The Jersey City news., 1905-08-15
Great citensnt at Raps in
Cs3in u Ehiltseas Eeard
in tie Ecuae Of Charles
Meyers.
is IT A DEPARTED SPIRIT Z.
BROOKLYN sPIRITUALIsT SAYS
IT IS BUT DoUBTING THOMAS
Es THINK CHARLES. JR.. COULD
EXPLAIN.

The entire Marion section is excited
over a peculiar and interesting ghost
story For two weeks past the family
of Charles w. Meyers, consisting of
self, wife. and two sons and daughter.
all three nearly grown have been an
noyed by a series of rappings on the
walls of the house at night Two police
men, a spiritualist, a fortune-taler, and
a number of curious nefghbors have
been trying to solve the mystery, and
the mystery hasn't yet been solved. Tae
Meyers family live in a gable rooted
house on Pavonia avenue, near Giles
avenue. The two sons, Charles and
William, sleep in room above the
kitchen. That the peculiar rappiass
could be heard only on wall Of the
room where Charles slept, Charles hav-
ing moved from one room to another, led
to the suspicion that Charles knew more
about the rappings than he cared TO tell.
But the raps would be there all right
so long as Charles was there. His feet
and hands were tied, but it made no
difference. The raps would come.
A few nights ago Policeman Hill was
called in to see if he could solve the
mystery. He ransacked the house from
cellar to garret and gave it up. Another
policeman was on the job the following
night. He gave it up. Curious neigh
bors insisted on taking a hands They
gave it up. One of the walls of the bed
room in which Charles slept was tosn
out in an effort to ascertain where the
mysterious knocks came from. It was a
waste of human energy and material
property. At certain hour of the night
there still continued the sound of the
mysterious rapping, s'as Of some one gent
ly tapping"
lie N1tg6iS IdlHllS IL u sChSlSAN OtNe
and the members are not superstitious,
but the fact that with one notable ex-
ception the raps would be thirteen in
number at every session excited their
curiosity Az Brooklyn spiritualist is a
friend of the family. He was appealed
to to help solve the mystery. He ex-
pressed the opinion that a departed spirit
was trying to communicate with this
world through the son Charles. He i'm
mediately began to work on Charles as
a medium. Last night he was seen for
hours walking up and down the street
in the vicinity of the house, holding the
boy closely by the wrist, and apparently
concentrating his mind on the boy and
insisting on the boy concentrating his
mind on him.
Meanwhile others in the house were
listening for the mysterious raps, and
the usual hour for them had passed with
out any raps being heard. Then some
one recalled the fact that after the last
series of thirteen raps the night before
there came two distinct raps a few mo-
ments later. The spiritualist said that
meant that the departed spirit trying to
communicate with the world through the
boy Charles had signalled that he would
not make another attempt to commune
cate for two days. Curiosity is at a
high pitch and speculation is rife as to
whether the spiritualist is right and if
the departed spirit will make another
effort to communicate with this mundane
sphere tonight. Meanwhile a strict
watch will he kent IN Charles