The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-11

haunting. Nevertheless I persevered
in my intention 10 occupy the house.
The haunting. st appeared, was con-
fire., TO the principal bedroom, stu
6ted I'm the southwest corner of the
house. Thirteen persons who had Oc-
Cupied this room had been found dead
i'm their beds. Six of them We're
women. three were young children In
every case they had been found dead
I'm the morning. There We're marks of
pressure around their neCks AM all
signs pointed To- death by strangula-
ton. Beyond this nothing could be
discovered of the cause of DEATH
Every inch of the house was searched.
bat i'm vain.
There we've several value legends
attempting 10 explain why the house
vas haunted one Of these seemed
more promising than the others Dur
ing the revolution a British colonel
on spying expedition to Kingston.
was captured By Dick Palen. a noted
hunter and traupcr. who then occu-
pied She house. Palen was a man Of
gloomy and Tevengeful nature and had
previously 1Uarreled with this officer,
who was sulIy the equal of his enemy
in feTOCity. The hunter locked his
prisoner up in the most inaccessible
room OF his strong stone house and
there, It is reported. starved him TO
death The neighbOrs did not approve
or this proceeding. but they had not
We courage 10 interfere with a man of
faieh deadly temper to save an
enemy OF their country. It was the
hIllsh colonels yengeful spirit. ac-
c"fllng to report. which haunted the
s9lm M which he had Cied and caused
the death of those who occuDied il.
Faleh himself vanished mysteriousIy.
some ten years after the revolution
vas over discharged officer Of the
',GJinental army came to live in the
Ola house with his young bride. They
glu NOT use the haunted room until il
uau oeen thoroughly repaired On the
morning after thew nrst occuDie.5 II the
y-sus "lIe was found dead in bed
--S-e' lne husband knew anything
e. u nay Killed her could not be known.
49, 81" "aS a raving maniac from that
~i1l until the day of his death.
r;5 ii9uur leIt the house unOccu- I
I:-o Iof smother ten years. When the
,1-i5,-.,gil.a century had dawned the
r,s- ol famous New York states
homo ~ lhe place fer a summer
TN, --t showing its history. Her
Eocng children orcunie5 fba f,sfsi !
- LII ioey were found sifeIess in
r,,.t =" lhe third morning Their 1
800 determined to learn at ar,v
cHis5rs- issue what had killed her I
tsrt On; sent In the same room She
gida "a, '5lit ana a pistol by her bed l
no one .,.-i5 .iine What happened /
five ds,-s ~ gen. but at the end OF 1
bed zoo was found dead in 4
to bs,, o"4er OF the house then decided |
f7rn7a- ~ pulled down. but a poor 4
c5,r',-i-- o.essed for the privilege If o. /
s+ bs-55.I-lt az low rent. He lived in /
fa-ar - log three years. using the
Taa7 ~ e'in only as a store room. /
himself r,---til-ll-y growing large and
jaugbfa~ 7-l-ui, ne made his oldest /
o11~,, - pretty young woman no.
~ 'Ae southwest room Sba die5
we're 9ld night I'm her case there /
c-rs.-s si,.--ea, in addition to the l1s1,s7 I
'a ~ -lh ot the throat. small holes
eI- ~ i'7iit forearm. After this trao-
In ~ plut farmer continued IN live
roor, s'use- odt avoided the fatal (
younos-t 7-.. ~ sei not summer. his 7
roo-- ~ Usnter fen asleeD in -
IN watch vas the coolest ~ -
use and she, 100. persisted
~ more persons died at f,Do- s-.,-
i-- between this time and rbe 80
- % me civil WSr. During fbsf -
ss--..ous upheaval its dreadful hfs+o~,-
80 20 nave been forgotten bv p,oet
Ns-r az 1870 young artist fr9n7
~. eork occupied Il and perisbe5 81,
o.d mysterious way at the er5 N
En- o. From then until I found b
t,- -.e summer of 1855 the ha41rtsS
ers.. had been Inhabited only ~ he
ss,- who lived on the ground
81 was old and indifferent. aus
"-lie fear of the ghost
b. q .
sr.. .eIe s.eepinE in the fatal ro6yq
sst-1sd It's construction infinitely. Y
glsz-..1- myself thas there were no
lags-s-si closets. no trap doors. no /
aat els corners. The only thing I.
ee olcerted me somewhat was
oDen Fireplace. which stood T.
g ~ Ieet Of the head Of the bed.
lie Il ~ eplece. on which appeared !
se-.' Do thernixzH6ffIli fifth T
-l snakes. eacn Offering an
re' ln the center. ] explored /
~ % tie roof. and found
any suspicious feature
- encounter with the I'M
e2t with a lighted stu
~ eI filed with oil, on the
mead 81 my bed. Along
hunting knife and
On tWo nights excite
So ra Iosiiy kept me awake.
~ sAl 7 slept. and as I did
re s -flous dream IT seemed
s.hiass 81 the snakes over ire
-'.n ma ~ TO life size and cene
slsee toward me I felt