New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-28
A HAUNTED FAMILY.
REMARKABLE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS WITH
WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE TORMENTED.


WHICH ITS MEMBERS ARE TORMENTED.
Paris correspondence Of The London Standard
Yzeures picturesque little town in Indre-et-
Loire no. far from Roche POsay and FOntg0m-
ga ~ ~ urknov,n even 10 most Frenchmen II
mad no history. but has begun 70 obtain
iha5 pe6ha 6 bsnnied h6ase i IS not however
quite correct to call the dwelling in which the
less the building han TIE family inha6tiRg it taat
houraIir then a newly married couple. who took u
their residence POtlers, first witnessed the eA-
traordinarv phenomena which sun occur their
house At Bourneau and Loudun. where they lived
succeSsively before coming 10 Nzeures. they were
the victims OF The same prosecutions the phe-
commence with renewed intensity.
In this case girl Of about twelve years Of age
Nile. Renee sabouraut. seems 70 be the involun-
tary medium IN any cas- IL rs sne T T5p Is "a e
when by chance she goes on VISIT 10 trends or
relations the phenomena ioilQW heT En-, 70 me pace
,ions which nave accompanied NJ. and Nine
Dori &c Tn. displacement Of objects has
,eIdoIn occurred but Enthusiastically shaped phantoms
nave oe by Nile Renee and noises Of ali sorts ha
been and are still constantly heard AT fzeures
sounds when ny 'aTceiv merit any attention
w ,-flstgoTl, " f fnsa 1t,i
" Bevrord Duplautier barrster at Potiers
hevior learned that one Of his friends. VI Urban.
and several other persons living at NZeures had
hnard the unaccountable SOUNDS, resolved 70 20
Nth q Jew strong -nerved friends 10 expose the
snua they went TO Yzeures four tines-once In
December twice in January and once in February.
~ each occasion VI. Duplautier and his friends
spent a night IN the haunted mouse with me Sa-
every nook and corner. and then spent the night
In the bedrooms inhabited BY the members Of the
Sabouraut family. VINO were mus kept under strict
observation the whole time Generally lights were
kept burning the whole night, but When that was
not done the lamp vas llgnted on the FRS; sound
being heard. The phenomena. therefore took place
in full g Yaeares 9n dfa DGpaae4 e Of bis
that the first occasion ne and his friends heard
they spent under NJ Sabouraults roof was little
more Interesting. After 100 IN the morning
great deal OF knocking occurred on the stairs.
the walls and all around. some o. the blows SEEM
ing 70 be struck IN the air several metres above
y narfition wall followed by the noise Of the walk
ing OF a man in a garnet above, and the pattering
OF ANNA raIn beaIG N those sn un f
friends examined anew the rooms from which they
could have produced them. As soon the door
was opened the noise ceased. but began again i'm
mediately IL closed after the inspection OF the
room. During the third night the Manifestations
we're very similar to those observed on the second.
But VI. Duplautlers fourth visit they We're
~. r,o-dinarv some Invisible hand which from
the sound might be nothing hut bone began
knocking 81 partition wall az early as 10 o'clock
the eyek apswe1sd nv PT fbr % Senr
ard energetic scratching at the wall After that
occuTring but at o'clock in the morning the
wooden stairs were heard 10 crack and groan un-
der the weight Of colossal though invisible be
Ing Describing what occurred, NJ. Duplautier
says -. -. -, ~ .,o,.. 49,. -. -,
,,rnense feet shuttle heavily down one after the
other TN the last step was reached During all the
49, the stairs though they are new and strong.
grnaned and cracked. Then II was the turn Of the
tar,t,tor wall separating the passage from the
pa n I,ading out Of II which was shaken by sud
An and energetic blows With light. We looked
an ayervvhere We searched the garnet, the
apy ,sosa and the passage which were absolutely
sI.' During the rest OF the night distant knock
ing was heard ne pio"S ' ~ w a''"'N
above the house -, 49,. COMMUNICATIVE ,,,.h
the ~ Yzeures is .nsignihcant compared with
observe Ga bourault family witness constantly. II
what ne 80 ,nerif attention. he regards II as
Is sbIe 10 be explained By natural causes 81
fraud