The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-03-08
.GREENVILLE GHOSTS.
What Happened to Two
Jersey City News" Re-
porters in Haunted
Houses.
FOOTBALLS AND CLANKIEa CHAINS.
FOOTBALLS AND CLANEIEa CHAINS
Uncanny Sounds Disturb the Peaes
Of the Old Gautier
Homestead.
ITS STRANGE HISTORY REYIEWED.


trict which are said TO be haunted One
IS the old Guutier homestead on the New
York Bay shore. at the foot Of Linden
avenue, Greenvilie, and the other Is the
large, untenanted mansion, No. % CIiu-
ton avenue, opposite the Jersey City Ath-
letie Clubs handsome home. The many
stories circulated about the house pro-
yoked the curiosity or two ] ERsEY CRY
NEWS reporters, and they decided 10 dis
cover II possible how much truth there
was 10 Them
The first house visited was the house IS
No. 20 Clinton avenue. owned BY Seth G.
Baboock and occupied OF and on for the
last three years People moved III and
cut occasionally, bur never made pro
fracted stay. The last tenant moved oaf
nearly year ago, and the house fell to
rack and ruin.
Mean while stories began to 20 ths
rounds concerning the house. and numer
Gus as they were and differing ii
many details. all agreed The house Was
haunted. Mr.. Enmons, OF the firm Of
Enmons q Co.. real estate agents,
laughed at the idea Of ghosts, and gave
as the reason for the house being unae-
cnpied that the owner wanted TOO high
rent. preterrlag to have his house rot IL
emptiness than to let It at lower rent.
Several residents in turn pooh-poohed
Mr.. Emmons' story. and declared that II
the cause was what ne said it Was people
would not move into the house at all,
while history OF the house shows thar
II was occupied for short terms by differ
EN- tenants. This inter fact, they claim,
bears out their side Of the case
Several OF the present neighbors we're
interviewed concerning the habfrs Of the
ghosts but few tell anything Of them,
saying they had heard Of them and firmly
believed they existed, b.<f had never seen
who lives on Commnnipaw avenue.
within stones throw Of the house IN
question, declared be had seen them. He
had given the NEWS reporter sort Of YER
bal catalogue Of ali the people that had
said the house was haunted with q RIM
ming history Of the principal points in the
lives OF each, a. a gaEFuioiss ord person is
apt to do, when the reporter began 10
question him.
HE SAW EN-
ibid ypu ever see anything gsesssesssf r. RI
he asked.
ssYls, lndade Oh did, he replied.
ss0h. you did. ?
ssTis, Oidid, nanny and rnanny's this
toime. OF used TO how JOB in Greenvilie
thot kept me out IN the noight Till nearly
twelve o'clock. and Oh did be passin,
there mt wan and two O'Clock IL the
marnlng because Oh couldn't git car no
earlier. An do reminder ! sane q big
giant all drissed IN white in the top-story
windy, an he had q pan o. IRE in his
hand an he threw It out the windy, bus IL
whit out in the air, an thor WIZ the Lass
of it, for OF ran all the way home"
Here he paused.
ibid you have any other experience Of
the kinCf1 He did not understand at
first, but after an explanation from HIS
questioner he Continued
.Ah. yisi Another noight Oh WIZ
passin' about the same tonne an, I sana
nothin' at all, but Oh did be heariui the
greatest phwisflin' liver was heard An
il came from the top Of the house. an, 1t
sounded somethin' betrne Judy OiCaila-
CHAN an the Purity Maid M1lkin' Her
Cow Oh ran home THAI noight. TOO. an
niyer passed there agin, but W1nt
around be CommunIpaw avenoo.n
LAYING THE GHOST.
On this slight foundation. the reporters
began the work of laying tha ghost For
tools they had two heavy coats two
bulldog reviewers, which they forgot I'll
about as soon as anything frightened
them, and always remembered too late
Tor use. and trusty lantern.
The moon rose about half past ten one
night recently, and an hour later two
we'll muffled figures erept through the
They stopped IN the areaway long enough
TO light lantern which one OF them car
ried- They experienced no trouble in
gaining an entrance TO the house, for the
lower door was uDfastened. Il was
rather still and the hinges were rusty.
but IL gave way TO 3 slight pressure from
the reporters shoulders and both the
ghost seekers entered the deserted house.
The reporter who carried The lantern
held it up SO that the light shoue about
the musty and dirty floor covered with
scraps of paper and thrash OF all de-
scEgptions To the left OF the hall stood
rusty OLD safe Of make long since cut or
dare, the door of which was securely
fastened by a spring lock- This was too
practical an object 10 interest this
searches. and they started to explore the
rest Of the building.
THE GHOSTS DO NOT <PPEAR
The rooms on that floor were first
visited. The closets, slaeboard and heater
were carefully examined. but no RhosE
was found. The parior hoor was the uext
In order, but no better results were OBJ
tanned there. Nor I'D the searches do any
better on the third floor on which are sit-
mated three bedrooms, the bathroom, A1d
room reached By the back stairs, aud
evidently intended for the servants
roem A red stain on the door Of this
room attracted the attention OF enc OF The
reporters who was Of an imaginative
showed il to be nothing more thau
patch OF red paint, splRshes Of which ap-
peared on the suruase and walls IN diff
ferent part Of the room.
The visit next extended to the top foor,
upon which were situated three bedrooms
and billiard room, In the last there
was an unusually large combination BIZ
lard and pool table On ths wall was
rack containing u dozen c5ias< and
stretched above tfie table WAS q railyinx
string.
The table furnished an excellent oolsch
for the weary searehers, but after several
unsuccessful attempts they gare Qp iii
idea Of sleep and began to rafssna8e
through the closets ard drawers la the
ROOM In the bottom OF one closet ware
found candle ana a rude pan aaaGe al
sheet OF tin. The bottom WAS blackfnea
as II ii mad been held over fame and
some grease Was burnt 10 the iI&ia1.
II had The appearance ct hxvinE been
used as q frying 1n. &
One Of tie reporters also discovered II
adrAwet Ia this saias closet threk c<Atkt4
and blaekeutu blliierd halls Win f64s6
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