The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-18
A.. Take Possession OF
Power House. Night
,;neer Experiences
1II,cr,nny Visitations
4, =. spirit of Dead Soldiers
Near Plant Play
.nts On B. Campos?
ccs.rlock Holmes Wanted

Sherlock llo''''
....., "Hants," 50 say some Of
!. I I.rker hued citizenry not tai
Is he power house.
4 II comes from = D
= start from the beginning: 3.
90. i the night engineer at the
nm City power house Now
-, il must be understood is a
q, headed chap, one who reasons
',ax and to himself. and who IS
~, .s.ot;cal as to spirits Of the other
IA returning and playing pranks
|. 4 IS to the prevailing spirits i, IN
I'D n bottles causing some folks
/. :. dragons and whatnot.
|, ii happatned when the power
IN. w.s 4 sort of fire house alarm,
s,;ae big heavy toned gong To-
I'D It the top of the stairway on
| i. right side of the plant, this gong
,,a 50 connected electrically with
III you might CALL a tripper' which
rlI.d The signals to the gong by a
| h, that worked automatically.
Now the telephone people ised to
IAN. in fire alarms to the power
u. and at the same tinie the gong
mid receive the call by way Of the
| Aov, mentioned tripper from the tel
shone office.
During a quiet night, when fires
|us sll banked, and Campos was en-
| ae.d in some part of the power
|inse on work, an alarm sounded out
Il lie stiffness Of the night that
|Aced through the plant like a Is
Ind disappearing gun. Campos rush
ID 10 tie phone, got central, and hol-
|lmed ior the number. The gong was
| i'm ringing. Central had not called
| n power house! my gong is ring
|N exclaimed the engineer. well" "
|Hdy replied central, ring Off"
|lupos was puzzled, thinking central
|m trying to put one over on him.
Il glanced at the big brass bound
~ clock sandwiched in between oil
|psges and steam recorders and OBJ.
|xred that the time was a few min
ru after one o'clock.
Auttering to himself the engineer
vent about his work, and by daylight
y let the memory Of the night pass
llum his mind. The night following,
|siev minutes after one, and just as
kns about to take a bite of lunch.
'1frible clatter was heard from the
g campos jumped at the stair
y tour steps to the jump. Quickly
sct central. "Fire number want
s oIled the engineer. SAY" an
sdM back central. "This ;s no
house, what's the matter with
= AZ dovn there, batty?" Campos was
b. sas frantically up and down, tel
receiver glued to ear and the
n. !'ossly pounding away" Even
! lard it. "Say," gasped the
if, something's wrong"
fairly shouted the excited
wrong nothing. if l put my
g Che son of a scalded sea
m l Z chew him. or it to bits"
m. hsdsed Il up at the gong, now
=. zzs W kssS OSHAVe0. what in
= of Sam Hill has got into
-, thing, anyway" he NUT
n..s eight the same thing was
eampos took down the
nk down the electrically
- Took down the entire
I Nothing to be. discover
6 eok down with near fright
= ! y take his dav off and in
4 east to the power house
~ 'aed everything that looked
concealed noise. He in
6 !, everywhere and every
Hey shouted an urch;r
sLisss.ae 'ae nervous engineer. ~hev
y oss'yinsto find, bones ," Day aes
q 81 buried there" said the ~
Cam. spot OF ground
,ow1sp was standing on 'N
The engineer gave a
,A.ar.s = ! Claimed, by one who
! a.,,s.. IS leap the next day. that
MAJ 9 Z = feet to an inch.
,ss s thoughts began - ,,o
! ss' = .eans mind Of the engineer.
s4.s., :, dons ringings, Bones,
\ s ,rsp has all the courage
i II, ,'sfase men is supposed to
y g. Z night with an unknown
ant to hit you but h;t