THE CHARLEVOIX COUNTY HERALD — MAY 22, 1909
Watchmen Frightened from Supposed Treasure Building,
Where Woman Was Burned to Death.
St. Paul, Minn.—The house in Forest street where Mrs. Anna Post, an aged recluse, was burned to death, is supposed to be haunted, and the watchmen who have guarded the house every night since the death of the woman, in the belief that a fortune is hidden somewhere in the ruins, have all been frightened away.
Early the other morning the third watchman who ventured to guard the place heard a noise coming from the partly burned piano, and sought protection from Policeman Swenson and Shook, who were on their way home.
The watchman was terrified, and told the policemen that he distinctly heard the sound of a funeral dirge played on the piano. He was assured that it was imagination on his part, but he could not be persuaded that the house was not haunted, and he resigned his job then and there, leaving the premises to the mercy of the “spooks.”
Since the death of Mrs. Post bet relatives have had the house guarded at night and during the day the ruins are searched for gold supposed to have been left by the old woman, but so far none has been unearthed. Last week the watchman was frightened away by noises that he asserted he heard in the house, and the other watchman was frightened in a similar wanner.
From— Charlevoix County Herald. (East Jordan, Mich.), 22 May 1909. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
