The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-24
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Awful Crimo.
BROOKLYN POLICE TERRORIZED.
a Station House Where tho Members
of the Force do not Like TO Sleep.
A Decidedly Uncanny Place If the
Testimony of tho officers Is to be
Believed.

more cspccially.in the Second precinct,
located M n Ia in tbc noisios, ounr,or of
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Easoh, lis gallant army veteran COM
mander, down 10 its latest enrolled
patrolman. ooch and cvc-v ono firmly
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ueito'es ','A' INC s'a''o' ~ n"o"'ou'
Not only that, but all arc willing to sub
nit evidence on the subject.
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ii'ei't fe'iel anu give Ieasoh LOT us OK
lstcnce, 1t Is necessary to 80 little into
ancient history.
Inc station building, which comprises
Noe. ~ ana oil Fulton street, was for.
mcrlya bank, and had Tor janitor John
kem!o. Mr.. hemlo occupied apart
ments on the fourth, or top floor, over
looking Fulton street. His son, the
Rcv. Mr.: kenlo, boarded with him. as
did also his sons wife, and partition
separated the old mans rooms from
those OF his son and daughtcr-in.iaw.
tho latter occupying those to the west
OF tho dividing line, and the Clergyman
and his vile the eastern wing oil the
floor. One night about ten years ago,
tho young clergyman, while temporari.
" insane, cut his wiie'E throat. and
then, jumping from the open window OF
ms fathers bedroom to the sidewalk,
fractured h!s skull and died at once:
lhlH fourth iloor IS now used MS DOR
mltory by sixteen officers OF the sta
ton, and Patrolman Barney Malone
sleeps. when he,gets chance, IN u bed
Immediately under what IS termed the
parsons window, by winch Is meant
the one through which hcmlo jumped
TO his death. a week or 50 ago IN the
silent watches oil the night, Officer Ma.
lone was awakened by the touch OF
cold hands on his feet when he ielt
Woro dragging him from the bed. Al.
though the light IN the big room burned
low, there was stu sufficient there Tor
him to see-nothIng. And yet he ielt
himself drawn down by an invisible
power, and hcycl!ed as loudly. Us he
could, and stretched his right hand to
the spot under his pillow where rested
MS Official revolver. Under ordinary
circumstances Oliiccr haIones COM
Tades, who raised their heads to inquire
what he was raising such row about,
would have concluded merely that he
had eaten hearty dlnner, pnt KNOW
ing tho history OF the room, Oiicer
Hugh Ac!-aughlln, acting rs spokesman
10: tho others, contented himself with
saying: "Oh, boys, 80 to sleep; 1t is
only that Internal spooE at one OF his
tricks. Let US 60 10 sleep; ana, Bar.
ney, please don't make such an awful
c!amor."
The fact Is that they all had been an
Hoycd before III the same manner, and
they took the whole thing as, matter
OF course. Even officer Malone drew
himself up toward his pillow, turned
over on the other side and resumed his
slumbcr, as ii nothing unusual had oc-
Cured.
This midnight episode may appear
grotesquc. il not humorous, reading, TO
most people, but the men compelled to
sleep IN that room take it very seriously
indeed. And it would seem as If they
had cause, for there ia something more
tragic than cold ghostly hands connect
ed with those apartments. 1t is u fact
wc!l-known in police cltc!es that the
Second station shows more deaths
among its members by far than any
other in Brooklyn, and though the med
ical man may be able to assign sanitary
causes Tor such mortality the officers OF
the Second pcrsistently maintain that
it arises IRON superhuman influences.
Any one entering the room for the
first time cannot fail TO be struck with
vacant space between two bedcots
right in front OF him on the Fulton
street side. There is space Tor one more
cot, but no cot is there, and 10 man in
the station would lie on one placed
there ior one night. il by so doing lie
was to earn SlOo: AS u matter OF fact,
Hugh Mclaughlin, above mentioned,
who is 4 philosopher IN his way, has 4
standing offer OF $50 to any man who
will occupy the vacant space for one
night. Up to this he has found no
takers. The space Is under tho west
window, and it was there the crazy
Clergyman committed the deed for
which he died 4 moment later OF his
own volition.
The force belonging TO the station is
composed OF iiity.live men. Since the
tragedy OF ten years ago many have
died, and OF the number, five IN success
sion, who used to sleep on cot in that
space. Their names were Richard Hal
pin, Edward Acker, Richard Cotton,
Patrolman Gardner and John Costello.
Costello, the last victim. died seven
weeks ago. A sixth man went crazy,
and was sent to the hospital. He re.
covered, and was transferred to another
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