The Sunday globe., 1901-05-12

About lS0O, a Mr., Sanford lived in one
part of the house and a Mr.. Buell. in
another. Mr.. Sanford had a daughter
ten or eleven years of age who, one
evening after dark in going up the stairs,
saw the figure of q lady coming towards
her. The little girl ran towards the fig
ure thinkingit was her mother and when
she attempted to grasp her dress, the ap-
partition melted into the air and disap-
peared. The child was terribly fright
ened at so unusual an occurrence, and
screamed at the top Of her voice, arous-
ing the entire house. Nothing further
was ever seen by the Sanford family, who
left the place soon after.
After this, when the house stood unOc-
cupied, as it often did, Mrs. Barker, who
lived in the next house, was disturbed
by terrible rattle of windows and shut
ters in the deserted house, and ON getting
up in the morning, remarked to the
neighbors that there had been a high
wind during the night, and told them of
the noise proceeding from S5A They ali
replied that she must be mistaken, that
none of them had been disturbed. Mrs
Barker then made an examination of the
shutters and window sash in the house.
and found to her surprise that they were
all securely fastened, and that the noise
could not have proceeded from them by
any natural agency, even II the night
had been wild and stormy.
While Mrs. Catharine Fritz and her
ia mily were living in the house, the lady
was terrified at midnight by man en-
tering her room and placing a hand that
was icy cold on her cheek. lie said moth
ing and disappeared without touching or
interfering with anything in the room.
The Fritfs report unusual noises in the
house during their stay, which they could
no more lay to natural agencies than
they could the advent of the strange
midnight visitor.
Since that time there has been long
list of tenants in succession. A family
of Russian refugee were quartered i'm the
house but recently. Their strange habits
were uncongenial to the spirit visitors,
who troubled them but little If any.
Afterward a family named A rmentrout
moved into the place, and then, after re-
naming idle for some time, the present
occupants moved in, The family is a
good sized one with a number of chubby
children In it, who make the air vocal
with their sport and play. AS one OF the
neighboring women put it, ~ think
them AS is in now can scare the ghosts
away II anyone kim and a whOop of
childish glee from the little ones just
then confirmed the opinion.
The ghost or ghostess Is a being of reg
ular habits, evidently, for il has been,
according to the veracious denlzens OF
the neighborhood' reappearing regularly
in the house for fifteen years. IL is as
much Of an entity in the 9th street q uar-
ters as any of the other old inhabitants
who are divided as to what there Is in
the story, just as much as the readsri is on
the subject OF ghosts generally. But
that the story is vouched for by the ma
jority OF them there is no doubt. A Mrs.
Benson who has lived adjoining the
haunted house tor a long time, moved
away ten years ago, and returning three
weeks ago, once more moved into the
house on the east. The ghostly tale was
current when she left, and still as fresh
when she returned. She said everyone
knew OF the ghost stories; that 1t was an
object OF awe 10 all the little boys on the