Virginian-Pilot Photos by Breon Roll at his press'conference Sunday. The spectral figure. in the foreground is that of a television newsman. Bystander?s look for ghosts' through the brOken windows of 949 Florida. Ave. Police Rout Recalled Furniture Flies Again Chargch PORTSMOUTH Two people were charged with burglary and destroying private property early VIRGINIA A Polter- geists? Nothing new to 74-year-old E. W. Burroughs of Virginia Beach, who says he had a nod- Sunday after 'police said they - . . broke into a ?haunted house? gis?oquammce ookrng for reasure and left it It in 1900? near Sigma a shambles. P?nbeganl Co Burroughs Elvis Butch Jr., 34, of 2718 cess umy? lled, when pillows were Tum ike Road and Mrs. Ethel - Gray}.J 51, of 253295 Phillips Ave. firm" .benoeghf P'sdhezd? werearrestedhyPortsmouthpo-and atgiabgiyh - Sen we lice. Butch is a city forest deal"?t go when. mint employe? Mrs? Gray ls Burroughs and the same friend, Police Capt. G. E. Gardner said Remy 1" Stones received .a v35" the two told him they broke into from a naval of?cer and Wlfe. the house at 949 Florida Ave. in Wk? a bum for money and hidden couple and sent them floating treasure they believed was there. across an mm? Police said Butch entered through In between. 311170?ng he the back door about 10:30 Satur- and Stone met their particular day and let Mrs. Gray in the poltergeist six times. Once they front door. - tried to trap it by closing all doors Police said furniture was broken and windows, allowing the spirit and several household items, in- to enter by the stovepipe hole in cluding a sewing machine and . dishes, were tossed out of the house. WENT OUT WINDOW Butch was injured when he dived through a window on leaving the house when police ar- rived- Butch and Mrs. Gray were jailed pending a preliminary hear- ing in Municipal Court this mom- mg. with a thick piece of cardboard. ?Everything was quiet,? Bur- roughs related. "Then Stone yelled: ?He?s got hand? Before he could be reached- he'd been dragged under the bed and the cardboard torn in two." That was in 1906. Other encoun- ters. said Burroughs. took place in ISIS. I910, 1914. 1916 and 1925. He said the poltergeist threw peo- ple around. tossed furniture, at a at Lime and Salt Recipe Holes Heist the Geist case the little fellows bother you, here's a poulticelor pollergeists. - It's the exclusive recipe of William Brown of 1036 Middle St.. who says he ?guarantees there won't be a ghost in men!" once you try it- It goes this way: Take one haunted house. Carefully drill two holes in the floor. onejt'tstinsidentermnt door. one justinside tltebaclt door. Take some white lime and put a little table salt in it. Sprinkle the mix- ture around the drilled holes. pamphlet relating his and Stone?s names of more than a dozen wit- ?guy treated policemen with disrespect, made one man think he had ice down his back,\and made strong men helpless- . Burroughs said the geist only appeared when he and Stone were together. Since Stone?s death in 1958, there have been no incidents. In 1953, Burroughs published a poltergeisting, and listing the nesses. 'lheir experiences were similar to the reCent ones of the family in Portsmouth. in which no one was physically harmed, and in which witnesses were One evening in 1910, Burroughs, Stone and some friends were to- gether in the old Neddo Hotel in Norfolk. The poltergeist paid a visit?with noise enough to bring complaints. knew we were making the roof. then sealing the holelm" 53"? BESkin. one of the occupants. recounted in Bur- rough's?booklet- ?We were being tossed across the room.? The police a sergeant and two patrolmen soon arrived only to be tossed acros the room. too. Drawing their guns. they be- gan a careful and were thrown ?as far as the wall would let them Beskin said. The policemen ran away. On "Independence Day. 1925, Burroughs and Stone ?rst com- municated with the poltergeist by setting up a system of raps to mean yes, no, or 1 don?t know. This date. Burroung Said, smnces were held now and then in which the geist made some accurate predictions. Burroughs doesn?t believe a teen-age: must be present for a poltergeist to appear. He says he was so when it happened to him. While he prefers ?shing to ses- sions with spiritualists. he admits am thoroughly convinced we are surrounded by a living intelli- gence that guides our daily ac- -- or ago. By JOSEPH saltwater i scientist": studying reports of ?ying ob? jects in a Florida Avenue home wrapped up his investigation Sunday by saying the house is . not haunted. But he could. not, give a reason for unuSual in- began there 10 days William? G. Roll, project di- rector of the Re- searchl-?oundation, a m, N.C., said the incidents stopped four, days ago and that their causemust be sought inliving - persons. He will leave today for Durham after making. recom- mendatiors to the family volved. held-a parting'ne'ws? conference in Hotel Governor Dinwiddie before newsmen, .rnicrophons and television cameras- . He discussed happenings at. the home of Charles 74, Mrs.. Annie 78, and their great-great-grandson. Cleveland Harmon; 12. . . 