The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-26
CASE FOR sHERLoCK HOLMES.
All Kinds of Queer Manifestations
in a Columbia Home.

Columbia. S. c., Aug. 25.-Are spirIts
walking on the earth? For three weeks
there have been a series of "manifesta-
tons in an old residence on Laurel street
this city, that have been the subject of
daily wonder and conjecture among all
classes of citizens. Were they occurring
in some great city the publicity given the
weird doings would have divided the in
terest of the country with Dreyfus' trial
AS 1t Is the police are harassed by the
crowds that block the streets in th. vicln-
lty OF the house, officers having TO keen
the common curious from invading the
privacy of the family occupying the
haunted house; children are reduced to
good behavior by mention of the spoolz.
While police newspaper men. LAWYERS
doctors ana the professional fraud
discoVerers that dwell in every commu-
nifty have visited the house with deter
minauon to solve the puzzle, and have
turned away more mystifed than ever.
The family has been SO annoyed. and the
rests of its members so disturbed, that
they are about to give up the lease of the
place.
The building is a large two-story. old
fashioned affair-one of those that eurviv-
ed the fire of 1865. 1t is occupied by Mr..
John Bauskett, his wife, three grown
daughters and SON Mr.. Bauskett is a
very matter-of-fact lawyer, about 80 years
OF age. He was United States commits
siouer here during the Cleveland admin
istration. The family was first disturbed
by bric-a-brac falling from the wall The
ladies' were alone and much alarmed but
when Mr. Frank Bauskett, who is a rail-
road man, came in he laughed at their
fears. However, he was kept awake for
several hours; a big brass key was laid
on his pillow and a piece of common
carbon on his breast.
In subsequent days and nights all kinds
of things have been done. A set of sur
veying instruments We're moved from n
box and scattered around they were re-
stored to their place by members Of the
family, and We're again mysteriously NOV
ed. one of the young ladies was curling
her hair with the ordinary tones used for
that purpose. She laid them down TO- an
swer a knock on the door; on returning
the tongs were gone. One pronng was
found in the window. another on the bed
Young Bauskett found, on going TO his
room, the clock key on his pillow. he laid
1t behind the clock. In the morning n
was ia another room. Another time on
going to his room, Bauskett boiled his
door; the next minute the bolt was with
drawn.
Another member OF the family was living
on her bed when she heard some hing fan
lghtly on the covering; another followed
and another. An the Pills from a nt,le box
on the mantle We're thrown on the bel
then the box followed
one Of the faVor.te past mes OF tho
'spook' Is 10 lay something n the hand
OF member Of the family OF an Inves,i-
gator.
Two very skopt cal gent men. ore an Of
fetal Of the Southern Ral.oad visited
the house "a few nights ago for the cu--
pose Of solving he mystery that was wor-
rying their creiu'0us fdeUds They had
been IN The pArler few minutes Just
long enough 10 shut down an OF the vim
doWs, draw M bnrdi ard exam n lie