chairs
near US. | at first thought they must be
two friends who were trying to play
rather silly joke on us, and ] began to
question
OUR CURIOUS GUESTS,
hut soon bnaa Oon diSnoDo fitad or tbn nor
feet silence with which my remarks
were received. [ became convinced
then that we were the objects of some
extraordinary piece of impudpnce on
the part of some paSsers-by, and grew
angry. Wishing to see who the perSt MS
guilty of such were, | went into the
house to procure a light. On my return
found the two figures gone, though
each of my family declared that they
only disappeared at the moment |
emerged with the lamp My wife and
children were very much frightened,
but [ pOOh-pOOhed their fears, for it
never entered my head to take super
natural view of the matter.
We heard and saw nothing further to
alarm us that nil Int, and the next even
ing assembled on the porch again. We
had only waited a few minutes after
dark when here came our mysterious
guests, who repeated their performance
of the night before. | observed on this
occasion what 1 had failed to notice pre-
viously. and this was that the figures
were not visible on the street, but be-
came so only as they passed through the
gate. | waited until they were seated,
when l made a sudden dart at the near
est, intending to catch and hold it until
light could be brought; but, singular
rnlDtp q nf ~
compared To which an iceberg is a fur
mace like unto ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1t
paralyZed all feeling and motion in me,
md l dropped back in
a DEAD FAINT.
When l came to my family implOTed
me to leave the house at once, and at
first | consented. for | was trembling
like a woman. But when my nerves re-
covered themselves a little made up
my mind to solve the mystery once for
all, if it lay in the power of man to do it.
Seeing | was determined, the rest de-
clared their intention of staying with
me, and so the next evening found us
/ alat our posts.
The dark strangers were punctual,
too. | cannot tell yOu-for have no
words to express 1.-THE creeping hor-
rOr and uncomfortable fear those two
silent baCk-shadOwed figures were ca
pable of inspiring. Why, l cannot say,
but there was something so uncanny
and unearthly about them that felt my
very hair rise as they came swiftly up
the walk that last night. [ waited until
they reached the steps, when [ struck
match and thrust it directly in their
faces. and as l am living man, and as
/ am a truthful one, saw the swollen,
discolored countenances of two corpses
long dead staring at me, with their
leaden, horrible eyes wide open, and
the purple lips drawn back tightly over
the grinning teath. If l live a thou
sand years | can never forget that
sight. and though they were UNI
mistakably the faces of the dead,
they were animated with terrible
something that was not life, but hid
eous vitality | cannot describe and that
fills me with horror to recall. My wife
tainted at the sight, and the rest fed
screaming from the house, followed by
Mrs. z. and myself as soon as she re-