Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-13

tered contained nothing that might
tempt burglars. Some people say ma,
!" this room We're guns ana pistols
which were highly valued By Ga
Buell. ana that the burglary VS. eoH..
mitted for The purpose OF s.a5aa-
these Grig&s. however. deu.ez TIT
He says that ali such tnings Wera gwen
away by Gen. Buell. ii his viii u. ~
moved to place Of safety.
The explanation and theory now
being eagerly discussed in OWcnshor8
refer to the strange whispers aboul
the secret room being inha6iIeQ bg
some creature known only to Grie1s
and to some other persons.
Heard Cries in the Room.
One story was that Two boys heHa
strange cries in the Buell. mansion
when they were close to tie building.
They Immediately took 10 theas heels.
The cries. they said. came from the Sc
cret room. which has long been famous
in the neighbornood.
Lorenzo Griggs denied all knowledge
of such cries. but appeared to be much
agitated at the report. and positively
forbade any person entering the
grounds thereafter. This was nearly
TWO years ago.
Upon another occasion Young far
mer from a nearby town stated that
he had gone in to look al the old
Baell mansion out of curiosity, ana
that when he came near the house the
blinds We're suddenly ratified in the
windows of this secret chamber, and
he heard cries, as if to attract hls
attention. He supposed the house in
habited until informed some time later
that nobody lived there but Griggs.
Various other stories of similar
character have reached the people of
Airdrie and Owensboro from time
time during the past five years.
Various additions to the building,
made from time to time, give it a
picturesque appearance The trees
around the house are old and stately,
but the vegetation has become so
rank that it is now impossible to trace
the paths and driveways, and the
foundations of the house are rotting
and crumbling. Even at midday un-
der bright sky the place is so gloomy
and lonely that few visitors have car
ed to approach the building and none
have entered it.
The story of the mysterious burglary
the other night can be told in few
words. The first news of it came from
Briggs In state of great excitement
he notified the people in the nelghbor-
hood that the room had been entered.
Early in the morning, he said. as he
went around the house in accordance
with his usual custom, he discovered
the large glass broken in the front
door. Griggs then said that ther
were tracks leading through the front
hallway. He followed them upstairs,
There the tracks led directly to the
secret room, the door Of which was
found broken open.
Griggs said that he did not go near
this room, but that he saw the tracks
leading out again from the chamber
down the stairway, across the hall
and out the front door. He immediate
ly notified the neighbors and some OF
them went up to the mouse and search
ed through otter rooms to see II any
thing had been stolen. They found
everything intact.
No other chamber had been entered
than the secret room and none OF the
neighbors could muster up courage
enough to enter it. They could not
see into the room, but they verified
the report of Griggs about the foot
steps. The room is a very large one
but has only one door. which has al
ways been kept locked,
Griggs at once sent a telegram to
Miss Mamie Mason, the step-daugh-
ter Of Gen. Buell., who was with him
during the last years of his life at
This house, and who was stopping with
the Sisters of the Sacred Heart at
I louisville, Ky. She sent word that
sne would go to the Buell. mansion,
hut had not arrived when this letter