Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-03-07

al WIN WI AtiC 1880 ~
the park in the center of a town near
Boston is "A very attractive modern
house with a history. 1T was built ror
the occupancy of a MIR. and Mrs. Les
lie. whose mysterious deaths mark the
beginning of this story.
The facts here recorded are just as
I heard them. Indeed. l was n resi-
lent of the Town during the period in
which these strange occurrences took
place. and had a personal acquaintance
With the people mentioned.
The L.eslies had been married IL year.
We're apparently happy. n were we'll
and favorably known in the town. One,
morning u neighbor noticed that lights
We're burning in the Leslie house. He
ran up the steps and rams the hell.
There was no response. n after a few
our the neighbors decided that some
thing vas wrong inside, n that an
entrance must be made at once. The
front dOOr was accordingly forced open.
and as the men went in they could
see into the room beyond the hall, the
sitting room. Mr.. Leslie was sitting
with u paper across his knees. appar-
entity asleep. and ON "A u near by
lay his wife.
1t Took but "A few moments to ascer-
tain that Doth had been dead for some
hours. Their faces were peaceful and
composed; there We're no signs of dis
%turbance In the house.
Every possibly inquiry las made No
trace of poison or of fOu play could
be found. NumberleSs theories were
advanced. and the wonder and excite
ment over the tragic death of the
couple grew daily.
After some months their relatives re-
moved the furnishings, and ITO Let"
appeared in the cottage windows. The
house was Immediately taken by a man
from Boston,. whose family consisted.
beside himself. Of his wife and two
little girls. None of this family had
heard the story OF the Leslies. nor did
they hear it until they had been in the
cottage for some weeks.
One night, after they had occupied
the dwelling for owe a week. the man
OF the family was awakened by a sud
den scream. His wife awoke at the
same moment. and exclaimed: "One
OF the children must have the night
mare" but just then the two little girls
rushed into the room. eXclaiming.
Whats the matter. mother? What
are you screaming about?'' Almost
before they had finished speaking two
more creams in quick succession rang
through the house. The place was
carefully searched. but no cause for the
disturbance could be found.
The next night at about the same
hour like sounds We're heard. After
that Mr.. Weston made Inquiries of the
neighbors. Non of them had been
disturbed. One suggested that possibly
a cat was shut UP somewhere in the
house and had made the noises heard.
but a careful search of the entire
premises failed to discover any such
commonplace solution of the myster-
ious sounds.
A week passed without any recur-
renee OF the midnight sounds. when
n night Mrs. Weston awoke from n
most terrible dream. She dreamed that
h was lying upon the couch in the
sitting-room. In front Of her stood a
young nan who held a pillow in his
hands. II shall stife you,'' he said
clearly: tits no use to struggle" Mrs.
Weston dreamed that she tried to
scream: hat once. twice, three times
h endeavored to rise from the couch
to push away the pillow. but could not.
From this dream she awoke suddenly.
and. as she lay endeavoring to over
come its impression. a gasping shrek,
quickly followed by two more. awaken
ed her husband, and again sent the
little girls flying in terror to their
mothers room.
This time Mrs. Weston held herself
responsible for the terrible
I've mad a dreadful dream, and l sup
pose ! screamed without knowing it,
she said. She had hardly finished this