The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-28
From the New York Herald.

From the New York Herald.
 The following story was related to me one night last winter by MT. Thomas Dwyer, of No. BIO West Fourteenth street, New York City, and is authentic in ev- cry particular:
 My wife and a number of her girl friends living in Albany decided to rent n farmhouse in the vicinity of Albany last summer, the plan being for we boys to come up over Sundays and also to spend our vacations with them. They decided upon an oldfashioned farmhouse located about 10 miles west of the city, which had large grounds and was very pleasantly situated indeed The people that had the house in charge rented it to them al very low rate, and the girls were much pleased at what they considered making a good bargain. They took possession about the middle of July, and at the end of the month went up to spend cou- nle of weeks with them. The house was certainly a beautiful old place, being on the ton of a hill and commanding mag nificent view of the surrounding country. The house was built in the old Dutch style and was said to date back to the time Albany was the Dutch tracing sta tiop of Ft. Orange. On the Sunday after my arrival noticed that the farmers that drove past the place would look ana LOOK and look at the house and the glrls sitt,ng on the yeranda until they were out of sight At first 1 thought that this was b,t the natural curiosity that country neonle always have for city folk, but as this sort of thing continued several days after my arrival l commenced to trihk that there was something else besides mere curiosity that made them stare at us so.
 made some inquiry at the village (about two miles away) and was told that the house was "haunted.' This was the reason then. that the girls had been able to secure it at such cheap terms. l was also informed that the house had been vacant for years and that no one couid De induced to stay there a single night, let alone rent it for any length Of time Well, I am not superstitous, so l paid littie at' tention to these stories, and concluded to say nothing to the girls about them. AS for the other boys, they simply laughed at them. We did not see or hear anything unusual until a few days before the ter imitation of my vacation This was on a Friday night There was to be dance at the village that night but the glris had been out walking all that day and were too tired to attend it. The boys wanted to go however, so. as the girls did not seem to mind staying at home alone wa went to the village and did not get home until very late. When we arrived at the house what was our surprise to find the girls sitting up waiting for our return, and all appearing to be very much fright ened about something. My wife told me that at about midnight the girls had been awakened by the sounds of heavy body being dragged or rolled over the attic floor, although they all knew that not a person was in the house except them selves. The girls had their rooms on the second floor and the sounds came from over their heads, and all heard them very distinctly. For an instant the sounds ceased, and then they heard what sounded like a heavy body rolling down stairs Trump. thump! thump! thumpl it came down the attic stairs; then through the hall and down the stairs again, ending with a crash against the hall door.
 The next day we investigated the attic but found nothing there except dirt and