Show A HAUNTED BUILDING strange stories of the custom house at baltimore A LOVELY TELEPHONE GIHL ex mayor pendleton haa gone to new york with her A Gladston iati victory other items MD oct 23 special the engineer and watchman in the old custom house building h ere have reported to the collector of the port that they have been annoyed and terrified at all boure of the night by strange lourds and uncanny eight in the gloomy underground corridors and chamber and that they want the trouble investigated one watchman declares that it bin beat is not changed he will be lorcey to resign as he cannal stand the ghostly upon his nervous system the building used for a custom house was at one time the most famous marine hostelry on the atlantic seaboard in those days slavery and slave trading was at its height and baltimore was the scene of wholesale dealings in human beings the center of the slave trade was in the building in question then a hotel magnificent for those times the walls were built up of huge stones blocks and the dome is supported by massive markle pillars brought from over the sea here the old slave traders used to stop and their business was carried on in one of the open courts on either side of it indeed it is supposed eup posed that the original old slave block is somewhere about the place in the cellars which run under the whole structure evidences of blaye traffic detill remain these cellars are perfect labyrinths of etona cells with solid stone walls from 2 to 4 feet in thickness in these the slaves were kept the docile ones in large rooms with strongly barred doors while for the refractory ones there were dark noisome dungeons watchman wm H parker tells this story of what he has heard last night I 1 was all alone in the building I 1 was sitting in the pen the hollow square under the dome around which are arraigned the clerks desks when the noises begun the first thing I 1 heard was the boora bl ammine up stairs thinking Thin kine that some of the other might have come in without my seeing them I 1 did not notice it but the clamoring con linued it sounded as if it came from the rooms leading off from the first gallery I 1 could see these doors from where I 1 sat could not see them move still they slammed I 1 got up and looked at those behind me then those at which I 1 had been looking were suddenly banged the next thing I 1 heard kaaa poian hilra enma nna waa a wheelbarrow wheel borrow 1 there wag no reply the sound of my voice echoed through the vacant booma and I 1 thought I 1 heard something rustling then there were mutt erines and whisperings in the upper galleries I 1 could not make out what was being said to cap the whole I 1 heard a wo mans voice it began to eing an old southern song eis girl oct 23 special the last act but one in the drama of ex and addie cullen the beautiful telephone girl bag jut closed miss cullen quietly left fort worth for st louis day and wa met t the union depot in that city tonight bv pendleton the couple will proceed together to naw nsw york where they will be married miss cullen desire s to have the ceremony performed by a catholic priest if one can b found marry to a man if fanch a priest cannot be found the marriage will be celebrated by a civil office miss cullen baa been closely confined to her malherb mol herB home in city ever since the day in july when she came from new arleana to fort Wort hand learned that the divorce was a fraud and that she was a bigamous wife pendleton has kept her well supplied with money and elegant attire besides diamonds and other jewelry and the girl bided her time mrs pendleton has now secured an absolute divorce from her former husband granted the custody of all the children and awarded the real estate possessed by pendleton in fort worth miss cullan said before leaving for a time they would live in new york where mr pendelton is engaged in perfecting an electrical contrivance when this is done they will move to chicago where pendleton trill practice law and complete the writing of a novel which has as a heroine the beautiful addie in his novel he will deal with psychological attractions it is said that a book dealer has ordered copies of the novel LONDON oct 23 special the parliamentary lia election in eccles division of lancashire yesterday resulted in a victory for the Gladston ians roby liberal candidate received goeston Go erton conservative S in the preceding election the liberal candidate received votes and the i conservative votes |