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4 There Is said to be a haunted farm house near Gas City, long since deserted. Recently a number of gentlemen of Gas City undertook to explore the hauntedspot, but scarcely had they hitched theirhorses and started toward the building before they were saluted with such unearthly groans that they made haste in flight. Years ago the family of Eli Timpson farmed the place and the senior Timpson accumulated considerable money, which he bequeathed to his wife. The widow secreted her treasure in the cellar. She refused to disclose the hiding place to her son Adam, and he bound her in chains and threw her into the cellar, where he starved her into submission After securing the money he decamped. The old lady remained hound in the cellar several days after his flight, and she was nearly dead when found by the neighbors. This is the story told of the deserted home, which has not been occupied for years. The groans and sounds of weeping are attributed to her lamentations while a prisoner in the cellar.•y •? Jmrn Tmlnrl of Tlnntrillo ? n
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Parker News
Parker, Indiana, US
Fri, Sep 22, 1893
Page 7
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