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 ar
Industrious spook That
Dsfiss Capture.
POLICE FAIL TO SOLVE n
spset Three Nights In the Hsuss u
IN Gndssver - Ferret Out che
Mystsry, but Are FsrssS
70 Give u W.


From the Boston Herald.
Ghost antics OF extraordinary chRrsc>r
have driven sleep tranquility frcm the
Marion section Of Jersey City n sent
. nameiess dread into thu hearts Of many
jewellers In that Vicinity. wraiths. ~ q
rule. manifest themselves only TO . feS
individuals. but this t~ormenting spook OF
Jersey 10 vouched for by scores Of Ssput-
able c~itisens. including three policemen.
who today told Of their experiences. IL
IN Q rapping ghost. and he. h or u. began
the performance In tho house OF George
Meyers In Pavonia avenue three weeks
AT nrst the unusual rappings and tap
pings on tho walls and under the floors
were regarded an u TO natural causss
when they continued for a week and
members Of tho family were becoming en-
hausted for want OF sleep, Mr.. Meyers, al
though a very matter-of-fact engineer.
concluded u was time 20 ask for outside
assistance. and called In tho police. John
AmeS. Charles Y. Hin N Frank For.
three sturdy policemen. spent several
nights In the house. but could neither
check the rappings nor discoves pro
duced them.
Then Charles Brown. OF New York. Al
spirituaiist and professional ghost catcher
was called In, and he Is stil at work.
MT. Meyers family consists OF his WIFE,
a son, Charles. n years old: another SON
william. is years. and n daughter. Prof
Brown declares hat the younger SOM
william. 10 Indirectly n ~innocently thj
cause OF all the disturbances. He cxs~ainj
thai the r~appings are the manifestation
OF a spirit seeking expression through
william. and that this theory u proven N
the fact that whenever william leaves thi
house there are no rappings.
william IN not. however. accused OF conf
federacy with the spirit. as he is Athlete
with nts and has suffered greater nervouf
strain from the goings on D amy othet
mcmbcr OF the family.
The rappings usually begin about
o'clock Mt night. and continue until ncarl
dawn. For three nights the house Ia
been surrounded by n curious crowd o
neighbors and all have heard the noise
In Williams bed room. on the secon
noor. where the r~appings- are most VIC
lent. the wainscoting end walls have bee
torn away In the hops Of nnding some exN
PLANTATION OF the mystery. but nothing ou
Of the ordinary was revealed.
Mrs. Meyes Is on the verge Of CO.
lapse because OF the prolonged tormen1
and other members OF the family loo
h4ggard ana dcprcAacu. fotAcethah thA
HIN. In relating his experiences In ~
house. said:
The night I was called In by Meye1
I thought, OF course. IL was all a FAX
but the noises kept up all night, and
got interested. Tho next night ! too
another policeman with me. determine
60 ind the cause OF the noises. We spes
the night there and the following nigh
Ind did our best TO solve the thing. b
failed absolutely.
II don't believe In the supernatural. b
I have had all I want OF ghost huniiH
I'm that house. and.if somebody else wan
20 take the contract for discovering n
Meyers spook. i will agree not 20 nade
bid him"
Policemen Ames and For made 81
stantiaily the same statements.
Tho rappings seemed TO be upstairs
said Policeman Ames. and when we We
up there they seemed TO come from belo
I watched inside and outside for
nights, cross-examlned the members OF
Meyers family and all the neighbo
without forming ans idea OF what caus
the strange noise. OF course. one G
laugh about Il up to about midnight
after that those tappings sound
thunder claps. While I'm In the pol
business I'll take common human prtsd
ers for mine and somebody else may Ia
the ghost cases"