The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-07
TRIPS TO GHOSTLAND
HAUNTED HOUSES INVESTIGATED 5Y
LCMGRCsO.

the Known Laws OF Physical sell
cncc--A Puzzled Physicist.
Professor Lombroso. the Italian phys
icst. contributed to the Auuulc- ues
Sciences psychiVuc, am account OF two /
psychic phenomena which lac iuycsi- |
gated purely in tho interests of mate |
rial science The article is entitled |
Haunted Houses Which Have stud |
| led" and the professor confessed that !
he set about his investigations with |
| nothing tI he desired iu the complete
ness OF h.. skcpucism
The rhcnsmcua i'm question. how
ever. piU.y. 90 le beyond solution by
| any known laws of physical science.
| Frankly the lrcIt crimiuologist add
mittcd That for the first timc in his
| life hc was la the presence Of the Dol.
tangible aud that hc was worstcd in
his attempt to grapple with thc uusub-
stantlal
II was asked iu November, 1870. to
investigate some strange occurrences
which had taken place ut the house OF
Signor r1ynriuo 10y way of Icscatori,
Turin. ono phenomenon | was asked
TO explain was the mysterious over
turning pf cups aud jugs. which were
prcclpiutcd 10 the ground 10y some
unseen agency.
"Thc.D occurrences were ncr'mpA-
MED by loud AuocSu-s on The walls
land tNp pulling of bclR iu various
r1rts OBJ, fHu house. Tile youngest
daughter was awakened ou several o'.
cnslous Uy blows AHMED 900 her hy some
unsecu lnnd. auJ lor body un cNami
nation was found O. hc covered with
hruisr.. thr result of severe pinchins,.
Her s...cr. ssh, slcpt in the a5mc hcl
felt uo.nus and was not disturbed IN
, any way.
"Tn, rHHh or ruu.Jrs was heard IN
the house at another time. ncc1mp1-
MED Dog cries nf anger and eroans OF
anguish Lights wcro also seen pass
ing to aul 40 'u uni.ghiod rooms. An
| Alplur hat WAS continually moving
about the room. anu even when II was
deliberately nailed to a chair an iuvs.
, lblc hand prccipItatcd "a tp the ground.
All these mysterious happenings went
T on fog eight months, and in regard 9
b them took the evidence of reliable
s person. who testified that they had
been cyowItncsscs of the phenomena.
a Even when the bell ropes were removed
, from the bells the tiukllng continued
y nj all hours OF The day and night
y "Thc scene changed u a house in the
= next street. by way Of Baya, adjoining
. 10y way Of P,scatou. where the news.
papers Of Turin began 20 chronicle mys.
ola I'd nd
nature 10 these which occurred In 10y
II way OF Pcscltori. cups and sauccrs
pans ana kettles being jugglcd about
c by am unseen agency and causing al
.g the time most Internal row.
In particular. one circumstance wa
most noteworthy. In the cellar fillct
~ with FUN aud empty bottles, much losi
y 90 the proprietor was caused 10y th'
s. smashing of the TASKS by some unscct
)f hand, but with every trace Of mctho.
"A and wlllfulncss Ina the way In which an.
A.. broakugc occurred ON my entrance
into tho cellar | lighted five candles
thinking that Il supernatural spirl
.1 would avoid the light. On the con
ID tury. / saw three empty bottles rol
N about as II pushed 10y IA finger anl
b. break close by me. | made every pos
slblc investigation 90 discover hiddci
trick. but 20 no avail. Several bottle
were taken up In the air as II lifted hl
the hand aud dashed 10 the ground.
a. Tho wife Of the proprietor left abou
m that time for visit 10 her fathers
While she was away the occurrence
ceased, only 70 break out again immc
L. L. az
Is The waiter Of the house WAS then ro
nd moved, and the occurrences ceased al
NJ together leaving II 10 DO supposed
since no other hypothesis Is probable
that lac was the medium through while
the phenomena were rendered possible
iy "Iu May, 1913. was asked to iuvcs
"a tiMtp another mysterious affair whlc
he. happened iu tie family of priutc
bo named Niignotti also IA Turin. Il wa
,o, noticed lhut when one OF bis ch.ldrci
- % little boy. wcut 10 bed at ui-ht lou
." lnockiuos began 10 be heard on th
III wlli nest 10 which hc lay. \ docto
de The police uud myself were called 70
IA. We examined the wallis aud the room
with great care.
AS soon as the boy was placed :
bis bed the knocking began. II wa
evidently conducted n ua inteiiigoI
!" manner. and II was possible 90 csta'
)h' ll,h some sort OF communication.
so was only. however, when the boy Ia
on awake that the phenomenon occurrc'
Ids As soon rs he went TO sleep the kuocI
,er Ing became very vague and lndist.nc
~. lie was clearly the Immediate caus
though beyond hi-h fever, when d.
p" phenomenon was most frequent !
ar was In other respects a normal chill
| state thesc facts clearly and abs
lutely as | witnessed them and confei
my total inability TO explain them"
Public Opinion.