Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
A FRENCH oHos T.
Haunted House Near Montereau Throws
People Into Alarm.

Al the reports puoilSpeQ IN the HarlS
press are to be credited, house at Val
lence-en-Brie, near Montereau, is the
scene of curious phenomena or of the
exploits of very clever practical joker
1t appears that the supposed ghosts In
stead of making their presence felt al
night, do SO in broad day light-it i,
said generally about o'clock
Though they upset furniture, open
locked doors, shatter windows and gen.
orally behave in a most boisserous
fashion, what creates the greatest as
constituent Is the voice, which shouts
out all sorts of frivolous remarks, min
gled with abuse and insults. This
voice has been heard not only by the
inmates of the house, the family of
Lebegue, but also by some gendarmes,
who were summoned to discover the
ghost or practical joker. When they
arrived the voice, according to the dec
laration of the police commissary,
greeted them by shouting, "Ah, you
had better get out of here, you, with
your dirty boots"
The police commissary is, however,
very far from believing in any super
natural manifestations, and all the more
so because no voice was heard while he
and mis- policeman occupied the house
during a whole evening and night.
ma I afa rhC ic 4.
course, much disturbed by all the noise,
but the persons who hear it the most
often are her daughter, Charlotte, and
the young servant.
was told that the other day Nine
Lebegue, in her bed, said she was
thirsty. and that Immediately the voice
shouted. Charlotte, Charlotte, your
mother wants something to drink" The
little girl, it seems, is not at all alarmed
at the voice, which she hears constantly.
AS for the servant, she seems to be on
almost friendly terms with the voice,
and that the only thing that annoys her
is that she has to put the furniture in
order after 1t has been thrown about by
some invisible agency. The person who
Is the most prosecuted by the voice is
young Lebegue, lad of IS. i
It is said teat when the voice was XII es
-ioned by him it replied, al am Prince
visky. belong to high Russian fam
ly," and whenever anyone inquiries
where he is, the voice invariably re-
plies, 81 am at Marseilles." To the OBJ |
ence-en-Brie, the answer comes, "Oh,
that Is no matter. l can be at Marseilles |
and here too"
DR.. Pate, who attends Nine. Lebegue |
mas heard the voice, and is one of those
who seem to be the most impressed by |
It's unaccountable character. In relating
mis- experience, he said: al have heard
the voice myself, and that several times,
ike everybody else here. 1t used most
violent and insulting expressions. Every
lime l heard it l advanced toward the
the wall or the spot whence the
voice seemed to issue, but could never
discover anything, although made mi
auto searches to find a crack, a hole or
opening through which it might have
reached my ears. You will admit that
i is strange. And how can you explain
he furniture upset. in Theoretically close
-oomss
"And please note the fact that of the
oanes of glass that have been shattered
al were not exposed to stones thrown
rom outside. Some of them are in the
passage which could not be reached
rom out of doors. must confess that
here is something in the affair, but what
L is / cannot imagine"
NJ. DeIorme, a neighbor. has also fire.
luently heard the voice Though he
cannot discover who it is, he is inclined
o believe 1t must be the trick of ven
rjloquist. AS for the furniture thrown
bout. he thinks it must be the .work of
.ome practical joker. though he has not
been discovered In the meanwhile,
however, the excitement created at Val
Brio by the mysterious voice
ind upset furniture has spread to Paris,
where the public, kept informed by the
ournals, are not satisfied with the police
.ommissary. who says it must be the
work of practical joker.
If that be the case and as there is some
of public order, it is the duty
# the police to arrest the perpetrators
nd not to indulge in idle talk.-Ex.