The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-19
sPooKs WHO THROW STONES.
Ghostly Phenomena IN a House on q
Virginia Plantation.

0aNON4g G1d q HOUSE On q
Virginia Plantation.
From the Nes0 York World.
BRANDY STATION VA, Jan. 1.-The
people on the plantation Of john W
Brooks, near Culpepper court house, have
been thrown into a state of terror by phe-
nomelal occurrences in a house on the
place which was until q1ite recently Occu-
pied By the family Of Richard MOten-
Moten and his neighbors alege that not
stones have been thrown into the house
through closed windows without breaking
the glass, and that the furniture
could not be kept in any partic-
ular place by reason of some invisible
ilhlence that caused it TO move about the
rooms and even - travel up and down
stairs. This peculiar state of things was
developed last September and has continued
unlnterruptedly since. The effect Of su idsn
showers OF hot sto Ies and unexpected en-
counters with perambulating chairs and
beds on Mrs Moten's nervous system. has
been such tina. to save her life her husband
considered it necessary to move from the
neIghborhoOd. The family came to Brandy
Station, ana World correspondent had
an interview with the husband on the
subject of the phenomena. While profess
ing entire disbelief in the power of dsem-
bodied spirits to return to earth AMI
assert their presence by impish pranks, Mr..
Molten is unable to accounts for the strange
occurrences at his former home. He con-
tends that they cannot truly be accounted
Tor on Psychological grounds. aud rather iu-
cllnes to belief that they are due to min
eral magnetism, but in just what manner ne
IS at loss to explain lie continued to re-
side in the house despite the protests of his
wife IN the vain hops of discovering the
source OF the disturbances, and his inye~tl-
4 ,f,2s al.
he says as to leave no doubt in his mind that
they were brought about, not by supernat-
ural, but by other than human forces. Here
Is his versions of the mysterious vsitations
"On returning from work one day nsar
the end of Septem Der, was surprised to
find my family huddled together outside
the house. AS soon as she saw me, my wife
cried out: %, Richard, the house is
haunted Stones have b en- dropping into
the rooms all the afternoon Insisting that
the stones had been thrown by neighbors
children, L succeeded in quoting her fears,
and induced her to re-enter the house
with NE.
Looking around on the floor of the north
room L discovered stones as large as hens
eggs lying on the floor. picket the n up
aud threw them out in the yard. thinking
some practical joker had been trying to
brighten the children. AS l had cause to
remain home the next day | thought /
would just keep an eye oDen to detect the
joker. About 10 ocl ok in the day a scream
fr IN my wife caused me to run into the
Kitchen. My wife lay in faint OF the floor
and near her were four llrge stones. Pick
ing one of these up found it the least bit
warm, and on examining the rest found
them of the same temperature. | then
sent for Mr.. Brooks to come and make
an examination. | showed him
the stones which were scattered here and
there over the floor. Taking a chair. he sat
down to examine them. While dol q SO a
stone that seemed as if it came through the
windOw-glass struck Mr. Brooks on the
foot. On examining this stone we found it
to be hot Mr.. Brooks, thinking some one
was playing joke on us, got a gun and
commenced firing at random into the corn
field to see If the mischievous person was
hiding there. AS the shooting awaited
nothing we re-entered the house to see if we
would be disturbed again by the mysterious
stones After waiting for an hour or so.
and as no more stones fell. Mr.. Brooks left
for home feeling at a loss to account for this
strange mystery.
I'VE lived in the house for five months
and during t1at time the stones fell fire.
quently. On one occasion the children were
hulling walnuts under large tree Coming
into the house to answer a call of their
mother, they left the walnuts under the
lt66 ullUli lucy COulu return. MOI ten min
utes after they entered the house the wal
nuts came flying in through the open door.
and fell on the floor in a shower People in
The neighborhood became afraid to come
near the house. The stones seemed to come
through the window glass and also through
the door when standing open. How the
stones came through the glass without
breaking the panes is a mystery to me.
My little girl once said she saw a hand
against the window just as a stone came in
the room.
"While eating one evening, stone fell
from the ceiling over the table into nv
coffee. After taking the stone out of the
cup l drank the coffee as if nothing had
happened. My family objected to it, but [
was not the least bit afraid The same
evening my little boys spelling book was
swept from his hand as if some one had
snatched it from him. At this moment
several stones, which seemed to come
through the window-glass, fell on the floor
My brother threw one OF the stones in the
fire, and it Immediately leaped out of the
fire back into the room. He tried this
twice, with the same result each time. Flat
irons would fly across the room, and articles
downstairs would come upstairs on q fiv
over the banisters. My wife grew i'll and
could stand this no longer, SO l moved. The
house is still vacant"
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