The St. Louis Star and Times from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 41

i I Turkey mm ti in Gig- flioy Do flio fostea TOo Qllaa iip, Ito 1 (Q yS-1 and thQ pnqibp in id tvililfeiilWO TvifliiSiOil ft 0 Htlb 1 1 students of psychic phenomena not amazed nor fear ridden, thi the claim to see ghost-like Sins them from th. STad of the night or hear the kt id a mysterious bell of doom. Sm Conan Doyle writes of In igtgn of the Four" The he-br to psychic manifestations ac-Spttwhat he claims to see as a Ijny and rests secure In a faith bo harm will come to him. average man whoso Interest duration in the occult Is a neg-uantity la prone to scoff at Motions of what he terms spooks," and this general attitude toward the manifestations of spirits ghosts is the rule and not the Kt9tion. When It does prove to te the exception, as in the case of ih residents near Lake View.

SrtesUgatlon is bound to be fraught ith unusual Interest. Such an instigation has been madeamong th farmers who live within sight at tb moated mansion of J. J. Bis-unt. near Lake View, and here is It has revealed.

The Biszanfonanaion Is as terror-jrodueing to those who see It In the 4d of night as the prospect of a (Htn by torture. Men of sturdy physique and mentality ask to be Vnd discussing the sights they sire to be seen through the tmlowi of the grim castle, hich S3? I 4 a4 1 ft 4 i it "-V 4 1 1. ws-eiTIw''7rt 3 2a 7 l.v "4 r. -k -4k Vf-v ,1 FHOTO'5 byCilUT CLOSE VIEW OF B1SZAVT MANS10S. 4 jlaareoned by a moat that may "croewd by an expert tTvimmcr.

Fttmers not believers in rtsstj, but the farmers who reside tnt Like View will not accompany the Eiszant castle when the BU of darkness i'a on the world. 1 there were dojngs by real human beings within its walls which, for Saturnalian aspects, have no parallel. Many Eiclusue Parties Held There. It was the Mecca "exclusive parties. In Its card rooms play ran high, and a hundred dollars would purchase but fjsw chips.

Baccarat and continental games were favorites. Silken draperies rustled across the waxed floors. Bright eyes flashed to the low-spoken compliment, and champagne! sparkled in crystal. Dancers swayed to the strains of overpowering music, and the very house throbbed with the win ten you that if ycu are out in th 1 sat with eyes fastened the fcv View of drawbridge. Abtte, ia bi piftore: Mm- ho? an4 ard, fhowiBr mat.

ir rea turrounded by lb moaU Most his time Is ri-nt in California- It is known, however, that modern conveniences are applied to the mysterious dwelling. An electric plant and water system serves to furnish heat and light for ths house, while the moat and the lagoons are constantly kept filll with water from the deep well. Tbi house and grounds are absolutely independent of the outfeide world, aad with the att area of laa which might be utilized a a garden, the place might made ready at rhort notir to withstand clege. Man Lott in Bit rtle Oter Nirht. Not later thin lirt -week an currnc bearing ot the mystery Jt he mansion its recorded by the" police.

Mort Pooner jT ML Olrvev IIL. is the man who claims to hw had the experience, and as he was found in a eate of terror and less In the house in the morning by Meyer, his tory is given credence, by many who believe the place Is haunted. Meyer, on unlocking the mansion and starting on hia rouad of Inspection, saw a. man who groveled on his hands and knees, feeling helplessly along the wails. It.

was Podner. who was turned over to the authorities. The story of the night is one chill the blood. Podner aayg he found he could not make hi way out of the building, after entering it, nor een trace the Mme course through it talc. He wears that chains clanked a thT were dragged across the floor, ana that wild scream of pain made th tugfct hideous.

