The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-08-20
TRIPS TO GHOSTLAlD
HAUNTED HOUSES lNvESTiGATEtB>
LOMBROSO.
Psychic Phenomena which Prqed
to he Beyond solution by An al
the known Laws of Physical Sci.
cnce-A Puzzled Physicist.

cnce--A Puzzled Physicist.
Professor Lombroso the Italian hys
icist contributed to the Annale|d DIES
Sciences psychiqucs an account ofwo
psychic phenomena which lie infSt-
gated purely in the interests of GATE
rial science. The article is eldtlcd
: Haunted Houses Which ! Have stud
led and the professor confessed that
he set about his investigations with
nothing to be desired in The complete
ness of his skeptcism
| The phenomena IN question how.
i ever. proved t. be beyond solutiln 10y
any known laws of physical science.
| Frankly, the great crinlnologid adj
J mltted that for the frs time h his
! life he was in the presnce of the IN
! tangible and that he was worsted in
his attempt to grapple With the unsuo-
! stantial.
| II was asked in November 1900, 70
/ investigate some strange occurrences
| which had taken place It the house OF
| Signor Pavarino by WY of leseatori,
! Turin. one phenomenon ! was asEeI
! to explain was the Mysterious over
| turning of cups and jugs, which were
precipitatcd to the gpund by some
: Hlseen agency,
"Tbesc occurrences we're accompa-
nled by loud knocking on the walls
and the pulling of bills IN various
/ PARTS OF the house. The youngest
daughter was awakened on several oc-
casions by blows aimed Il her by some
unseen hand. and her hody ON eXaml-
nation was found to be covered with
bruises. the result of serere pinchngs.
Ter sister, who slept in the same / ed,
felt nothing aud was not disturbed In
any way.
/ The clash Of rapieTs was heard III
the house ut another time, accompa-
! MED by cries of anger and groans OF
anguish. Lights were also seen pass
/ inn 10 and fro in unllgh'ed rooms. An
/ Anime hat was continually moving
about the room. and even when ii was
deliberately nailed to chair au lnyis-
iblc hand precipitated it % the ground.
/ All these mysterious happenings went
on for eight months, and in regard 10
, them | took The evidence of reliable
persons who lcStidos that tao} Aad
/ been evewinesSes of the phep3Iheha.
Even wien the bell ropes werere.noVed
from the bells the tjnkling continued
at all hours Of the day and hsAt.
/ "rhe scene changed to anouse in the
next street. by way Of RNa' ADJOINING
lev vav of Pcscatori, Were the news.
papers of Turin began ttchronicie mys-
j torions occurrences of dmost similar
/ nature 10 these which occurred In by
way of pescatori. cps and saueers,
pans ANA kettles belg Ju@4led about
/ Inv an unseen agepy and causing at
the time a most thermal row
In particular, ole circumstance was
most noteworthy. In the cellar. filed
| with full and eurty bottles, much loss
n the pronrictp was caused 10y the
smashing of leibsks by some unseen
hand. but With every trace OF method
and willftlues, il the way in which the
hraakapn ocelrrtd. ON my entrance
into the cellir | lighted I'VE canuies'
th{pliug TIM 4 supernatural spirit
u-n,,Id avoid the light. ON the con
,rnrv I saw thi4e empty bottles roll
ob,ut as if pusied by a finger and
bre,I, close bv nj. made every pos
sibln investi-atiot 10 discover a hidden
trick Int to no Nail. Several bottles
war, taken M mthe air rs if lifted by
the hand and daSed to the ground.
The wife of NJ proprietor lett ABOUT
that time for avisit to her fathers.
While she was tway the occurrences
ceased only 70 teak out again imme-
dfatelv on her rAIru by way Of Bava.
Tho waiter Of H. house was then re
, moved and the occurrences ceased al
rnppthcr lcavinl il to be supposed.
since no other kpothesis is probable,
that no was the kedium through which
the nbeuomena Iere rendered possible.
..tn NIyv 1pO2A was asked to iuyes
. ,jgatn another ntsterious affair which
, bapprund i'm tht family of a printer
, named NIiruottihlSo i'm Turin. | was
Z noticed that With one Of his children
, A., lf,tIe hoy wed 10 bed at night loud
q Lporkiurs bcgaI TO be heard on tht
s ,s,ll next 10 wiki he lay. \ doctor
L the notice ana iysclf were called in
Il yve examined n wallis and the rooms
a with great Carel
10 As soon as te hoy was placed IL
n his bed the kntking began. II was
L cvidertlv cnDdtfed In an iutciligen
e manner. and ltEas possible TO estab
O fish some sort II communication. !
d was only howier. when the hoy la
d .vske that hclhenOmcnou occurred
a As soon as he mt TO sleep The knock
!. ing became we'd vague and mdistinct
n lie was clcarlJthc immediate cause
10 though beyond high fever. when th
@ phenomenon Is most frequent. b
q was Ina other rIpects a normal child
z I state these Ats clearly and absc
lutelv as | wltnksed them and coufes
h. my total inablk to explain them
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