3 INCIDENTS He said three incidents oc- curred while he studied the case?a stone was thrown in the backyard, a china cabinet glass door shattered, and 3 china orna- ment on a mantlepiece' fell to the ?oor of the house. Roll said, ?In no instance was Before that, .there was 1938?s - the event. .M to Ami-cs New? Arrived. able to a definite con? clusion, regarding the cause of ?In. field investigations in general, and inthis case in ?As far as I know, no particular, it is dif?cult to reach any conclusive judgment about the phenomena studied. The only thing that can be said with any assurance is that there is nothing in the house itself ,to cause the phenomena. The things only happened when the house was occupied. . ?In other words the cause must be sought in living per- sons. H6wever, it is not safe to go beyond this statement. That is to say, it is not possible to state whether the events were produced in normal ways or by .4 . Hma - one parap'syhhologist Stmdar i 'pearanCes - of deals with! events that cannot be account- ed for by natural law. In answer to a question he one -has observed any deception and. frau - COULD RESUME He noted that such unusual incidents 'often are' short-lived, but?there be no assur- ance the incidents ?will not re- sume. - Roll said the investigation?was hampered by widespread publid interest in themse which upset the conditions in the home.? He said it was there- fore difficult to conduct a satis- factory 'scientific'- investigation. He said, ?Before I go, I_?shall, of cou rse 'offer the family certain. recommendation. th a may help them." However, my main purpose in coming here. last Tu?esday _was that of the- investigator. I wanted to explore the possibility that kinetic energies (mind over matter) were involved and to learn about the'conditions' that trigger them.?? CROWDS llanERED The said he could. not exhaust all?the re: search potentialsof the case be- cause of crowd interference The family was more concerned with disturbances from outside dentin Going the home than fromiwithin, he Police said the heuse was; wrecked by human intruders Saturday night. Rolls a i d, shouldzlik?e to make a- plea to the'public and to public authori- ties?toinforrn . directly whenever such out- breaks occur. Only in this way will Science be able to reach an understanding of these puz- zling phenomena, and only in . this way will it be ablefeffec- =_tively to 3 aid the unfortunate- families in'volvedj? He. praised Portsmouth police for their work in? keeping'many 7' intruders away from the'houhe . while the'investigation was un- derway, and thanked newsmen for leaving him aldne. probed a muddy Princess Anne night. . The, swamp is..just beyond a . clump .of?woods near a bean- field where the asSailant sexually - - abu'sed'San'dra 'Lea Jemigan of Bayside, then stabbed her in the throat. Miss Jernigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lea H. Jernigan of 1602 Terrace Ave, -Bayside, was in fairly good condition? late Sunday in Norfolk General Hospital. ?Dead is James H. Fulrrell?of 3543 Westrninis'ter Ave., Norfolk. NEGRO IN DARK CLOTHES cause of her condition. ?bouncing Bertha,? in Powell?s tomey and the Board of Super found hen visors was involved. But if it doesn?t. don?t blame Brown. And don?t set outbowls of milk. either. That's for leorechauns. . any The last recorded poltergeist in On the off chance the assailant Heady Spirits Encased in Style pundits to the contrary, it looks as though men?s hats are on the way down the road to join the dodo. Time was when a man would rather be caught on the street without his pants rather than leave his headgear on the hall rack at home. Now that is changed and even many of the style-conscious gray-?annel set prance around 'in all kinds of weather with their locks ?oating in the breeze. Ahatusedtobetheunof?- cial crown of the nominal head of the family. The battle ax in petticoats at home also might wear the breaches, but publicly pater familias was cock of the walk. And almost anything served him for a hat, so long as it covered his head. I knew one eccentric old codger in Berkley who solved the problem for life by brddin' in a sea chest full of Navy watch caps right after World Warl.Frornthenon,comerain or shine, his peculiar headgear became such a trademark that, Virginiathrewbottlesandbric- Petersburg in 1949. oncehewaslaidmnforbunal' a-bracaruund the home?ofaBaptistminister in'tobogan moaned, "He imt don?t look natural." Butthatwasanextremeex- ample. Before the hatless era, every? day citizens suited their had- gear to the seasons. With the coming of spring, panama hats with narrow black ribbon bands appeared automat- ically atop any Tidewater thatbecametabootowearafter Labor Day.