The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-06-25
GHOST STORY
Alleged Ghost Cut All Kinds Of Capers
at Cumberland,

ment in the northern section of the
city over an alleged haunted house.
The house is located on Pear
alley and is occupied by family
named Cursor who keep boarders.
The Gurson's have only been in
the house about six weeks, during
which time Mrs. Cursor saws
they have nearly been frightened
out of their wits.
The Gurson's are Russian Jews,
and do not speak English very
good, so when Times representa-
tive went to the house this morn
ing to investigate the story, he
took an interpreter along with him.
None of the men folks were at
home when the newspaper man
called, but Mrs. Cursor talked
freely, yet excitely about the mat
ter.
Mrs. Cursor says that when
they first moved into the house
she was followed everywhere she
went by a black cat. The cat be-
come so troublesome to her that
she turned to kick the thing
when the cat vanished, and she
she has never sseen& it since. Al
ter the disappearance of the cat
they commenced to hear loud rap
pings on the doors as soon as the
lights were extingulshed at night,
since which time the "doings"
have been getting worse nightly,
until they have no peace, and have
been compelled to seek another
house.
A night or two ago, while
number Of people were in the
house, things gotl1vely. The car
pets in the rooms would slide from
under the feet of the persons in the
house, and small pieces of furni-
ture would move about as if they
were alive. One ofthe men board
ers got so terribly frightened that
he thought he would try an act of
kindness on the "spook," 50 he
said:
IF you are a man won't you
kindly leave the honse for the sake
of the women and children, or if
you are a ghost won't you please
disappear" He had no sooner
gotten the words out Of his mouth
before according to Mrs. Cursor 5
story, he was struck such blow
in the face with an old shoe that
he was almost felled to the floor.
Mrs. Cursor says that they had
a sword standing in the corner of
one of the rooms, and one night
while things were unusually active
in the ghost line, the sword sud
denly jumped up into the air and
stuck itself into the middle of the
floor.
Mrs. Cursor says it is nothing
unusual to see a pair of scissors
suddenly dart across the room and
stick in the wall on the opposite
side.
The antics commenced as soon
as the lights were put out, and Of
times the lamps are hurled into
The beds. The racket that is kept
up is something terrible while the
show IS on.
A neighbor woman says that
family who lived in the house prior
to the present occupants of the
same stated that often heard very
strange things going ON in the
house and had nothing but bad
luck while they lived in it. 1t is
also stated that the house, which
is an old one, was at one time
owned by witch and that in some
way she became dispossessed of
the same and before leaving pro-
nounced curse on the house.
The performance of the ghost
was in full blast Sunday night and
last night large number on peo-
pie gathered in the house to wit
ness the show, but the ghost did
not put in appearance. Mrs. Cur
son said that she would be glad to
have the newspaper man and any
friends whom he cared r. hr;no