Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-06
BURIED BULLION.
Murder, Robbery and Insanity.
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.

the PIOcne ana Hamilton road at thai
time. Not only was the stage robbed
of a large amount of bullion, but the
driver, James Mann, was killed, and
a passenger was wounded. The plum
der-six bars of bullion-amounted to
over S s 5000, and it was believed that il
was buried somewhere in the vicinity.
Two men were arrested and taken to
Belmont, and after al examination
were discharged for want of proof OF
their completely in the robbery. AS
these men were lurking around Eure-
ka canyon both before and after their
arrest, it was suspected that they had
planted the treasure in the canyon,
and in view of this suspicion they were
Swallowed for some time. The men
were too shrewd for the officers, and
after lingering here for a couple of
weeks they departed for Colorado Ter
ritory. This was rendered necessary
by the constant vigilance of the author
tiles and the impossibility of raising or
disposing of the buried bullion.
DEPARTURE.
They proceeded Immediately to Den
yer City, and their career in that place
was very brief. Three weeks after
their arrival there they became EN-
broiled in a saloon row, in which one
of them was killed and the other Sc
verely wounded, having been shot in
the head. He fingered along in the
1 ItASntfal for tron tnnttfhS N. ptteratinn
having been performed by which the
bullet had been extracted and his skull
%trepanned. He was finally discharged
as cured, and in about a week became
violently insane. lie was arrested,
and after a proper examination com.
mitted to the asylum, where he was
confined until about two years ago,
when he died. During his incarcera-
ton 1t was always necessary to c%outine
him in a straight jacket, as he was
very violent. His attendant, a bright
young fellow, was impressed with the
persistency with which lie REQUIRED to
the fact of his having concealed a
large amount of bullion in Eureka
canyon. When he first spoke of the
| subject, il was looked upon as the
mere rawlings of an insane man; but
the constant reiteration of the story,
and tho details accom- anying the
statement, induced Bryson, the attend
ant, to listen with more attention. BY
questioning the crazy man, he found
out the whole story, from the inception
of the robbery until his discharge
from the hospital. Bryson still looked
upon it AS the fancy of a disordered
brain and gave it but little thought,
except in building day dreams on the
remote possibility OF its truth. During
the last six months of Smiths the sur
viving bighwayman) Imprisonment,
he became very reticeut, his mania
taking another form, i'll marked con-
trast with his former garrulousness;
moody aud morose tits were finally
succeeded by an idiOtic state, and the
poor fellow died nom softeniug OF the
brain.
LOVES YOUNG DREAM.
Soon after this, Bryson had an al.
tercation with the resident physician
and was discharged. This was some
eighteen months ago, and lie left for
his home in Winterset, Iowa, where he
went to work on a farm. 1t was a dull
life to him, and the probabilities are
that he would not have stayed in that
humdrum community very long had
1t no been that he met his fate in the
person of a charming young lady, the
daughter of his employer. He was a
bright, and withal "A good-looking
young fellow, and his manly ways
soon wrought an impression on the
girls heart, and in a short time she re
~ciprocated the passion. 1t was the old
story, loves young dream, "When
loves well timed, Ills not a fault 10
love; the strong, the brave, the virtu-
Gus and wise sink in the soft captivity
together With mutual VOWS aud ten.
der flame these TWO lived on, conceal.
ing from the stern parent their passion
and dreading the moment of its dis
coverY. He was penniless and she the
only daughter of "A sire who counted
his acres of waving corn by the hun
dreds, and annually fattened number
less hogs for the Chicago market. The
disparity of their positions was great,
but after a years faithful service at the
pillow and around the farm, Bryson
finally picked up courage TO declare
his love and ask the old mans con-
sent
REFUSAL.
The storm burst at once and our
hero was covered with contumely.
How dare he aspire to the hand Of an
heiress of broad acres, the belle of the
country and the apple of the old mans
eye; he a penniless adventurer, a
hired man, ETC., etc. He was dis
charged instanter, and found himself
| adrift ON the wide world with the saw
ings of a years work as a nest.egg of
the fortune that he must have to placate
the fathers anger. He went to town
after a stolen interview with his be-
loved, in which both swore eternal
constancy. He tried to persuade her
to elope, but her fears got the better of
her love and she declined to precipitate
matters, hut suggested that it would
he better for him to make a fortune and
then demand a reconsideration OF the
old mans fiat. He lett tor town, and,
while pond-ring over his forlorn con-
dition, his thoughts reverted TO the
gatherings of his former ward in the
asylum.
SEEKING FOR INFORMATION.
Cogitating on the subject he finally
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