The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-08-26
WHIMS OF NIMBLE SPOOKS.
DID HOUSEkEEPER CONJIRE
THEN FOR 4 PURPOSE?
Neighbor~ IA, she wanted rer Mistress To
MOVE downtown Near Tier ''feii"w"
Cloths .Irrke n an Table. We'll Rope
DangI~f From CeiiinE and Furniture.

Al 20 Linwood street, In East New Yori
there IL a large house. tho front of which
IL decorated with signs telling the public
that II IL For Rent. The house - a two
story frame with "A spacious attic. The
roof H. gabled and the big yard around II
II filed with ~shrubbery, In the rcar j.
a large stable. II Is one Of the finest-lOoking
residences on tho block. Despite these
attractions II IL unocc1ffied. II you ask
any one nearby why this IN ~ he will
tell YOU that the house Is haunted and
full Of strange things. Children In the
n~eighborhood keep away from II In fear
and sven adults take the other side when
passing at night. In fact. the mere mon
ton Of s27o Linwood street causes q gen
eral shudder.
Nothing ever was said about un-
canny happenings In the house until the
latter part Of MAY. when a Jewish family
rented IL. They stayed just three weeks
II Is said they heard mysterious rappinss
and sepulchral groans. and that on -eNcrsl
occasions the furniture was turned topsy-
turvy during the night. When this family
took possession Of the place they brought
with them a servant girl. who Informed
tho neighbors sho Vas the housekeeper,
and also said that che was an actress and
was Just doing the work In order To get
experience. II was she who first discovered
ths weird things and told the family about
them.
Tn. housekeeper said, and the family
confirmed her. that ON Ia. first Tuesday
night they were In the house and while
drinking bottled beer Ia the dining room,
something fell with a thud In the hal way
An inve~tigation rrvealed a beer bottle
there. When they returned from the hall
way they found TIA. chairs overturned In
tbs dining room. The following saturday
night she heard three distinct raps on tie
hallway door. and opening saw a whit"
figure float across the end OF the hallway
and disappear. On other OCcaAons sea
sheels and chromos fell N the mantelpiece,
the furniture was many times upset, The
cloth drawn "a the table. n guest rapped
on the back. one Of the women was struck
by sea shells In the hallway. the parlor car
pet Was torn up during the nlsht ana Az
old well rope vas daIlgled from tho ceiling
| " the kitchen and then disappeared.
| After three weeks Of this the people
| decided 90 move and NJ the reports of the
weird Occurrences had been current Ia TIE
| neighborhood a large crowd OF men, women
and children collected and watched the
moving. thinking they might see the -Isooks
They we're disappointed, however, Tor u
was like any other moving.
Michael O'Connor lives next door. NJ pas
u q trnckman and keeps two horses ~
| the stable la the rear Of go. Tie laughs al
the ghost stories and says that the house
keeper told him az the time they We're
moving that they had originally lived down
town In Brooklyn near where she had a
fellow and In order 20 get the family
to return there, she did all the ghost
stunts herself. Mr.. Tucker and his family
who live on the other SADIE Of the house,
saw they never heard the ghosts. tut heard
the same story hat OConnor tells about