Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-09-28

auu Nsittu Ine ldTSe Ceileht Hill pSio"
the town and spent some time there
looking at its workings and conversing
with the superintendent. To him they
also told the story of their visit to old
army camp grounds, and their journey
from New York here to revisit them.
1t was late when they left, and they
drove up to the town and out in the di-
rection of Harpers Ferry. Nothing
more is known IF them until the next
morning, near daylight, when they re-
crossed the ferry, and drove off toward
Keedysville, where they took the train
East.
A DISCOVERY AND SENSATION.
Hardly had the morning fairly dawn
ed ere Mr.. Myers, who lives about two
miles from this place, on the road lead
ing toward Dufiields Depot, just above
the Harpers Ferry wood, discovered
that immense piles of dirt had during
the night been thrown up from the root
of large oak tree standing by theroad-
side, few hundred yards below his
house, on the road leading toward the
place He and several of his workmen
Immediately went down and found that
horse and buggy had been hitched to
the fence during the night, and that at
least three or four
WAGON LOADS OF EARTH
had been taken out from around the
roots of the tree by some unknown par
ties, evidently in search for something.
While they were boxing at the mystic
rious pile Of earth, trying to divine the
cause of the digging, one Of them dis
covered = place from which had evident
~ been taken boz two feet in length
/ bv fifteen or eighteen inches in width,
the decayed portions of which were
scattered all about the opening. No
sooner had this been discovered than
the story OF the
QUARTEKMAsTERs HIDDEN CASH
was recalled, and it was at once decided
that he had come and taken it away.
The storS of this discovery soon spread
over the community and large numbers,
of people came to view the spot where
for nearly ten years.
SMALL FORTUNE LAY BURIED,
which had been sought after for a long
time with great energy by several PEG
pie who did not doubt its existence. |
went to the spot, which is about mile
{ from town, and saw the evidences OF the
truth Of what | have related. The
other facts, as related, have been OBJ
tanned by careful inquiry, and are per
fectly reliable,
whose branches have shaded the sub
stance of this story isa huge white oak,
at least three feet in diameter, standing
lust inside the fence in field now filled
with ripening corn. The digging was
begun Just inside the fence, and extend
ed in a semi-circle around the tree, the
trench being about four feet wide all
the way around. The plough has pass
ed over the spot where the treasure was
! buried this season and several past ones
since it has been there without dlstul b.
ING in the least it's security.
/ 10 add to all the above evidence as
to the truth Of the story the two nell
one of whom was undoubtedly recog-
nized as the Young man who came here
Just after the war, searching for the
place where
THE MONEY WAS buried
were seen with large tin or metal box
on their return to keelysville, which
thew did not have when they left there
for this place. To add farther to the
testimony it was found that two spades
and pick had been taken from the &C.
ment mill, used during the night and
returned near morning, but misplaced
From all
TIE EVIDENCES PRESENTED
! there is little doubt but that the story OF
the burial Of the money is true and that
! the man'who buried it came and got il
few nights ago. All the evidence
point. Enthusiastically to the truthfulnoss
/ ofthcse assertions. which are universal
! " credited here. Thus the ill-eotten
! plumber of the war is claimed after it
/ has been in the custody of mother earth
/ for nine years.