The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-25
HAUNTED HOUSE
OF PORTUGAL
Amazing Phenomena Said
to Have o.
Cured.
SKEPTlC IS CONVINCED
The Policeman Who Was Called
In Lost His
Senses.
SKEPTIC IS CONVINCED


alleged haunted house I'm Portugal on
account or the explicit nature OF tho {
statement. as well as the curious char
scter or the reported phenomena,
which appear hardly to- come under
the category OF the not iufrcQucnt
''poltergeist'' manifestations the re-
citsl is OF more than ordinary interest.
The alleged phenomena occurred I'm
a house at Comeada. a suburb or
Coimbra. the Portuguese university
town. According Co the statement. at
the beginning OF October. 1909. Ho-
mem Christie. jr.. student OF law az
COimbra university. in his first year
there. rented a small house at COmea-
da. II consisted or a ground floor and
first floor. and i'm 50 the young man
installed himself and his wife. with
two servants.
The trouble began az once The very II
first night. according to the story. II
Sonora Christie complained to her
husband or hearing strange noises I'm
the house. He did not take any mo-
tice. attributing this impression TO her
Imagination. He had been living there .
for eight days when one OF their /
friends. Comes Paroles. "A law student /
iu his second year at the university |
having had something 60 do at Comea- /
da. came to ask hospitality or them I
for one night. which was granted with /
evening together they retired 20 their
rooms about ] o'clock I'm tho morning
Senior Paroles had scarcely eXtin-
guishcd his candle when he heard raps
ON the window panes. He rose and
reliEhtod his candle and opened his
window wide. He saw no one. He lay
down. again eNtinguiShiuC the candle.
| and then PIE heard steps quite close
| to him and the doors OF the house
opening and shutting lie reIiCbtcd
l the candle and began 90 look an about
| about. under the bed. furniture. etc. He
/ found nobody. When he eXtiuguished
the light an the noises recommended
/ When ho reliEhted once more there
3 was nothing Not wishing 90 disturb
/ anyone. he put up with the situation
1 all night and the following morning
/ ne asked Christie Dr. hc had heard any
thing unusual during the night.
ct heard nothing at al.' ne replied.
/ However. that is not very likely see
ing that 7 sleep like marmot And
then. what should 7 hear7 There are
no thieves in the hou=e. and an these
noises are pure fancy"
Paroles. knowing the posiuvist
character OF Christie. did not persist
He went home 90 Colmbra and related
to his father what had hapuoned 20
him at his friends house. His father
listened attentively TO him and said:
THAT IS very singular Another
tenant who was there before your
friend left that house because Of these
noises. and woman who is now care
taker at the Meteorological obyerva-
tory passed a night there, and said she
would never go there again. for that
house was bewitched. 7 should advise
YOU to tell all this to your friend. and
ask him Co devote night 20 watching
TO find out what it may be-"
Paredes followed the advice OF his
r.
Comeada. related the incident 20
christie. and asked him 20 give up a
night IN order to observe for himself
The following night Christie sent the
two servants To- bed as usual. while he
Ibis wife and friend awaited events.
As long as there was light nothing
| abnormal happened. but directly Il
| | was CNtinguishcd some loud blows
were heard on the door OF the ground
! / floor leading into the garden. ScnoI
| | Christie descended the stairs quickly
| | and took up a position near the door
| | The knocks commenced again. II,
| | suddenly opened the door. and saw M
/ one. He went outside I'm order to as
/ certain ff anyone was running down
| small street, which was at the corne1
| by his door. He had scarcely got out
| side when the door was closed benin,
| him with n crash. and the key turned
| He saw no one outside.
1 puzzled
| but each time more convinced tina
/ there was someone I'm his house VIII,
i thought we'll To play a trick on him
| Taking his revolver. saying. We shal
| see" he went on the landing OF tn
] staircase leading to the ground floor
revolver I'm hand. a match which n
held between his fingers was sCarceI
cXtinguished when he heard quite clos
20 his face a loud burst Of laughter
which was repeated Ike an ech
throughout the house. and he saw
front Of him a white cloud. while fror
his nostrils came two streaks OF whit
ish light. This was too much. He be
gan TO be less sure OF himself. and hi
courage. as he confessed to himsel
grew weaker. A sergeant an
two policemen were placed at his di'
posal.
In relating some OF their remarzab
experiences the writer continues. II
sent one Of the policemen into a roo
where his friend. Senior Paroles. ia
slept. When the policeman went TO S
. down the seat was drawn away
quickly that he fell on the floor. TT
% two friends Comes Paroles and He
IRE riQue Soto Armas. were placed on a
mt ground floor with the sergeant TT
wife remained I'm her room and Il
OF servants I'm theirs.
.Ss Senior Christie. as on the previo
night. remained on the landing Of Il
staircase which led to the grour
" floor. Immediately the place was p
I'm darkness noises and knocks So
cecded each other. particularly in q
'e- small room which adjoined their be
J. room. and where there was only
trunk. All this seemed very like
. challenge.
Suddenly. i'm the friends room. the
-, was q noise like a fearful strugu
which brought everyone into the roo
= frightened. but convinced that at ].
the policeman had found the practi,
% joker disappointment. There was
= one there. but the distracted poll,
man. striking right and left with
om sabre. running away from everyone
to saw and going into small boud
,lp where there was glass cupbos
re which. i'm his terror. he broke II