The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-10-12
Il GHOST THAT
WON'T Be LAID
Jersey City Stirred Up Over a.
industrious spook That
Defies Capture.
POLICE FAIL TO SOLVE u
sps1t Three Nights In the tsssss u
m Endssver % Ferret Out The
Mystery, but Are Feresd
20 Give u W.


From the Boston Herald.
Ghost antics OF extraordinary character
have driven sleep tranquility from tins
Marion section Of Jersey CITY and sent
q namciess dread into the hearts OF nam,
jewellers In that vicinity. wraiths. as q
rule. manifest themselves only 20 q few
individuals. but this sormenting spook OF
Jersey 10 vouched for by scores Of rspui.
able c~itisens. including three policemen,
who today told OF their experiences. II
h q rapping ghost. and he. she or II. began
the performance In the house Of Georgs
Meyers In Pavouia avenus three week,
ago.
Al hrst the unusual rappings y tap
pings on tho walls and under the noers
were regarded an due TO natural cansss-
when they continued for q week and
members Of the family were becoming en-
hsusted for want OF sleep. Mr.. Meyers, al
though a very matter-of-fact engineer
concluded n was time 10 ask for outsidd
assistance. IN called In ths police. John
Amcs. Charles II. Hill and Frank FoxI
three sturdy policemen. spent several
nights In the house. hut could nefthe1
check the rappings nor discover pro
duccd them.
Then Charles Brown. OF New York. \
spirituaiist and professional ghost cstcherI
wa called In. u he In stil at work
Mr.. Meyers family consists OF his WIFE
a son, Charles. n years old: another son
william. 10 years. and n daughter. Prof
Brown declares that me younger sonl
william. 10 Indirectly and ~innoeentiy thj
cause OF all the disturbances. He cxs~ainj
that the rappings are the manifcstationi
OF a spirit seeking expression through
William. and that this theory n proven y
the fact that whenever William leaves thf
house there are no rappings.
william In not. however. accused OF conf
federzcy with the spirit. ms he Ia ~afriictel
with ns and has suffered greater ncryouI
strain from the goings on than a othe
member OF the family.
The rappings usually begin o
o'clock Mt night. ~ continue until ncariI
dawn. For three nights the house haI
been surrounded by a curious crowd Q
neighbors and all have heard the Noise
In williams bed room. on the secon
noor. where the r%appings- are most vi.
lent, the wainacoting n walls have beeN
torn away I'm the hops OF finding some Ell
PLANTATION OF the mystery. but nothing oa
OF the ordinary was revealed.
Mrs. Meyes u on the verge Of CO
lapse because OF the prolonged tormen
and other members OF the family loci
haggard and depressed. Policeman Cha
Hin. In relating his experiences In ~
house. said:
THE night I was called In by Meye1X
I thought, OF course. Il was all a FAX
but the noises kept up all night, and
got Interested. The next night i TOD
another policeman with me-. DETERMINE
TO find the cat AZ OF the noises. We spe1X
the night there and the following Nigh
and did our best TO solve the thing. n
failed absolutely.
II don't believe In the supernatural, u
I have had all ! want OF ghost huntiaI
In that house, and.if somebody else wanN
TO take the contract for discovering u
Meyers spook, l will agree not 10 undo
bid him"
Policemen Amcs and Fox made ~
stantialiy the same atarcmenta.
THE ~rappings seemed TO be upstaird
said Policeman Ames. and we wei
up there they seemed to come from beiot
I watched inside and outside for
nights, cross-examlned the members of .
Meyers family and all the ncighboI
without forming any idea OF what caus
the strange noise. or course. n
laugh about u up TO about midnight
after that those tapplngs sound
thunder claps. While I'm In the poi
business I'll take common human prisdE
ers for minis and somebody else may ha
the ghost cases"