 Allegedly frightened, she recoiled, and "the form jumped away, mumbled something and ran into the parlor," on the north side of the house, where he proceeded to go from room to room.Blanche allegedly called out to her 43-year-old mother, Gertrude (who went by her middle name, "Emma"), which was said to have awakened her father.Ballard went to Blanche's room and, "perceiving a negro in the house," tried to approach the man.