The Mystery of the Courthouse Calamity (Eden Patterson: Ghost Whisperer Book 1) by Barker Constance

Author:Barker, Constance [Barker, Constance]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Barking Mad Books
Published: 2016-03-03T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The Manchester library was more modern than I had envisioned it to be, with a huge children’s library and even a teen’s room. The lady who had taken care of Syd and Goog earlier ushered us into one of their small conference rooms where we could plug in our laptops and Google what couldn’t be found within the confines of the library. Jeffrey had the day off and said he would escort Ms. Anita Baker to the library.

I Googled train robberies and the history of Manchester and came up with some interesting tidbits. “There were several train robberies in this area,” I told Goog, Syd and Luke. “There are several blogs on train robberies in the 1800’s and here’s a mention of Manchester, KY. Says a band of brother outlaws caused havoc in the small town of Manchester, KY during 1870 to 1872. It also says they buried their loot in various places on the land their dad owned.”

“Which could be miles and miles of territory,” Matt said as he walked into the conference room carrying a copy of a large map from the map office in town.

He spread it over the table. “The Cowling that Goog was talking about this morning…well he owned thousands of acres of land around here. So the old guy was loaded. At one point however he sold it all and left town.”

“Wonder why?” Syd asked.

“Because his sons were dead.”

We jerked our heads up to see Jeffrey and a little white haired lady standing with a cane next to him in the doorway. Jeffrey made the introductions and we had Ms. Baker sit down so she could explain more.

“I was so happy to hear from Jeffrey that some people were interested in knowing more about our local history. It’s not often I get to talk about it, well except for the old boys down at the senior center who want to disagree with me on about everything.” She leaned over to Syd. “I think they’re just trying to flirt with me.” We all liked her immediately.

“Well Ms. Baker…” Luke began.

Ms. Baker raised her hand. “Oh no, you must call me Anita.”

“Okay Anita. As Jeffrey has probably filled you in, we’re here to investigate the goings on at the courthouse. I assume you’ve heard.”

“Oh yes, it’s the talk of the town. I hear old Judge Rockingham took the ride of his life. Got to admit whoever’s doing this has a sense of humor.” She chuckled gently. Man, this judge was on everybody’s hit list. I was beginning to think maybe the haunting was more earthbound than we thought.

“Nobody seems to like this judge,” I interrupted. “Could it be that someone alive has it in for him.”

Jeffrey spoke up. “Well, that would be half the county.” Hmmm… “But honestly, I was there for some of the goings on and that gavel banged my noggin a couple of times. Not hard, more playful. So it wasn’t just Judge Rockingham. A few others had the same problem…just ol Judge R had it worse than most.

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