The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1875-11-25

| IN lnfce banks Ol tnlS Guy. nc uie" II
out, telling the bankers it would be back
in three or four days. This he loaned to
Mr.. Lock, selling him at that time lot
at the junction for 81 600 worth 5000. lie
took Locks notes for $4, 600 in year and
81 900 in two years, with 10 per cent. in
terest He probably retained money,
making the interest greater.
Mr. Lock then visited the parties in the
tent, tells them he has the money, and de-
sires them to reveal the secret to him.
lie showed them the money, when the
woman asked permission to count 1t to
see if it was all correct. 1t was handed
to her, the count was made, pronounced
correct, and she then appeared to wrap it
up for him The package was handed to
him wrapped in napkin with the strict
injunction that it must not be opened
until he had done what they requested.
The kind lady said she would not have
the money in her care, that Mr.. Lock
must hold it, but she gave it to him in
| special charge that the particular and pc
culiar knots in the napkin must not be
| disturbed. If this were done during their
separation certain ruin would follow to
Mr. Lock He was to take the package of
money home with him, keep it there, go
out into the field and get shOvclful OF
earth, place it in bucket or some other
receptacle, and take it into tile State oI
Kentucky and throw it there, the buried
wealth being Kentucky gold. A shovel
| full of Kentucky soil must be brought
| back then in the same manner, thrown
| into the hole where he had obtained the
first, when they would meet him, raise
| the gold, and receive the money. These
| instructions he carried out to the letter,
visiting Kentucky by the way of Cincin-
| natl and crossing on the suspension bridge,
bringing back some soil from the dark
and bloody ground. He then waited for
his "ncw made friends to come, but they
failed to put in appearance. Still he was
| content, as he had the money at hand, as
he thought, and was out comparatively
nothing. Thus it remained until last
Thursday. In the meantime some of his
| friends, including the bankers, his SON
in law, w. B. Morgan, and Mr.. Ad. Arm
strong, grew uneasy about the matter and
believed the Englislman was plotting Mr..
Locks murder with The intention OF rob
bing him of the $1,000. Accordingly,
armed men were kept Tor several nights
around the house, Mr.. Lock not being
aware of the fact. One lay in shock of
corn, another in an out housc-indccd
every approach to the house was guarded.
Before this his friends, to satisfy him,
had dug down in the designated place
and found nothing. Let it be said to his
honor that Mr.. Lock opposed this. He
was playing fair with the squaw() and
meant to carry out every agreement He
feared that digging would bring utter
ruin, but was assured of protection and
finally consented. Still he had confidence
and believed he had every dollar Of the
money safe So confident was he that he
had prepared proper rcceptaclcs for the
piles of gold he was soon to be put in
the friends of Mr. Lock determined to
have the magic knot in the napkin united.
1t was done, and in place of the green
backs were only found brown paper, cut
in pieces the size of a bank note. The
suuaw, a tirst-class slcight-Ot hand per
former, had changed it right before MIR.
Locks eyes. To 20 back a little we may
say, for it is time, that the sweet squaw,
after Mr.. Lock had raised the $4,000, told
him that she would be entirely honest
with him-that there were two deposits
on his farm, the second one having
$50, 900 in it. This she intended to dig
herself and get away with while the cX-
citement over the 100000 lasted. But
he had acted so honestly and so contiding-
ly she would now make this liberal offer:
If he would raise 50 900 more she would
let him have the second gold deposit.
She didn't want to see the money, but
he had better get it at once and have it
ready, for as soon as she had raised the
800, 900 she would then receive from him
the $4,000, first showing him the other
gold, and would then Immediately leave
so that she would not be harassed by Gu
rious people who would surely swarm
around her if she remained. Mr.. Lock
raised this money also, borrowing at
Galveston from his daughter, his sister,
and getting friends to lift deposits from
bank and with merchants and loaning to
him. This 50, 900 he has yet. Of course
she did this as part OF her confidence
game. The above statements are all true
and there are other details not necessary
| to mention. We are not authorized by
Mr.. Lock to say 50, but we are sure he
! would give at least half of the money to
any person who would recover it, and he
would pay very largely for the Englishman
and squaw without the money. Mr.. Lock
| is quiet, hard-working, honest farmer.
He don't read the papers largely and don't
know the ways of the world. He has
| worked hard all his life and has one of the
best farms in the county, one mile from
our Court House. He has large brick
| house on the farm and other correspond
| ing improvements He lost his wife about
six months ago and has since been in very
i'll health himself. He has but two chill
drcn, both married daughters, one resid
| ing in Kansas, the other in this city. The
family has not blemish Mr.. Lock
signs his name by "a mark but is thorough
" acquainted with the art of making
| money out of farming He is so good a
man that the whole community will SYM
| pathize with him--hokoRo (ind.) Trib-
| ,uc, Nor. 13.
L. T. Scott writes in the Country Gen
Hcman: Nearly every winter when | have
my horses upin stable, | think, that will
| call the attention Of your readers to the
practice of feeding potatoes to their horses.
once came near losing a very valuable
horse from feeding him dry hay and oats
with othinSloosening. have never be-
lieved in dosing horse with medicine,
but something is actually necessary to
| keep horse in the right condition.
Many use powders, but potatoes are bet
ter, and safer, and cheaper, if ted judi
| ciously.
The German Empire contains 10000
! schools, with 5000 900 scholars. TO every
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