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Show SPECT0R DRIVES MAN FROM HOME. GHOST OF FATHER-IN-LAW CON-STANTLY CON-STANTLY HAUNTS RETIRED INDIANA MERCHANT. INHERITED PALATIAL PLACE Apparition of Deceased Relative Follows Fol-lows New Owner Over Premise Continually, Finally Forcing Him to Move. Elkhnrt, lnd. Harassed by tho stalking specter of his nged father-In-law, John B. (laiinan, who died two years ago, John Ottorson has abandoned aban-doned a palatial suburban placo which was bequeathed him by his deceased relative. Otlerson Is a wenlthy retired re-tired merchant, having been In bust-' ncss In Elkhnrt for a number of years. While Mr. Otterson is not prono to beliovo In ethorenl materializations, ho nsscrts that in spirit form his father-In-law haunted him. Tho apparition followed him over the premises, stood by him when he attempted to do light work about his country homo, nnd frequently was his companion during tho dead hours of night. Thnt Mr. Otterson bus an ordinary temperament, tempera-ment, nnd Is not nt all given to nervousness, nerv-ousness, makes his story of tho ghost all tho more remarkable. Ho Is a giant physically, and mentally, well-educated well-educated and well read. Otterson claims that ho only escaped es-caped tho apparition when away from the home nnd without tho boundaries of tho luxuriant gardens whoro his deceased de-ceased relative spent tho greater part of his four score years. Tho aged Mr. Onrman, ono of iho pioneers of Elkhart county, left a largo estate. To his daughter, Mrs. Otterson, Otter-son, and her husband ho bequeathed tho greater part of It. Tho eccentric pld gentleman, who has como bnck from tho spirit world 10 nuum 1110 living, died irom n urou-en urou-en heart, his only .son having met a trnglo death. Dating from thnt Incident Inci-dent to tho tlmo of his demise, which occurred six months later, Mr. Gar-man Gar-man walked sorrowfully about tho premises lamenting through tho long hours of tho summer days his son's untimely death and refusing to bo solaced. His grief was deop seated, nnd ho virtually walked out his llfo on the familiar paths of tho old homestead. home-stead. It Is In tho plcturcsquo brick mansion man-sion about and nround his favorlto earthly rotreats, that tho Bon-ln-law In recent months has seen tho ghostly form of John Carman. Tho specter first appeared n few months after tho old gentleman's denth. Frequently while ho wns roaming over thu fields, or strolling through tho groves or orchards, tho mystcrl 011s, unreal and unnerving specter has sprung up bcsldo him, nnd timing his pneo to thnt of Mr. Otterson has uc cnmpnnlcd him nbout. It makes net ther sign nor motion, looks neither to the right nor left, but with folded arms nnd bent head keeps up Its noiseless tread with maddening precision. Sometimes, nsscrts tho haunted man, upon returning from a drivo tho unearthly vision nppeared to him In tho barnynrd. As ho unhitched nnd unharnessed his team tho apparition wntched his procedure with unseeing oyes. Tho expression of tho faco was always sorrowful Just as It had been jl '" The Spectre Accompanied Him About. in llfo during his days. Tho materialization material-ization to Mr. Ottorson was full llfo size, tho vory image, ho declares, of his fathcr-ln-lnw. No other person has seen tho alleged ghost. Mr. Otterson's experience with tho specter but recently beenmo public Ho boro tho ordonl silently, fearing tho taunts and ridlculo of his frlonds. Lately tho nnnoynnco beenmo so great that ho decided to remove from tho placo. Tho Garinan family was ono of tho moBt widely known In this city, being among tho very early settlors of the county. The family, whose namo was formerly spelled "Gorman," camo here from Pennsylvania, whoro John Oar-man's Oar-man's relatives settled and named the city Germnntown. Tho Ottorsons nre equally woll known. No ono hore doubtB tho voracity and sincerity ol Mr. Otterson's statements concerning tho specter which has haunted him, but all aro at a loss to account for the strango Incident. |