Podner wildly rubed from room to room, hoping to trar the screams, but only empty tpace met hi3 gaze. Then he grew more cautious, listened breathlessly, and when th low tene voices eeemed to com? from Just the other side of the partition, he wr he would tip-to stealthily to the r.earest door ant rush in. orjy to find acaaey. No hands were laid cpon birr, and his eyes never rested upon human form, but always a mocking laugh pursued him, and always brutal hands seemed to drag a helpless body alorg a nearby floor. Po5rT finally fjcceed'd in ei-trj-tatins himself from the vaul4 chasm of dunseon col- la pit where he was found.

Moat and eatrance to grounds, drawbridge. Abore: Henrr 7 merrymaking, strange stories crept abroad as to the goings within. Meier, carewatr vi sion. It was hintea tnat. uiere mignt.

De a social upheaval in St. Louis if the intitv of some of those who visit naows ef the moated manse, and strs.ine.1 to catch ail Founds, wr hair will have to be well- Wted down if it does not rise W8ht up through your hat and must be made of iron to bnd and tumble you quak- -u your own steps. Wsht9' that Plav tne iTlV" of th case. are but of what follow, rightly. ve near and in the strange place- proceeswn of lights, hazy" tor rures not unlike human n4i funereal precession faa disappear as though swallowed -L11 19 8TT', however in ot th 'thereal wh holding high mason.

The agile yMJily discern, accordins residents. -t bv in ns procession that Endows. Dances CdB to tb twinkling of BTvrmers more bardy than 4 'Peaking of the w- mm Ziit A a. unmistakable uneasiness la credulous, men and women. Tower Stands Stark in the Moonlight.

A -tower, stark and awe-inspiring ss it stands outlined against a moonlit sky. has no more attraction for those who look upon it daily than the mansion nearby. Against the tower is a. tree, bare of leave and its long branches reaching out until at night thy are lost in darkness. There is a sunken fish' pond ia which the-imagination might ture spirit-nymphs taking a cool pluuge on hot summer evenings or happy little chasing each other over the edge into the water below.

Over th: pond is a portico to which cling vines and trailing plants. The arched interior might in any other setting bid lovers to enter and speak their devotion far from the madding throne, but with the proximity of the castle no such lure exists. On the contrary, rural folk hurrying home at twilight hasten their steps as they pass any Lake View became noised abroad- At one time the honest and plain, spoken farmers of the neighborhood contemplated burning the structure. Open threats were made, and the interest reached such a pitch that the authorities contemplated an Investigation. But at the height its fame, a.

blight suddenly fell upon the place. It waa as though the destroying hand of an avenging angel had visited the moated mansion of its revelers- "Whether a crime never brought to light was committed within its walls will never, be. known, say those. who have followed, the history of the mysterious castle, but the patent act exists that never another sound of hilar-, ity issued from its pjortals- Instead, weird and heartrending creakmgs and groanings which have no classification in a world occupied by human beinss were said to have slowly, begun casting their fear into the surrounding countryside until today the mention the castle fnghtep children into eilence and produces TOWeoF MYSTERY, WHERE GHOSTS ARE SUPPOSED TO REIGN SUPREME. St ts.ic.vvl 1 lneir spooKy-looK Lead him to take up a perma nd west trots, nent residence.

When he dxes come relate Meyer of its history ir ne carea 10, does not spend the nights otv.i Hnarts when the sun i.t uo PS done by elite Hy. S- there im not afrakl of coursa sets but naturally prefers to live else part or -the estate. or its buildings and make the gravel fly getting out of hearing distance. The BlEzant property is cared for in the brightness of daylight only by Henry Meyer, a phlegmatic German, who believes silence is golden. Familiar as be is with the house of mystery, ud-as na.uch.-a5 might temporarily he is watcnea cy curious hundreds In the vicinity.

Only at infrequent Intervals do they catch a glimpse him and then only mhen he goes from one of th-; spacious outbuildings to the other. Xttverhg the vaix -orv tMs Phase the the manse. aay "01Iectton in the minds Vi. fsided in the-JthaTJlrtot f9r a of co trejt cf a huge knoll. where, say the farmers.

Neither -Ot-ea Eiszant find a Sure in his vast estate or th- moated castle which brm: him back i v..