Do Ghosts Twang Harps? Perplexed Policeman Asks

Detroit Free Press, May 7, 1922

Grand Rapids. Mich., May 7.--Do ghosts play harps?

This is a question troubling a certain few Grand Rapids residents, including Patrolman William E. Crawford, who heard the twanging of harp strings as the officer was inspecting rear doors of business houses, near the down town section early one morning.

No lights were in evidence in the building, and Crawford flashed a light into the interior. The music ceased.

"Darned spooky, whatever it was," declares the officer. The music was also heard by others in the neighborhood.