The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1894-04-28
IN A HAUNTED ROOM.
y Singular Experience Which Shook
Mans Belief In Ghosts.

- Singular Experience Which Shook I
Mans Belief In Ghosts.
There Is no such thing as ghosts,
said Chicago drummer. 81 used tc
think that maybe spirits did return un
ilabout year ago, when I was stop.
ping at hotel in small Iowa town.
Then was convinced that they are
only apparitions. Registered one night
about 0 o'clock and found the house
crowded. In fact, the landlord. an hon.
est old back number. said he couldn't
give me room at all unless he whis-
pered to me, you amt a-scared Of
ghosts. I've only got one unoccupied
room in the house. he continued, and
it's haunted. About a year ago one Of
my boarders committed suicide-cut his
throat with razor-and ever since then
his ghost has appeared Well, had
never seen a ghost-had often heard of
them. but never believed they existed.
So took the room right gladly and re-
tired at once.
although was worn out, couldn't
go to sleepf for thinking, not Of the ghost,
but Of the man who had committed sui
eide. Who was he? Why did he do it?
Was he in love? Lose money? And a
hundred questions continued to march
through my mind. despite my efforts to
sleep. The more thought of the case
the more intense my thoughts became.
l became nervous and began tossing
around the bed. all the time thinking Of
the unfortunate man who had committed
suicide. 1t was growing late. Not a
sound could be heard. Every one was
In bed asleep. Finally began to think
OF the ghost. ! began to wonder what
he looked like; what his proportions
were and how he looked, when. 10, the
ghost appeared.
saw him as plainly as see You. He
seemed to rise from the floor lust at the
loot Of the bed. He was long and gaunt, |
md his hair fell about his head in long
'angled mats. He stood, both hands |
testing on the footboard, staring at me
With such an awful intensity that l
luaked. Big beads of cold, clarnmv
respiration came out all over my body.
let l was hot and thought l would
'urst open. I wanted to run, but could
lot move muscle. After looking at
ne lntently for about five minutes, l
oppose. Is if Fwere the cause of all his
roubles, the ghost walked to the wash
tand. which was few feet to the right
the bed. He stopped and pulled open
drawer and took out something which
could not see. Then he closed the
rawer softly, as if fearing some one
'ould hear him.
He then unbuttoned the collar band Of
Is nightshirt and rubbed his hand
round his neck as though feeling for
'meth1ng. Next he raised the other
and. and for the first time saw arazor
hich he had taken from the drawer
gain he rubbed his left hand around
5 throat and started to put the razor
his neck. but he pulled it back and
'ntnued to rub his throat. He did this =
'ariy 10 minutes, think, when sud-
'nly the other hand was brought nm.
Id the keen edge Of the razor sank into
3 throat. He dropped-I heard the
land that was the last saw of the
lost. No. was awake at the time.
ildnt SO TO sleep that night at all. But
en- 1t was no ghost; it was only an ap-
rition, the child Of my own excited
rves, for l looked for the razor. and
ere was none there, and it could not
We dropped through the floor. No.
:; when a man tells me he has seen
osts, tell him he needs some liver
Worth Gazette.