St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-13
He Goes Through the Horri-
BILE Process Of Hanging
Himself.
These Queer Spookish Feats
Are Repeated Every
Wednesday.
ldiosyncrasies Battling Inves-
tigation Of Psychol-
Ogists.

Grand avenue, a woman named Mrs.
Albert Ogle, who is suffering from an
attack of hysteria, brought about by
the unexpected appearance of visitor
from the land of the dead, says the Kan
sas City Journal. She is still weak
from her illness, and yesterday related
to Journal reporter, with some diff
Guilty, a most uncanny story of the
cause of her suffering. According to
her story the house IN which she lives
with her husband and little child is
haunted. She herself has seen the
ghostly visitor, and so, too, has Mrs.
Elliott, who formerly lived in the house.
Six weeks ago the Ogle family moved
their chattleS into an old brick house.
the remnant of what was once large
building, which was cut in two in order
to allow an extension of Twenty-thFd
street. Mr.. Ogle is workman, and is,
consequently, but little at home during
the day time. Nothing unusual was
cupied, and being strangers in the
neighborhood, the Ogles were not in
position to learn the uncanny history
of the house. They were not long left
i'll this state of ignorance, however, for
the Wednesday following the OCCUPANCY
of the house, Mrs. Ogle, was startled to
hear coming from an inner room most
tumultuOuS uprOar, which, of itself
startled her, and she was even more af-
frighted when, upon running to the
room to investigate the cause Of the
scuffling noise. she was unable to dis
cover whence it proceeded.
After The first feeling of fear had dis
appeared it dawned upon her mind that
possibly size had been deceived IN the
sound; that it might have been caused
by some commotion outside the house.
Nevertheless, that night she Informed
her husband on his ratnrn from work of
the strange sound she had heard, and
there the matter rested.
Nothing further occurred to recall the
unpleasant experience until week
from the same day, and at about the
same hour, when a second and precisely
similar noise was heard. This time Mrs.
Ogle was more rapid in her movements,
and she gained entrance TO the room
whence came the noise. The horrible
sight which she there encountered all
but dethroned her reason. There. to
one side of the room and Immediately
in front of the doorway in which she
stood, was a man hanging by a rope
from the ceiling, his face depictirr all
the agony of death by strangusation.
Instantly the Specter vanished from her
sight. neither falling to the floor nor as
cending, but melting away.
Thoroughly frightened at the sight.
Mrs. Ogle fell to the floor in a swoon,
and there remained. as she saws. for an
hour. There was no one in the house
but herself her husband being at his
work, and her little child Oh visit to
some friends.
That night, when Mr.. -Ogle returned
home, his wife related 10 him her dread
full experience, but he discredited her
story, and said that he would himself
carefully watch things. A watch, how
ever, was of no avail, for never a night
was there any sign of the ghOStly Wis
itor,
Things went on in their usual way
until another week had passed, and
again on Il Wednesday,, at the same
hour. the same noise was heard, and
this time Mrs. Ogle determined to run
from the house, when she was arrested
by her little girl, who ran screaming
from the haunted room. crying that a
man was there on a chair. CHANGING be-
hind her she was more than ever fright
ened to witness her most unwelcOme
visitor standing Oh a chair with a rope
around his neck. Suddenly kicking the
chair from under him, he fell like a con-
demned murderer through the trap of
death.
BY this time the family was thor
Oughly wrought up. Mr.. Ogle sent for
his mother to remain with his wife in
the house, intending to move as soon as
his wife should be able to get out of
bed. 1t was hoped that the presence of
his mother might have some influence
in staying the visits of the ghost, and 1t
was arranged that should the usual
noise occur again the old lady should
rush into the room and Investigate it
for herself. ------'.--
True to his appointed time, when both
women were In the front room, the
stranger commenced his row, and, true
to their womanly instincts. neither
woman attempted to reach the scene,
one from her inability to leave her bed
and the other from tlmiditY. Now the
family say they will move out.
Two weeks ago, after she had seen
the ghost twice and obtained a good
view of him, Mrs. Ogle was sitting by
her window sewing. She was surprised
to see pleasant-faced old gentleman
surveying the house with good deal of
interest, and more surprised to see him
walk up to the door and ask if he could
come in. which request was granted.
Taking seat on stool. the old man
bent his face on his hands and began to
sob. This, coupled with the recollec-
ton of the former uncanny events. be-
gan to alarm Mrs. Ogle, and she backed
toward the front door.
At this moment the old man looked
up and said: II suppose you wonder
why cry, and had hoped to conceal
my trouble, but the truth is that am
attracted to this house by sad recol-
lection. My boy, my only boy, died in
-. Il Il IL.
man sobbed, and when Gained he him.
self described his son, and his descrip-
ton was found to tally exactly with that
of the man who. every Wednesday
afternoon of late, has. hanged himself in
the same house.
JOHNSONIANA.