The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-03

rhe Unhappy Experience Of John San
the. q Sober Railroad Man.

tine, q Sober Railroad Man.
John Santine, well known brakeman
employed on. the Alameda (Cal) narrow
gauge system, nffnfrly for many years
under ConductH Rqeert Owen on the AL.
anieda broad ghuge line, says that he Is
the victim Of most extraordinary, relent.
less and supernatural enemy that robs
! hiIp Of rest at night and for several years
p has made his lifeSa horrid nightmare.
"For about three years and a half have
been fighting ghosts at my house, sb44
Clement avenue, said he. "a mysteri'
Gus, uncanny intruder has kept me In
constant state of nervousness at night
when / wanted TO sleep. L thought for
long time II might be some 'varmint,' and
set all sorts of pitfalls and snares to
catch IL. had my bedroom, where / SLEEP
alone, just filled with traps-mousetraps,
rattraps, figure As, and deadfalls big
enough to kill an alligator, but nothing
ever came Of IL.
"As these singular nocturnal disturb
ances continued came to the conclusion
finally that must be afflicted with ghost.
bought pistol and increased my watch
fulness. At the least noise would jump
up and grab my pistol, but 1 never saw
anything in the room.
1.-The curious thing about the affair was
that after each disturbance, usually some
time about the middle Of the night, ]
would wake up To find myself covered with
strange insects thet died when exposed TO
the light. ! bought all kinds OF insect
powder TO beat the deuce--you just ask the
druggist-but Il didn't do any good. Then
/ tried putting two cats In the room, but
not IA rat or mouse could be discovered.
II feel sure now that the creature Is q
vampire, which comes TO my bed and lays
itself on my neck, for what purpose i can
not tell.
''It was only last Monday morning,
about 2 o'clock, that awoke suddenly and
ielt an object resting on my left shoulder.
In twinkling IL fitted away. i heard il
pattering along the pillow as IL went, and
am certain it was the creature, vampire OF
what you will, that has been haunting me
80 long. 1t always has the most horrid
smell, Just like something from the grave,
and think IL tho. odor as much as any.
thing which wakes me up.
II have always left my window open at
the top To have plenty of air, but it never
occurred TO me that the cause of my con.
dhhogohNS Abikht INV ihEicrS III
that way Those vampires are awfully
cunning creatures, and as soon as they see
the least movement they are of like a fash.
Sometimes the thing wouldn< come neal
for a week, so that though I tried to be on
the watch all the time / could never catch
1t. have fixed up lot of snares, which
hang across my room, and hope to get il
30 tangled In them some night that / can
shut tho window before il escapes.
81 have awakened in the morning many
time with a sickness at the stomach, and
believe that il was that vampires pres.
enco during the night that caused 1t.
ThcrcurU tots of cuses of children that pine
away under the care Of a physician, and
believe that night visits from these hideous
creatures arc responsible for IL. i don't
know whether my case Is an isolated one
or not, but 1 think people should know
about 1t and take necessary precautions. "
"Do you drink, Mr.. Santines" no was
asked.
mot q drop San Francisco Chron