The Detroit times., 1913-01-18
SPOOK "BIFFED" HIM IN
THE EYE, MAN DECLARES
,coltiau.d from page one).


ton OF the mystery for he remember
ed that few nights before he had
heard voices speaking in foreign
language, presumably Polish. in an
adjacent, uncccIpied building: and
when he had forced his way into the
abandoned structure, he had found it
cold and deserted. Nevertheless. when
he returned TO his accustomed beat,
he heard voices still eonversing in
what George took for very good Pol
ish. This incident, he believed, throws
some light on the Lyoblem OF com
munication between spirits: his eX-
periences will probably be communi-
Gated IN the form of a monograph 10
the Society OF Physical Research.
When George resigned he was will
ing that the job be transferred TO his
friend, Julius Schwartz, No. sos Tween
ty-fourth-st, who did not believe in
ghosts.
On two days Schwartz came into the
saloon of August Roseman, at Myrtle
and Twenty -fourth-sts., and laughed at
George for giving up a good job. On
the third night, Schwartz called up
Roseman on the telephone.
I've seen en-" he announced, I'm
going To sift this to the bottom"
Next day, Roseman says, Schwartz
came into his saloon with a badly
cut eye, and told this story: He had
heard mysterious poundings in the Of
fee OF the company. He had started
10 investigate, for Schwartz is lion of
night Waterman and has often pitch
ed Intruders out into the cold. AS he
'neared the office, ne saw through the
window OF partition three female
figure, clothed In what he described
as sailor suits, with sailor hats, swing
ing to and fro on chains which hung
from beam.
Schwartz was startled, but inter
rified, and he made his way swiftly
into the ONCE. But as he opened the
door. whist! The figures vanished
with their chains. and the desks shone
quietly in the glare OF his lantern.
Scarcely had Schwartz departed
when he saw another woman, Rose
man says, awaiting him. Not to be
bafhci by this one, Schwartz ran to-
ward her. With one foot the spook
kicked the lantern from his grasp;
with the other she gave him bin
in the eye, and when, sore and angry,
he had re-illumlned his lantern, the
ghost was nowhere to be found. That
morning Schwartz resigned II was
the third day.
Schwartzs experience does away
with the theory that ghosts wear
white and are made OF air or other
insubstantial substance. Schwartz Is
ready TO insist that II II was an airy
foot that kicked him, the air was
travelling with more than cyclonlc
rapi'lity. There are many witnesses
who are ready to swear that
Schwartz's eye was cut and swollen,
and they will sign any number OF af-
fidav'ts that scientific Investigators
may demand.
Every afternoon, almost, there is a
meeting in Roseman's saloon at which
the subject Of ghosts Is gone over.
One man insists that the supernatural
sufficiently.
Take a dog in there" he says. III
the dog doesn't see anything, there
amt any ghosts; but If he gets scar.
ei, that's proof I was hunting once.
and slept In a roadhouse: and in the
night | heard someone come In, take
off his shoes, throw them behind the
stove and rock back and forth in the
chair. l called, but II didn't answer;
but my dog came TO me and put his
paws on my face. and wouldn't be
quiet until I'd let him out OF the
house never found out what II
was: but you can trust dog every
time"
The Roseman seekers after truth
declare thai-the= %atehman= e-haA
succeeded to the job is almost dear
and can't see very well. and hasn't
been troubled by spooks. They pro-
fess to be skeptical about appear.
ances. but not one OF them has yolun-
teer I'd to 20 TO the factory to conduct
personal investigation.