The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-28
TuUMp COMES THE COAL!
avn IF 1T ISN'T THE LITTLE SERVANT
GIRL VINO rs FTP

ar Con, Fly About the Rooms AZ u
r..oun by tho Hands Of spooks-Ths
.,,. Snv it Cannot DO the Girl
CT, b;c rolicemen and two big detectives
-.,ched one little servant girl IN the lourth
S't n, lo6 ws,t Fitty-third street yesterday
"t,ar,oop. A littlo bit OF coal fell on inc moor
:, ,ha girls feet. and one OF the big policemen
~ ned out from behind door and seized her
hnnd and looked ut 1t closely. lhen ne SHOOK
lar md made her cry. Her mistress how OUT
Al another room, and told tho Dig policeman 10
was brute. -.,,.s
Ill ,i, p,oprietor Of the fat came around.
W..,,ir,o Tho l,,lr servant and the mistress
- a Good cry together. the little ono all the
III, VIBRATING that she hadn't dropped the
S.ai and that the policeman was wicked
man The other live big policemen ana tho
,v, hio dstectives took In the scene from inc
roofs o! adjoining houses.
Mr.. Edward Miller oc2uries the nay. hswhn
his brother runs drug store ut tho corner OF
Tsnth avenue and Forty.eighth street. LAST
Tn.sday n pisco Of coal no larger tnan tho
niace that made tho biz policeman Jump from
hshind the door yesterday foil on the noor JUST
AZ that piece did. Then another ana ahotner
Mac. fan unril there was pile OF thirty-slx
,i.cse In the middle OF tho room. The little
s.rv,rt acreamed a. they fell and ran Into the
ut room to her mistress. She said the coal
c,me through o. open window. As soon as
aha ,sft tho room It stopped coming.
Since that Tuesday the Kitchen IN that hat
bss had frequent visitatons OF coal. and many
Names OF window glass have been broken. the
vinlovsin the dining room have been broken.
Tao md u eat bRs been the mystery. Thero
nssd 10 be a coal yard near the place. ana the
s,orv goes tina. the owner Of 1t died very mys-
tsrlously. 1t was his ghost that threw tho
coal some people said. Others thought the
spooks who used to perform in Adelphl
Hail. about two blocks away. and who
are out OF Job during the summer
months. were amusing themselves. Why
they should pick out Mr.. Millsr's family for
torment no one could say. Watch was kept
for them day and night. and In front OF tho
vary eyes Of the watchers chunks OF coal would
thump into tho house. Tho coal would often
come In broad daylight but more often 1t was
1t night when the gas was lit. Sometimes
there would be only one piece. and another
wouldn't come for hours. Then half bushel
would come in few minutes. Mr.. Miller had
his landlord and the ianitor and all his neigh
bors looking for tho source OF the coal supply.
and often tho spooE. or whatever 1t was. would
peg coal at the watchers.
Mr. Miller's FIAT 10 in brow stone block and
his nsighbors are all well-to-do people. His
kitchen windows look out on o courtyard and
on three sides there nre the backs Of houses
oitsnsmsnts. and back OF them half dozen
one-stoIy wooden shanties. The roof OF every
ops Of these house; was Wstshed ant 90 were we're
could command full views OF every open:
ins. and where there was NO possibility Of
sadSv Wad q
MI Miller's apartments. No one saw It go
the ioks in the house all say it did.
Miller to fhs LET
him 10 .iha DAT. There had been yisitations
Just before they got there. and the house was
invss,isaiions and he stayed in the nat ioE
Will. no was there. Just 20 soon as
Sunday he came round again With his side
partner. and they looked over The ground and
sss ha
Gd found ,heiiitie servant Giri shiserlns With
III came in there" she said. The detectives
p0ked their heads out OF windows and look cd
M 1 . Isss aS0 oh rs fS a ans hs,
he looked ~ about him. Iyen the little ser
other eoaI. and thumb. thumr came two more
into the dimine room where the little servant
was, They came through that window" she
There was q long pause The detectives
as bsy
Back and i Went into the arartment up stairs
and settled down there TO watch. with view Of
M the e s1rronn ling country They heard more
swear that not u piece had come through the
air. but Mr. Miller and HE wife and the tie
osyant ~ swore that hsd come the
to I9n the risk q being hit on M head. Tha
H. blinds shut aud va. ssrusE on M the arm arm
The little servant was standing In the door,
aSnt9r called and the detective rushed into
On K. osP se v was Ry the D Re Ss SG
room and the little servant went out, !mme-
diately there came three thumns. Out the Dc:
that each lump had hit her on the head There
IVES NO mark. exec 4 black SPOT. TO show il.
LIVES ri plight by Thu, time. The he,sctyes
ler and his family watched. Coal after GOA
came came in' they say. htthe window whore the
s sS SSs4 A' M the fsp
The six big polIccman and the two big do
policemen were detailed especially on the ca Q
One was stationed on ouch Of the adjoining
roofs AID two were in the house. Mrs Miller
started TO close shutter. She had q dish
pan on her, hend to. protect her IL
case case any coal cama; Tho little eerva,n
baby Beng came A'as coal 5sp" on vi" The III
ssA. . hS"ds ont .sS
eScsnt irirhtsned Mrs Millor and the it'll.
servant who handled the bahy on her knee
ana humm, German lullaby. Mr. Mille
xWent np On the roof with ono Of the men sta
was Hoy.
Now. look n.here," said Mr.. Miller. "Hav,
Wat SSs Or a. oPipion about this matter
MAY Well NOV now IN tell you" said tho police
Wahi put yon mustn't say anything abon
T.; lye lust got an idea that the women folk
"a your family don't like this fiat and the,
"a an,to move. 40 they take this"
A.. Nop" commanded Mr. Miller. Don't 20,
S NV 2. q az Such thing. The women folks u
'SGnt have this. Why the idea "a idiotlc."
ROW about the girl 2" asked he policeman
"wSSGS. air, sSi,; no no 81: nsys5 said Mr.. Miller
Miler went to his store then. He frs
E"n,aae girl she was suRnerted and that sh'
wiz c DO watched. The few words he had hat
vss s sne policeman made him dislike the MAJ
M much. tie had no sooner reached the stor'