The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-05
HEAR ODD SOUNDS AT NIGHT.
TTMoRoUs TENANTS IN AN Up ToWN
APARTMENT HOUSE, zLlRMED.


TIE wo,-s. Foin Thi-H Zee somstn,-s Un-
ess.yt the Jssitor Says see Cats, but
No oss Has Solved che Mystery Yet.
The occupants Of the apartment house at 512
Manhattan avenue are mystiHed. and some Of
them considerably annoyed by sounds the
origin OF which they are unable to discover.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Summons live on the second
floor. on the north side OF the house. Their
daughter lives with them Mr. Summons. who
IL connected with one Of Harper's periodicals.
says he Is not at all superstitious, but he Joins
with his wife and daughter In telling the fol-
lowing story:
They moved into the building three weeks
ago. At 3 o'clock on Monday morning. a week
AGO. the family we're awakened by the crash Of
breaking glass. The noise was loud enough
to AWAKE every one. including the servant.
Mr.. SIMMONS jumped out Of bed. lit the gas.
and made thorough search. He found moth
ing disturbed in the fiat and nothing brok en-.
He went back to bed and the family tried TO
sleep. Less than fifteen minutes had elapsed
when another crash. louder. II anything. than
the first, alarmed them. Having searched the
house once. Mr.. Summons was inclined to
laugh at the idea Of repeating the operation.
Mrs. SIMMONS insisted that IL was warning
OF impending misfortune. and was laughed at
by her husband IT'S all we'll enough for
you to laugh at my superstition. but you are
afraid to search the place In the dark" Mrs.
SIMMONS retorted.
Thus dared. Mr.. Summons went through the
apartments In the dark. but discovered moth
ing. The next morning everything was found
uninjured. Mrs. SIMMONS aud her daughter
now want to move. The servant was so thor
oughly frightened that che gave up her situa-
"Y E1.Tirc Chief Tho" TRoGss Gooderson. who i.
on the iirst floor with his wife and SON Mrs
| Gooderson does not look like woman to be
thoroughly alarmed last Thursday night She
| was alone in the, dining room At about 10
the cha hall and the s sound Of whispered consersa
| tion. The noise lasted some time. Finally tho
footstsps seemed to enter the rivate hallway.
inner GH door and locked il. She refused to un,
hour s ha rstrnsd as ouna
the outer door locked and no signs that in
Mr. and Mrs McSiasters and their daughter
Nh, is about IL years Old ly. on the 10 hith
some one She wSi INTERRUPTED By her
and 4 was probably the wind you hoard.
- Well" the elder won an retortcd. you may
BEEN % the + W." Wind. but know heard It. and the
sound. were very peculiar. and were not at oil
Mr.. and Mrs wilkins. who live on the third
floor. tell OF the sound OF crashing glass that
awoke Mrs. wilkins from n sound sleep early
on Tuesday morning. Like the Symmonses
she says the noise was as II q great quantity OF
glass or crockery had been Violently broken.
She awoke her husband and he searched the
apartments thoroughly without being able to
discover the cause OF the commotion. They
were not disturbed again until Wednesday
evening when Mrs. wilkins and her daughter
were alone In the dining room. LOUD noise
In tho front bedroom startled them. Hnrrying
into tho room they found that . folding bed
which they had used for months without mis-
hap had fallen. Nothing had given way and
the bed was not broken.
George Steam. . colored hallboy EN- ployed In
tho house. was arrested last October for rob-
bling the tenants. He pleaded his case twice
and twice n jury disagreed as to his guilt The
third trial he hired n lawyer and was convicted
He was sen fenced to FIVE years i'm prisonment
Janitor Schmitz. who has charge OF the build
Ing. says there is nothing upcanny about II.
Maybe it's cats" he said. 81 had a cat that
was q nuisance but ! paid boy cents to
take him away. and don't have any more
trouble"
The house is owned by Builders Bradley L
Currior. II Is q large and handsome structure
on the northeast corner OF 121st street. over
looking Mornings Park. No one has at
temple vet TO explain the origin OF the sounds
some OF the tenants claim to have heard. but
one OF the less timorous said yesterday that 10
believed n practical Joker was at work. and
the disturber was detected.