- If they did, a time~honored .custom permitted anyone to, them in thegutter. Then, after Labor my, hat fashions changed again, and 'gfrorncasualfedoras to the more formal bombings werebrokenwttoprotecttheir blasts. Buteventhentherewerein- stillworehats- Even in my time, there were thosewhopreferredtheround- topblackderbiesoftheiryomh, while one old Berkley gentle- manwhowasstillaroundwhen Iwasaboyusadh'shighsilk topper toconcealar'rintofbot- tled-in-bmd. . 'Ihe assailant was described by Miss Jefdgan. atelephona opera- tones a man in dark - clothes.?fPolice were unable to question her further Sunday be- Miss Jernigan and Futrell were standing dead?end road off Barretts Corner Drive,locatedaboutaha1f~ mile east of Military Highway off ?Indian River Road, wh the as- sailant accosted them. He asked them what they were doing on private property. Then he pulled a large caliber gun and shot Fu- trell once in the. stomach and again in the head after he fell. He then took Miss Jernlgan far- ther down the sandy land and into Mountain. Here. a nineyearold the beanfiel'd where he assaulted girl was bounced all over her bed. and stabbed 1331-. She stumbled Before the geist was done. theme half-mile'to Indian River sheriff, the Commonwealth?s at- Road where a passing motorist Monday, September 17, 1962 wamp for Death PRINCESS rubber- threwaWayrthAe weapons after the Detectivs C. R. Greene and many with small children, con- suited Norfolk police frogrnen attack the pollce combed the area for clues. County swamp Sunday for weap- WATER-FILLED SAND PIT OHS used in the. fatal 511005118 Of The search was concentrated . 2 olice?Frogmen Search Page 17 . capons C. Scott of the Norfolk Police Di- verged on the scene Slmday, in- vision?s UnderWater Rec0very quiring of police where the at? . Team waded through knee-deep taclm took place. muck in search of the weapons. State Police InveStigator George They planned to return today and L. I Mavredes and State Trooper erer and the stabbing of his 19- Water-?lled sand pits ringing the foot-deep water~filled sand pits. year-old girl friend late Fries?? area_ Scores of a.25-year-old insulation pipe cov- Sunday in the swampy waters and perhaps probe half a dozen 12- John Gubesch have been working on the case since early Saturday curiosity seekers, morning. Virginian-Pilot Photo in! Clark Frogman C. Greene (left) and D. C. Scott with State Police Investigator NORFOLK ?Never on 5 day" is going to apply as strictly to the International Azalea Fes- tival coronation from now on as it did to a young lady portrayed recently in a popular song and a mavie. Well, perhaps it is. - Festival chair- man Clyde H. Jacob Jr. and the festival exe- cutive commit- 1' tee decided over the weekend to move the festi val coronation i. day back from - noon to Satur- . Jacob day afternoon. The 10th Internatiorlal Azalea Festival will start next April 15. And it will end with the corona- tion of its queen in the NATO f. Amphitheater of the Botanical Garden on the aftemoon of Sat- urday, April 21. ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER Until last Spring. Saturday was the traditional day for the-festi- val coronation, just as "fair" was the traditional coronation weather. Veteran festival hands could point out: "It?s never rained during a coronation In the 1m festival coronation. heldforthe?rsttimeonaSun- .day, Azalea Queen Peggy. Gold- water and her court got?soaked in a thunder storm that dropped more rain on the gardens than fallsinherhomestateofAri- mm in a year. So the committee has changed back to Saturday and hopes, at the same time, to change its weather luck back to good. Festival chairman Jacob. whose Chamber of Commerce president Harry Mansbach, has worked closely with the festival' and its orgaruzers' in the past. Jacob is an expert on relations in the sphere of bank- ing and finance. He is a vice of Commerce. third vice chairman- of the executive committee. president of the National Bank Serving with him on the festi- val execu?ve committee will be H. Waller Whittemore, vice chair- man; Jack Prince, second vice drairrnan; and John Sea rs Jr., Sid Oman, executive director of the International Azalea Festival and director of public relations for the Norfolk Chamber of Conr- merce, is a permanent member One of the ?rst jobs of the festi- George Mavredes after probing swamp near scene of brutal attack. Azalea Saturday Coronation Date Moved Back ceptable as Queen Azalea X. has been made- -. The committee also has made week weather. April 22. Who is Karl Jorgensen? What happened to him? For the answers, see story on-page 25.? val committee will be to find a girl who is both available and ac- . The selection already may have been made, but no annonncement a second decision about festival If April 21 doesn?t have the Saturday good weather luck of past festival weeks, the.festival organizers will give Sunday an other chance to be sunny on