It is rumored that ghosts have been sighted walking around the courthouse grounds at night. These ghosts are said to have been the hanging victims of the death sentences carried out in the 1800s.
A woman from Spain came to live in the house with her new husband that was picked for her by the bride’s father. Soon after the newlyweds settled in, the husband became very abusive and threw his bride down the staircase, and she died. Soon after the bride was dead, the French man committed suicide. […]
Stairs and District Clerk’s Office late night users of the law library or persons in the Courthouse have heard footsteps descending from the third and second floors. Rumored to be the ghost of the old District Clerk who was shot by the County Sheriff after a political dispute on the Court House steps.
