The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-08-21
Captain Schneider Says Spooks
Mystery is a Puzzling One.
CAN'T CATCH THEM.
These Invisible Being Chase People
From Their Houses-The Members
of One Family Flee Clad Only in
Their Night Cothes-The Ghosts
Bombards Houses With Bricks and
Stones

Stones.
"Spooks" aren't afraid of police
men. At least, those that have been
haunting Brown street, in George
town, D. c., are not Despite the
vigilance of Capt. Schneider and his
officers, Of the Seventh precinct, they
continue night after night their weird
and ghost-like tricks The police are
unable to stop the showers Of gravel
and stones, which appear to oe the
favorite means Of manifestation Of
these materialistic ghosts; nor are
they able to discover whence they
come.
| With renewed vigor these invisible
being visited their wrath on the help
less and terrorized denizens of Brown
street Thursday night, and the yisi-
tation was one that will never be for
gotten. The co1ored people, who are
the principle victims of the spookish
malevolence, were thrown into pan
is. The police are utterly mysteFaed,
and the musty records Of George
towns ancient times do not shom a
situation quite so strange.
The ghosts temporarily suspended
bonn bardment of the outside of the
dwellings Thursday night and sought
to play pranks in several of the hous-
es, where the occupants were hidden
some of them in closets. The family
of Spike" Hampton fed into the
streets to get out Of the way of, a
ghost, which, they claim, was stalk
ing from one room to another.
The Hampton family say that hid
eous sounds were heard in the house
shortly after dark. While Hampton
was half asleep, he declared, figure,
clothed in white stood at the foot OF
his bed. He screamed, and the object
disappeared. The whole family few
seconds later noticed a weired spec
ter as it fitted about the rooms. and
the hurriedly escaped in their night
clothes.
Policeman Young, who has led The
ghost hunt and who was stationed
with several other policemen near by,
braved the horrors Of the situation
and invaded the house. But no ghost
was found. While Young was in-the
house, however, the beings made
their presence manifest by turning
loose fusillade of bricks and stones.
They ratified against the side OF the
house, and brick, going through
window, fell at Young's feet. The
policeman captured it for ANALYSIS.
It was sure-enough- brick and had
all the appearances of one made from
this earths clay.
"Aunt Jane" Bolding, as ex-slave,
who lives at 3218 Brown street, de-
clared no ghost could make ner run,
and sat all evening on the front or
her porch, defying the onsiaugnSs
made all around her. The other oc-
cupants of her house made their es-
cape and sought the protection OF the
nolice. who are as much bafled as
ever.
The ghost mystery is as puzzling as
ever asd the police are completeiy
ontwitted. The best sleuths IN the
precinct have tried to fathom it,, and
have squads of policemen VINO nave
been nightly detailed in the olocK'
were last night augmented by scores
Of fearless citizens, who claim that
thew are not superstitious. They wit
messed with their eyes and ears
things that they had not heretofore
given credence.
ly to the belief that the spirit OF olo
mike" Catos, a daring and notorious
figure in that part Of Georgetown ~
years ago, has returned 10 haunt
some Of his neighbors, Whom ne aae-
ed and distrusted.
Another thing that strengthens the
Ghost theory in the minds OF the resi-
Sents of Brown street is the estao-
lished fact that the houses on Tug
thoroughfare were all built OF orlcA
dug out Of vaults is an oio g.ave
var6 which is within a stones throw
of the haunted place: -. .oa
"T have been on the ponce iorce
twenty-fve years." said Capt: Scnne-
der to a Post reporter, "and l nave ave
never nov struck a puzzle like this. say
ne Non have worked like troJans 70
solve the mystery, and nave laise.
every night since these straas W
ings started their trouble, aoeu. a,s
n,eot ago. from ten to twelve onaceis
hsve hs heen detailed on the roofs a OF
bonses in trees, in chlmneys' @
nUerv other conceivable place, thot dn
go fonnd absolutely notnlns enG 9e
Iii exnlain these manifestatlohs;t . e.
~ s ;sr,t Ghosts don't know Wnat o.s. l. -,
A A. 81 arst we thought the pranhs ,,ss;t ms
nose Hv Sc C of a clever midnight eoc cuhp1; hp1as
n1't tMtS this supposition no longer nolue ol:s
eu, euonnd. nd We haven't given se,e &c We
groaaSi 15p' and expect to fathom it before We