Lady in the Clock haunts Courthouse elevator

On some moonlit nights with wispy clouds drifting by, there have been sightings of a woman in a hooped skirt standing at the DeWitt County Courthouse Tower Clock. Light softly illuminates her face as she gazes over the rolling hills.

“I have seen it (the lady) on the other side (of the tower)” Peggy Ledbetter said, pointing to a photograph of the clock tower. Ledbetter worked 37 years at the Courthouse as county treasurer and also coordinated the 2007 renovation. She is currently the chairman of the DeWitt County Historical Commission.

“I know of somebody at the courthouse that was working one day – said she saw it. It looks like a figure of a woman passing through the clouds,” she said.