The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-29

ing oyer year ago, and ever since that
time the house has been without an occu-
pant and the toilet sign in front of the
premises has become an eyesore TO the
usual passer-by.
The house was formerly the residence Of
Mrs Shattuck, who killed young Harry
Poole in cold blood. Poole, it will be re
membered, was keeping company with
Mrs. Shattuck's daughter Truly. He was
inveigled into the house by means of note
on pretense and shot to death by the
mother. Mrs. Shattuck has since been con
victed and is serving life sentence for the
crime.
The daughter could not reside in the
house after the murder, and shortly after
her belongings were moved away. Since
that time the most persuasive real-estate
men in the city have been unable to OBJ
tain a tenant for the house.
Some of the neighbors cannot be con-
WINGED but that the house is haunted.
They even go so far as to say that they
hear strange noises coming from the house
late at night and that on any dark night
they can see lights moving to and fro,
probably guided by unseen hands.
The children IN the street will not play
in front of the house and on their way to
school even avoid walking on the same
side of the street on which the house is
situated.
P.O'Connor, who keeps a grocery on the
opposite side of the street, was asked yes
terday if he had ever seen any lights OF
heard any noises coming from the house.
He said that he had not and did not be-
ieve that the neighbors had any right to
claim that the house was haunted. He
said that he wouldn't be afraid to live in
the house whether there were any ghosts
strutting around in the place or not.
The members of IL Engine Company
which is situated next door, were aware
that rumors were flying about the neigh
borhood to the effect that the house was
occupied by "spooks that went to
work after business hours and flashed
lights and went through an executive per
Torrance during the unseemly hours. They
place no credence in the rumor, and give
as their reason for the house being unten-
anted so long, that when person comes
to engage the place some one OF the neigh
bors will inform the prospective tenant
that a tragedy was enacted in the place,
and give the persons vivid pictures of the
ghost dance that takes place in the build
ing every night.
aNone of the fire boys have ever seen OF
heard anything about the house which
would convey the impression that the
house was haunted" said one member OF
the company yesterday. "0f course, you
know that some women are nervous. Il
they hear window blind rattle or the
sash shake in house where any crime was
committed they attribute the noises as
coming from ghosts. The lights they claim
to see comes from the reflection of the gas
lamp in the street. These things and a
strong imagination are all that is required
by timid women, and this is the extent OF
the presence of ghosts in the house next
door, said the fire-fighter.
GAS matter of fact" he added, 'sthis
rumor viii be a good thing. 1t win sug-
gest to some sensible man a chance of Sc
curing good home at reasonable rates"
Notwithstanding the fireman's solution
of the ghostly noises and lights, some OF
the neighbors still avoid passing No. 413
and the house remains without an
occupant