The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-13
HEAR STRANGE NOISES.
A Third Ward Family Hss Uppleas-
ant Experience.
Police Have N,l Yet Solved the Mystery.
Some North End Notes.

There Is considerable OF a mystery on
Capitol Hin, and nobody has yet teen
able TO tolve II, either on moonlight
or dark night. The scene of the
strange happening Is q narrow highway,
not too brightly lighted and not lacking
In old buildings full of many corners
where one dispss q to plsy at hice-and-
GEEK might aflAr sunset play the game
until the morning light. The people liy-
ing on the street are hsra workers and
have little time for anything else but
sleep at night. as their work Is of ma
ture that requires nearly all the rest pos
sible to enatb the laborer to resume 1t
again the mkt Day. 1he story. though,
that is told of one ouse on the street is
said to be reiponsible for the many "To
Let" signs that have lately been placed
IN the windows of good tenements.
The tale as told TO neig bors and the
police by the family whose rest is broken
is as follows: Nearly yesr ego, some
time after the death OF his wife, TO whom
he was very deeply sttsched, a man left
his family, which consisted OF two girls,
who were allie to work In one of the
manufactures, and some smaller child
ren. The older girls cave kept the home
well since his departure, and few
months ago they moved from the house
in which their mother DIED and from
which their fstser disappeared to the
street abGve described.
They heard sh ri tine after their
I ther left tn m that be had left the city,
and no letters or tidings cana from him
until one day f;ierd OF the girls told
taem a strange n an had been seen watch
ing their home. few nights sitter tie
appearance Of the stranger In the day
time, the girls ana toys In the family
late at riyht heird tho hail door of their
tenement triea snd two OF the elder girls
manner. They were 5odly reared and
made 20 enswer, and halt hour after
the door was tried they heard mans
finger run up the Stats Of the blinds.
qbere Is q family living upstsirs consist
ing OF a man and wif< and they have
herd the strange noises down stairs,
but the woman will not Jet Ler husband
3nVesllssle tnc ouRlr.
Nearly every night since the strange
noises around the tenement I the family
whose father left them have been heard
at fferent times between 10. 80 at night
and 5 o'clock IN the morning, aud though
member OF the police force have hid in
the corners near the huse and also in
t1e rnrry AT vsFious times during the
night, they have been unalle to lay
hands on ths distuI Der o, the people in
the house.
1HEY HAD A NARROW ESCAPE.
Louis ana Phillip kosen berg had q very
narrow ucsps from serious iujnry to
yesterday afternoon white driving in an
sxpress wagon along Orms stres,. The
two men had driven from Shawmut street
on to Orms street, and 20 their "trip was
we'll up grade, tn ir horse was tired. and
tho car comiag at rapid rate struck the
express wagon and iipped 1t over, throw
ing tho Messr.. Rosenberg heavily TO
the ground. They were badly brued,
nut mad no bones broken. The axle of
the wagon was broken, ann the men were
cons quentiy moie angry than hurt.
LARGELY ATTENDED, FUNERAL.
The funeral OF Mrs. Kilduff, wife OF
James XII ldun, a very highly respected
and esteemed resident OF Geneva, took
Place from her fathers home This morn
ing. A high mass Of requiem was sung
at It. EDWARDS Church by Rev. Father
Pine, rector OF the parish, and n large
number Of sorrowing friends snd rola
tives were present la the church to pay a
last tribute If respsct to the memory of
the deceased. The remains were taken To
Woonsooket for iuterment.
HIGGINS SENTENCED FOR ASSAULT.
In the Sixth Di trlct Court this morn
ing John Farrell Higgins was sentenced
10 20 days ia jail for an assault on John
Keeesn. Mr.. Higgins ia well known in
Ward 3 politics, ana a few nights ago he
WAS accused by Keegsn Il peeking into
the windows OF the lstter's house. Mr..
Higgins denied the charge in an indig.
nsnt manner. and when Keegan reiterated
the charge, struck the latter in the face.
Keegsn Is now confined tc his bed, but
Higgins and his friends claim that the
injuries received by the former are due
TO h Is stumbling OF the curbiug 10 the
gutter, and not to the slight blow from
MIR. Higgins hal Dc, The latter took an
appeal from Judge swestland's decision.
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