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Show SHILOH'S HAUNTED HOUSE J1NXED SINGE BEARING "13" One Woman Murdered There, Another An-other Died After Auto Accident Acci-dent Nearby. Shiloh, Pa. The wrath of the hoodoo has descended again on Shi-loh's Shi-loh's "haunted house." Believed by superstitious folk to have been jinxed by a tenant's prank that inspired him to paint the numbe 1.'! on the mail box in front of the place 20 years ago, the "haunted house" has been a home of mystery since. The 13 has stayed on the mail box. The man who painted it there still delivers mail at house No. 13. Hut tenants have come and gone two of them to come no more. One was the mailman's wife, Mrs. .Vchibald Shimp Lupton. She was murdered. Her slayer was hanged, Another was Mrs. Leila Minch, wife of Walter L. Minch, who moved onto the farm in the spring. She died a few days ago in the "haunted house" as a result of an automobile accident nearby. Lupton looks askance at No. 13. So does Minch. So do many others, who view with alarm the mystic numerals as a syniooi oi unstor-tune. unstor-tune. The first of fate's freaks at house No. 13 came soon after Lupton jocularly joc-ularly designated the mail box with painted numerals, f rank Raysing-er, Raysing-er, a farm hand, came upon Mr Lupton as she was ironing in the kitchen. There was a quarrel, full details of which never were divulged. di-vulged. HuysingeT seized a sholgun and pumped death at the woman. He fled but was captured and hanged. Lupton moved away. Other tenants, ten-ants, who stayed but briefly between intevals when the "haunted house" v was unoccupied, added to Its 111 reputation. rep-utation. They reported queer noises, unbearable loneliness, echoes of angry voices quarreling when no one was near to quarrel. |