St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-30
GRosTLY MANIFESTATIONS.
"A Sight That Almost Froze the
Blood in dis Veins.

San Jose Mercury.
This city has another ghostly sensa-
ton. This time it il a haunted house
winch has become the abode of a disem
bodied spirit of most eccentric char
acter.
This house IS situated at No. $50 South
Tenth street, on the northwest corner of
Tenth and San Salvador, and is known
as the Abbott house, from the fact
that it is owned and was formerly oc-
cupied by E. A. Abbott. After the
latter removed from it it lay idle
for some time. Queer stories began to
be told about it. Unearthiy noises were
heard there, and some strange sights
seen. After the Abbotts moved from
the house it remained idle for long
| while, and commenced to show signs of
| dilapidatiOn. Finally it was occupied
by a family named Williams, who only
| occupied it two weeks.
Immediately Oh their departure from
the premises his ghoStShip, having no
company. commenced to entertain
| passers-by by sticking his feet and
| hands from Second-story window.
| These exhibitions he did not confne to
| the night time. but gave them at various
hours of the afternoon.
Miss Libby Doyle was nearly fright
ened out of her wits on beholding the
feet and hands sticking from the win
dowS OH an afternoon about three
months ago, and Miss Alice Ball also
saw the strange sight on an afternoon
| shortly after. At this time the toes and
| fingers were working back and forth.
AT present the house is occupied by a
| family named Burns, who, while not
| particularly anxious to make the ac-
| Quaintance of ghosts, are not at all flus-
| tered over the reports.
George Du Bots, who lives at the
| Willows, tells thrilling story 9f what
he and his sister saw in an upper win
| dow of the bOuSe short while ago.
On moonlight night shortly after the
normal school closed, he and his sister
were driving past the house. They had
! a steady and Staid old mare in their cart
who was never known to shy or fear
| anything. AS they approached the
house the mare commenced to Shiver all
| over, and showed signs of great fear.
| He suspected the cause, and glancing
| up as he passed the windows he saw
| the naked feet and hands protruding
from the window. This sight he had
seen before, but this time the feet were
tearing around and slashing the air in
fearful manner. His mare, becoming
uunldildSedDle, uaSneQ py III spite OIL ali
his efforts to hold her. In fact, lie did
not succeed in stopping her until they
had reached Reed street.
MY curiosity was thoroughly aroused
and | determined to investigate those
mysterious hoofs," said he yesterday to
Mercury reporter.
despite the protestations of my sis
ter, l got out of the buggy and walked
back. The sight almost froze the blood
i'll my veins. Here were two big feet
still hanging out of the windowe One
of them was very bloody, as could be
distinctly seen in the moonlight. | had
no revolver with me, but l hunted
around and found a stone. This |
hurled at those feet, but being some
what scared. | missed them and the
missile struck the side of the house.
Quick as flash the feet vanished, and
at the same time l heard terrible crash
inside. | went to the door and tried to
get in. 1t was locked. | tried several
windows without success. | went across
the street then. and was going to wake
up the parties who live there, when |
heard my sister calling to me. In the
excitement L had forgotten her, and,
fearing that she would be frightened to
death, | ran to her. She would hear of
nothing else than home. Consequently
L was forced to abandon the owner of
the feet. / have been there twice since
at night, but have seen nothing. NJ
cousin, Alex Rhodes, who is now in
Portland. Or, saw the same thing some
time after Abbott moved out of the
houSen