The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-10-13
"A GHOST that.
WON'T Be LAID
Jersey City Stirred Up Over ar
industrious Spook That
Defies Capture.
POLICE FAIL TO SOLVE II
Spent Three Nights in the House in
an Endeavor to Ferret Out tho
Mystery, but Are Forced
to Give It Up.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
Ghost antics of extraordinary character
have driven sleep tranquility from the
Marion section of Jersey City and sont
a nameless dread into the hearts OF many
jewellers In that vicinity. Wraiths, as a
rule, manifest themselves only to a few
individuals. but this tormenting spook OF
Jersey Is vouched for by scores OF reput-
able citizens, including three policemen.
who today told of their experiences. 1t
is a rapping ghost. and he, she or IL. began
tho performance in the house of George
Meyers In Pavonia avenue three weeks
ago.
At first the unusual rappings and tap
pings on the walls and under the floors
were regarded as due to natural causes.
When they continued for Il week and
members OF the family were becoming ex-
hausted for want of sleep. Mr.. Meyers. al
though Il very 1natter-of-fact engineer.
concluded 1t was time to ask for outside
assistance. and called IN the Police. John
Ames, Charles l.. Hin and Frank Fox,
three sturdy policemen, spent several
nights In the house, but could neither
check the rapplngs nor discover what pro-
duced them.
Then Charles Brown, of New York. n
spiritualist and professional ghost catcher.
was called in, and he is still at work.
Mr.. Meyers family consists of his wife,
a son, Charles. q years old; another son.
William, 16 years. and 4 daughter, Prof"
Brown declares that the younger sou,
William, Is indirectly and innocent!y tho
cause of all the disturbances. He cXHalns
that the rappings are the manifestations
of a spirit seeking expression through
William, and that this theory Is proven In
tho fo~t tlnt u,IapaNar WjlliuIb lroI-na tha
house there are no rappings.
William Is not, however, accused of con-
federacy with the spirit. as he is afflicted
Will fits and mas suffered greater nervous
strain from the goings on than any other
member of the family.
Tho rappings usually begin about 10
o'clock at night, and continue until nearly
dawn. For three nights the house has
been surrounded by Il curious crowd OF
neighbors and all have heard the noises.
In Williams bed room, on the second
noor. where the rappings are most vio-
lent, the wainscoting and walls have been
torn away In the hops of finding some ex-
PLANTATION Of the mystery, but nothing out
Of the ordinary was revealed,
Mrs. Mcyes is on the verge Of COL
lapse because of the prolonged torment
and other members Of the family look
haggard and depressed. Policeman Chas.
Hill. IN relating his experiences In the
house, said:
.The night I was called in by Meyers
I thought. of course, it was all a fake,
but the noises kept up all night, and I
got interested. The next night / took
another policeman with me. determined
to find the cause of the noises. We spent
the night there and the following night.
and did our best to solve the thing. but
failed absolutely.
II don't believe In the supernatural, but
I have had all ! want of ghost hunting
In that house, and II somebody else wants
to take the contract for discovering the
Meyers spook, l Will agree not to under
bid him."
Policemen Ames and FOX made sub
stantially the same statements.
'The rnppings seemed to be upstairs"
said Policeman Ames. land when we went
up there they seemed to come from below.
| watched inside and outside for two
nights, cross-examincd the members Of the
Meyers family and all the neighbours.
without forming any idea OF what caused
the strange noise. OF course, one can
laugh about 1t up to about midnight. but
after that those tappings sound like
thunder claps. While I'm IN the police
business I'll take common human prison.
ers for mine and somebody else may have
tho ghost cases