New-York tribune., 1922-03-19
Haunted House Of Antieonish
(Contsnaed from, ccge ons)

1--WE lay perfectly stiI 2oz 4wr
when I distinctly heard the pounding sg.,s
It had nuffled sound, but vas orjts .nss-
During the next FIVE or SIX minutes ~ d;s.....
intervals this occurred. We could M. sc.,,..
Tor It. Then We heard what sounded await,
like light footsteps overhead and in ,s..
time strange sounds came from the pa,lo, U.
were both Of the opinion that sometbin, e..
Of an uncanny nature vas goine 70 bsn,s,
before long. It might have been 0-sssn..
mcnt. We had only 70 wait few minutes q,
this development.
Eve lay down and covered ourza)vs. ,..s
rug. Alex Macdonald occupied the No.. ,-
ton nearest to the partition between tbe lin.
ing room and the kitchen. Ee was iiue u
his side, probably a foot from me. was il
the center lying On my righ. side with NJ
left arm ard hand stretched out On ton Of nv
left leg. We wero fully dressed md besi:a
! had on a heavy sweater and fur-lin4
oyercoae-
'sAr. Carroll occupied the outside Of our BED
He was lying on his left side. Our hands #sn
al under the clothes with the exception Of u5
light one under my head.
Suddenly I felt slap-that Is the ort
way can describe it-on tbs fat Of my left
arm just above the elbow. The rug had not
moved Neither Mr. Macdonald nor Mr. Car.
roll had stirred. There was something
strange about the Blow, which though II did
not cause any pain was nevertheless heag
enough to be distinctly felt through my hsaT
clothing
II sat Up and. turning 10 AEr. Carroll, ay
that he vas still IN the position that ha
last seen him n Mr.. Carroll, did yoa hit me-
I asked. Hit you? No. Why? he asked n
surprise then explained What had occurred
He was genuinely surprised. Alex Macdonald
who had been in a half-awake slunber, bad not
moved, and said that he had not heard any~
.hing at alI. Ec got up in & ssupog and tas
By the fire.
'Mr. Carroll and 7 followed his example
The detective told ms afterwsrd that Just
few seconds before I asked hin II he had III
me, he felt something touch his LETT foreasu
very much like the light touch OF hand. az az
had said nothing about i because ne shoasa'
that might have done it unintentonsly ~
it was, however, I had not moved my nAno1
from the positions described above, until la'
that strange slap, or impression. Wss 's'D'
with my right hard under my head"
Afterward, according TO Whidcen's sas :
ment, the three watchers stayed up anA
morning. No further noises were heard o''
was anybody else slapped. All three the "
porter says felt that al trace Of the pFess4's
of the cause Of these strange Happenings -.
disappeared from The house" An sxsTil1Aa'N'
Of all the rooms, he writes, discovered e's's
thing in the same condition il had oesa =
when they had previously gone through :
house
That IS the story Of She ghost os caledss1 saI
Mills up 70 the time Of Or. Prince S ann,
The detsctive and the reporter left the p''"
day later, having had no further adVensa''S
This is what Carroll has TO say; =
S'ASeer what I consider q thorough .
vestigation, which included eareful exs'D..
ton Of Alexander Macdonald, his we -, =,
adopted daughter, Mary Ellen MacconS,1' s~,.,, !.
MacGillivray brothers, Dan and Leo; p'''-
Macdonald and Nike MaeGillivrays
after examining the house and barn s,.s !,
fully, and seeing with MY own ey@ !
scars OF the fres, some of them sAsA1, !.
others scorehed. and moro Ike Shn'Ss'
caused by nres ~
~And after spending two days sau ~, -
nights In che house, firmly beiSevs eta' ~.
the fires nor tho other strange happ''~
we've the work of human hands" :.
A Joint statement sfgaed by Whsou0A =,
Carroll offers $500 FOR proof that sss .'s,. -
Gus manifestations were the uorE oa an IN
hands or were caused by any aSsnSy
chan supernatural or presernasnrsi III,
any rats arc swo robust converts 80 s's 4
chat spiritual agencies are at woSA -
Macdonald Homestead ~.---~~~'