, 1869-08-12
BOGUS TREASURE FOUND
UIsc0veFY OF More ThMm Three
ThouAnnd DolInFr In Coin, mud II
MyAteFy not Dlscov


From the Glksbtro tfM) FTst Pres, .tu,u,t7.
In the neghbof.ng village uf HenefaulI. 4,,.ne
eghs niles north oi thEs c'ty, the Ut tfre.
thousand nne hundFeti and tsliy-sevra ,lo!iar- ID
Nelson Campbell and Il r Jonts
a I'D ,Ss ns IN %shs %
! used as tavern, when Henderson va, Ill ,,u-
pottant toHp- In the course oE their wo7I shry
mad occasion 10 pull down the ceiling lu the gar
ret Hhere they found resting on the tairers lar q.
ob"Ds boz, y a!ch hns security fastenet! by t,t.
they got tie box down and broke optn Tie lotk'
| lfelr surprise may peEhai'v ee Imagined wien
| they SAT- sp!ead before then suct, heap Of git
I their good fortune, and agreed to .lsvlic LIE
lresause equally, AZ there ceftatnly c,.ati
be no other .ctaiHanr-the hoa.e having
! been uuihhatit:d for years. IN orler no veter.
10 nake assurance uuully sure. Gr, Gauus.a
cnrlt ~ this city, yestelas. With sryt5l sI,ttI-
Of IT. + Dasan m &c e1ssr slr .y of th
Third National bank After submitting the CON,
tu various tests they we're pronounced Spurious
tu Campbell he acie! a. If l,e wus furous1labr,
anu seemed TO think he ws+ specially xruntti
aud cheated BY Ing the coin passed On h,m tn
\ citizen Of the place who called upon u yes-
ttr1ta, esentuS SAYS. that in tue summer OF 1855,
tuHLg the memorable caura.En het weeu Lincoln
aud Douglas, the hnuse ~As Iraset! hy au elderly
aud respectable lo1Nug stranger rho represented
hia,scH as trpm Srw YORK. and shat he ~as u
"luSWeF WtLH iOuS Eeus. III due time tht iln3
nrr7se1-all young men between 81 aud 81 yrIns
old. No wonun "a ever seen around the h0its.
and no che was ever admitted The rve tns0
lived HE Of Utter sec1usion, and though
this gnve nse to considerable talk ami
BLsplclou IN the ueIghbothood, yet NJ
one could g1Se any tangible cause for It's fh!nStny
III Of The strangers, except that lights were seen
through ch!nks and cErslces Mt AlI hours Ut t.l,.
night The men appeared qaiet and decent they
Fatt promptly aud literally for whatever they
purchased. anet although someNhaE repeItaht thew
were coo{ courteous To alL We have no romance
70 ten-ouay plain unsarntshed tae-at,d 1t unly
remains for lis to sag that tue lttlr community,
thar the tive men hai sudteuly yant5hrIt.
and have never bre1 Keen or heara OF In ta1, rr-
zion from that day until the present time Thc
tutlc2 Of the bogus cntu gives Hse to i SUSPICION
that amounts almost to 3 certainty that the n.e
strangers werr gauE OF counterfeit
trs. II Is well known TINT At that time tue nuI,.
Nest WIS lnunuated with counterfeit silver coin.
ard It Ii pEUeable that these ta had established
lie headquarters for Northern IitIuoi4 Ill ucndrt-
3on. II Is snrlt*rI that their hustF exit Eas
,ruhabt, taus<d d by the fact TINT the detective.
.Uflce. urged on by large rewofds and the extent
il The cuuntesftiuhK operations, were unus,tl1Iy
lcttve and alert, and hai gut upon their track
IL that Us II may, their 1!ght WAS as sudden AMI
ntsteroni, and series As solution OF the fuss-
cry Of the counterfeit coin.
The bogus pieces are well calculated to.,lccctvc
ven an expert, and show that tue cOuuteftttters
ttanet extraordinary sklll IN their neIarIouS art
hHts unu Campbell acknowledge themselves
u1ly sold IN 1ndu1gtng IN high hopes - thcy
III when they 1rht found the suppoaeu treasure