The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-23

some one were trying to steal into the room.
and then slowly shut again without sound.
1t was very common thing for the
servants 20 come running down into NV
room late in the afternoon, when they were
bali dressed, TO tell me Of something that
nad happened to them while they were In
their rooms
"IsAw THE MAN BUT ONCE.
1t was o'clock in the evening. and had
come out of the dining room and was going
down the basement stairs
las came out l saw black figure at
the head OF the stairs, just starting to de-
scend. He walked down all the way in
front OF me- Ir was rather dark on the
stairs, and could see only the black out
line of his figure.
II could see him all the way down, how
ever. and hear his steps on the stairs. When
he reached the bottom the door opened and
slammed behind him / was only a second
behind him, but when / opened the door
and looked around he was nowhere to be
SEEM"
After the second year in the house, when
the serious illness of Mrs Whiting and her
| sister was added to the list of unpleasant
happenings, the family moved out, although
their lease had not yet expired.
Delaney Cleveland. cousin of Grover
| Cleveland, moved his family into the house
in the autumn OF 1887, and moved out in
the following spring. Mr.. Cleveland re-
! garded 1t as an extremely fortunate lot of
circumstances which induced him to get out
so soon.
ut isn't for myself or my family" said
Mr.. Cleveland, THAT would mind living
IN the house. I'm not afraid of ghosts and
noises. But we employ colored servants,
and after we had been in the house a short
time they came to me and said, whatev or
might become of theSu they would not stay
IN that house any longer.
whats the matteri I asked.
1.-The house is haunted; there are ghosts
in It, they said.
mo amount of argument OF persuasion
would influence them. In the end had to
get rooms for them outside, and they came
every morning and went away at night.
don't know what they saw or heart, or how
they learned that the house was haunted.
II had been informed of the fact myself
by numerous friends almost as soon as I
moved in. / made every effort to keep the
servants from learning about it. Most Of
my experiences we're on the second floor,
and supposed the thing didn't extend up
to the top floors"
did you ever see the ghosts'
mo, can't say that ever did. But
USED to hear sounds that l can imagine
might make
LIFE MISERABLE, INDEED,
Ava 0OA NOno PooPkcs kJOucbkIud6 WQon i
sat up late in the middle room reading.
and everything was still. this noise would
begin.
Sometimes 1t sounded like footsteps pac-
ing to and fro, up and down, on the wooden
floor outside. Then this would be aocompa-
MED by what sounded like stified whispers
and meanings.
These would be interrupted by loud
noises and knocks.
They were very weird and puzzling, but
not believing in the supernatural, attrib-
uted them to some peculiar conditions con-
nected with the construction OF the house.
For instance, there was vacant lot on
the west side Of the house at the time, and
there is an open space between the houses
on the other side.
This gave the wind a splendid sweep
around the rear of the house, and may have
had much TO do with the noises.
The tin roof of the house was loose IN
places, and a loose vine or stick, caught by
string to shutter, might make very pc
culiar noises, II ii happened to be acted on
in Just the right way.
These may. at least, partially explain
some OF the things heard. l am not at all
sorry. however, that didn't keep the house
longer"
IL may be noted. in connection with Mr..
Clevelands attitude toward the supernat-
ural, that the policeman who was on that
Deaf reported to the station house one night
that he had found the whole Cleveland
family on the sidewalk in their night
clothes.
When questioned on this subject Mr..
Cleveland said he was aware that such a re-
port had been made by policeman, but
that he himself has no recollection of any
such occurrence.
The family of John M. Bradley, who died
In the house year and a half ago, lived
there from the time when she Cleveland
family left until last spring. The exact ma
ture of their experiences in the house has
not been ascertained.
IL has been learned, however, that menu
bers Of the family have recounted expert
enoes to their friends which were OF q ma
ture similar to those already given.
The same statement has been made I'm
different quarters in regard to families that
lived Ia the house during the earlier years,
although no direct information could be
obtained from those sources