The Washington times., 1906-02-04
GHOST OF WOMAN
WALKS IN A FLAT
Ladies See 1t Plainly and
Grow Alarmed.
AID OF PRIEST INVOKED
Midnight Marauder Tosses Pillows
Moves Wardrobes, and Promenades
in Black and White Wrapper.

There are ghosts abroad in Washing
ton-solid and substantial ghosts apis
10 move heavy pieces If furniture turn
pictures 10 the wall. scatter feather
pillows aruunu "a room, make their ap-
pearance CARRIED In black and White
wrappers and SO disturb and alarm three
educated and intelligent women that at
last they called i'm priest To exercise
the ev.i spirits.
These good ladies inhabit an apart
Inent in a house on RI street. that years
ago was transformed from its original
proportions as the home OF prominent
Washington family, into the apartment
house it now $ There have been ghost
stories before about the old place
queer tales OF -pookish visitors, whose
nightly wanderings disturbed the sleep
Of the jewellers IN The wide-scattered
looms of the old building
A Modern Ghost.
That. however, hanks back to the long
ago. This story is of the present. with
a very modern ghost for its heroine and
no romantic accessories Of powdered
wigs. or swords, or silks. or blood, or
beauty Very prosaic all through but,
on that account, not one whit more COM
Portable for those for whose benefit the
spook has walked.
The fat in question is inhabited by
Miss Geraldine Clifford. Mrs A. NJ.
O'Donoghue and Mrs Penelope Wade.
They are not hystericaI persons. but
women Of sound sense and acute intel
ligence. Miss Clifford has a responsible
position in the public service. Last
night she and her sister. Mrs. O'DOno-
ghue. told their story 10 a reporter Of
The Times.
Il don't know what it is" said Miss
Clifford. but we have seen the appar-
ition. Mrs Wade and l sleep in the
same room and / was awakened a few
nights ago by someone moving around
the room. I looked up 20 see a tall
form. wearing what seemed 10 be
wrapper, quite near my bed I thought
at first II was my friend. but as the
form vanished through the door. /
looked over the foot OF my bed to see
Miss Wade sleeping soundly in hers. -
1t Appeared Twice.
Il saw the form twice" interposed
Mrs. O'Donoghue: "once in broad day
light. 1t was lust ahead of me and not
ten feet away. but its back was turned
and I could not see the face K went
into one OF the bedrooms Of the apart
empty.
4 saw the form again at night. when
the room was brightly Illuminated and
! was sitting here reading. 1t came
quite close 10 me. but as ! arose 10
meet it. glided into another room.
was not asleep on either occasion; ]
could not have been. l was as wide
awake as ] am at this moment. / am
not afraid of the thing-whateVer IL is. .
for it seems TO be afraid of me and runs
away from me whenever / see it, But il
is not a pleasant companion with which
10 share a small apartment.
1T is the figure of a tall woman.
seemingly. wearing a black and white
wrapper II Is very thin. A train
drags alon- behind her. The face IS in
shadow always. or draped. for none Of
US has ever seen it"
Ghost Grows Impetuous.
Mrs. Wade has seen the apparition
twice, and on one occasion has been
showed from behind by some unknown
force. The impetus she was given was
nearly sufficient TO send her out Of d
window. four stories above the gruunu.
She recovered her balance just in time
10 save her life.
A great wardrobe, as high as the cell
ing, at least seven feet wide and four
feet thick, filled with silver and china
and other heavy objects, was moved
one night into the middle Of the room.
Pictures were turned around on the
wall Mrs. O'Donoghue piled her pill
lows and mattress on handicapped
table and placed il against the wall
There was no wind, but when she
awakened she found tie articles seat
tered about the room.
These Visitations are inCessant Mrs
O'DonOghue has had priest come and
bless each room and every closet in the
apartment. and she looks now for a ces-
sation OF the annoyances. Miss elf
ford is more skepticaL Both are ad-