The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-09-29
REAL GHOST DEFIES PRIESTS,
REPORTERS AND DETECTIVES
CFrom Mondays Advertiser,


and talk it over in the open.
An Advertiser reporter, who had
heard of the strange doings, went there
in the afternoon and found the yard
deserted save for the young Spanish
girl, who was sitting on the front steps.
The reporter was accompanied by
young man, formerly Rapid Transit
conductor, who had witnessed some of
the strange things of the forenoon.
They entered the dining-room and took
a look around. There was table in
the center of the room, a refrigerator
near the wall and a chair nearby. An
open door looked into the kitchen, the
windows closed. The girl leaned
against this doorway and told of sew.
eral things that had happened, GEES
ticulating in true Latin style. The
former conductor leaned against the
door on the veranda. All were talking
over the strange things. AS the re-
porter turned to look toward the bath.
room cakepan came from some mys.
FERROUS somewhere, struck the wall by
the refrigerator and fell changing upon
the floor. The object of the missile
wheeled instantly, all goosefesh, as the
young man at the door gave yell and
started for the timber, while the girl
was in the attitude of shrinking away
from some object. The reporter was
skeptical, and while trying to make
himself believe that ghost had had q
hand in shying the. pan, was inclined
also to the idea that the girl had some.
thing to do with its fight. If she did,
however, she is in line for an acrobatic
naraar ON tha cta
artist.
The flying dishpan was enough, how.
ever, to induce the Advertiser man to
sit in the diningroom and wait for some
new developments. He sat there with
the members of the family and few
neighbors, all watching the lamp on
the table, the stone and Kitchen utcn.
sils, but after half an hour IS waiting
he decided to leave, feeling that he was
hoodoo.
AT $3.50 the scribe called again with
a friend but found that nothing new
had taken place, and then departed,
but ten minutes later the ghost leicester
got busy. First brass faucet on the
meatsafe in the kitchen was slammed
against the wall of another room,
around corner from where it lay,
and cup which had had several
changes of location. Later, the Spanish
girl, while working at the sink, sud.
denly left the room complaining that
something had hit her in the side and
she was ready to quite the place and
go home, and home she went, She had
had all the ghosts she could stand.
Father Reginald visited the house
last evening again and the entire days
doings were recounted and withipear,
ly two hundred people from, Punch;
bowl crowding the yard and house the
place was lively enough for a Campaign
meeting. tluJw it91TfO
AT this time many weredbeglnhing
to think that the girl had had share
in the whole matter, and some intimat.
ed that she had tripod over the
benches and rocking chairs, thrown the
stones and dishes, overturned the pic
lures, and then some one in the crowd
would say:
81 saw that rocking chair move by
itself and then fall over, whifeotRe gifl
was off at the other dnd of the porch, -
and the skeptical one subsidized. Then
Others intimated that while she may
not have done these things herself, yet
she must have a medium . pokdis, land
as long as she was in the house strange
things would happen. Away from it
the family would be peace. Two hun.
dred years ago such discussion would
have probably reached the extremes
which happened in old Salem.
And while skeptic and scoffe talk
ed, the head of the family was coseted
in room with an old Hawaiian, said
to have the powers of kahuna, who
said that the house was built over the
spot where a Hawiian was buried long
years ago, and that this spirit had le
turned and finding new tangled things
which he had never known in his life
time he had got gay with them and
was having good destructive time
both to property and to nerves.
In the evening the police got into
the ghost-laying business, Sergeant
Aea, Detective Joe Leal and Mounted
Officer Machado being ready to tackle
anything tangible, although, not hav-
ing any silver bullets for their guns
they looked nervous about tackling a
ghost. If everything else fails it. is
likely that Chief Kalakiela will proceed
to unwind the mystery today.
1 AWdy UP llblic ldut ntdT iJulu
street a reporter found the home of thu
Spanish girl, little house where she
and her mother lived. They found &
pretty girl of thirteen years, although
she looked older. She had bandag'
about her head, but even this seemed
to add to her prettiness. She was o.
the true Andalusian type, with fine
lustrous, and yet snappy, eyes. Sh'
spoke English brokenly, but prettily.
81 don't know how these thing
happen" she said. 81 have worked
for other people, but have no trouble
like this But here / work only foul
day and such queer thing happen.
see picture go from one place to an
| other place and dish fall on floor and
wood fly up in the air. When the mar
he pick up stick of wood it JUMP
right up from his hand. Oh, yes,
make one bench fall down, but thai
was when / take ice in my hand t.
put in box and bench in my way.
push an it fall down. How this al
happen don t know" and then speak
ing with her mother in Spanish thu
word "diablo" could be heard. either
the lady she go out to tree but / thinl
this diablo hit at her feet with stick
Then she put ON cross and throw
church water"
When asked if she knew that Q