The Lamar register., 1892-01-09
FEET OF A PHANTOM.
The Vision That Greets Persons Who
Pass by n Haunted House.

Pass by a Haunted House.
This city has another ghostly sem
sation. writes the San Jose corre-
spondent OF the New York Morning
Journal. This time it is haunted
house, which has become the abode of
a disembodied spirit of most ecceu-
trio character.
This house is situated at No. $50
South Tenth street. on the northwest
corner of Tenth and Salvador streets,
and is known as the Abbott house,
from the fact that 1t is owned and was
formerly occupied by E. A. Abbott.
After the latter removed from it it lay
idle for some time. Queer stories be-
gan TO be told about it Unearthly
noises were heard there and some
strange sights seen. After the Alb
bolts removed 1t commenced to show
signs of dilapidation. Finally it was
occupied by family named Williams,
who only lived in it two weeks.
Immediately on their departure
from the premises his ghostship, hav-
ing no company. commenced to enter
tain passers-by by sticking his feet
and hands through second-story
window. These exhibitions he did
not confne to the nighttime. but gave
them at various times in the after
noon.
Miss Libby Doyle was frightened
out of her wits on beholding the feet
and hands sticking from a window on
an afternoon about three months ago,
and Miss Alice Ball also saw the
strange sight on an afternoon shortly
after At this time toes and fingers
were working back and forth.
At present the house is occupied by
family named Burns, who. while not
particularly anxious to make the ac-
quaintance of ghosts are not at all
Austered over the reports,
George Dubois, who lives at the
Willows. tells thrilling story OF what
he and his sister saw in an upper win
dow of the house short while ago
On a moonlight night he and his sister
were driving past the house. They
had steady and staid mare in their
cart who was never known to shy or
fear anything. As they approached
the house the mare commenced to
shiver ali over. and showed signs of
great fear. He suspected the cause.
and glancing up as he passed the win
dows. 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 man
ner. His mare becoming unmanage-
able dashed by in spite OF all his efforts
to hold her In fact he did not sue
ceed in stopping her until they had
reached Reed street.
Despite the protestations of my
sister. | got out OF the buggy and
walked back ~ he says. The sight
almost iroze the blood in my veins,
Here were two big feet hanging out OF
the window. One of them was very
bloody. as could be distinctly seen in
the moonlight l had no revolver
with me, but l hunted around and
found stone. This | hurled at those
feet but being somewhat scared l
missed them. and the missile struck
the side of the house. Quick as a
flash the feet vanished, and at the
same time heard u terrible crash in
side. l went to the door and tried to
get in. 1t was locked. l tried
several windows without success
went across the street then and was
going to wake up the parties who
| lived there, when l heard my sister
calling 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
but home. Consequently. l was forced
TO abandon the owner OF the feet.