Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-03-12
HIDDEN TREASURE.
OsyIslsCeNCE Of GUERRILLA
= WARFARE,
rys thousand Dollars in Gold and
;,s- Unearthed After Being Buried
IN Kentucky Cave for
Eighteen Years,

,r.g,,U.B0vE, CUNBgELAND Co, ny,
,,I11-During the last week a SEN
- ~. considerable interest came to
.Yrae,. II was nothing more
than th. disco 5ery AMI re-
~ of a vast amounted gold, silver
nm, stones which have been
.ir.. the beginning Of the war
small cave on tho farm
.pt.rt q. Willis, one mile south
.ts. town The treasure consists
... S,5uul iu gold AMI silver coin,
mt ~IuUuO present valuel Of
.rrI a, diamond rings, pins,
-. ,,r. ltarprarS that Mr.. Wiz
- rrT fnp~r valusbles m an old
-..,,.. which hc buried m the eN-
''-. .,.I.f the cave, covering It over
..fm-ls anil loose rocks from the
'...f,gre cave. III, wife alone he IN
..i M rr.ari 20 the precise spot
.r.. -rrI,urr hal been secreted.
.,-... f, Wuui have been very I'M
...s.r, ,l have impaired such an I'M
...r, ,r,rr, % any other person or
t.., weeks alter Secrcting all this
30. Nlr. Willis myo,eriOusly dis
I, f, supposed ne was Hllled
..-..., ON he Cumberland river,
....s- H.. hat gone with several head
s......r. ship 90 FIShyille. lie was
T...-l ri ai,yrWIrl, and his wife
..r.f f.r him until the day Of her
.... which occurred last Saturday,
No.. l., A,tlou.h she was well
..-.f..., then, was q y;tst fortune bur
.f.r,t.r cave. vet she did not lmpart
...-...rt .p any person, and having u
... ..r.umu from the farm, had no par
..- r..-l ui any ol the money, so
.. ,...r-.f size would let q remain
....-...r, Do vJ, iu,lva~ safe Isltcould be
..ea.-. Griri over the loss ot her
...rrf auI having poor health COM
....r rendered her somewhat careless
..E mI.Irr.ut She lived all alone
....gr..I negro man and his wife -
..- servant, anil companions. They
K-...f slave, belonged to her father
-aIrur,l7i her iu her infancy, and
,..al, perfectly content She hat no
... ..-.r rr near relatives, and a lew
... n..rr. Death claimed her as his
..g. impaired the secret OF the hid
Lon t-r,rrr tp these old servants, also
.,I... John D.. Hogan, her pastor, ami
" .,-, UH,lry Is tore, her attorneys,
.ramur.I tl execute her last will and
testament
r.. r-a>ur. WIS ipuud according To
|-..r..r,. a.I sale amt sound and in
--,. ..>, condition, and it was opened
rH.- r-.,rurr. She bcgueaihed her
r.,....auI >tUUNO to her old servants,
a,.,uru.d homestead, Il rich farm OF
son. guU acres. The remainder she
u-.... 'r r.myy>jci in securities for
..- .u,t.uI'> d.uuiit, should he turn
u9l.,u .u twenty Years. II not, that
o. .a. donated ,p Catholic charitable in
s., nod. u, 'uHt may Dee greatly in need
u, o. u t.r' time, IN Louisville,
Hg.. f.. interest ,I Doe given from now
uI YEARLY fu rI.u-n'uU asylum there.
Ia.,Ea,' tua>gr. SIS taken t0 Glasgow,
~. ,'.ray aui shipped from there
o. louisville whrr 20 will Dee deposited
r-,.- present With the ~lic Deposit
Company. r.r u., rulurrd servants
u..Wr tau, auuamrly rewarded Tor
-rr Iryr,.n pNrry-~,j the wish that
u-n portion .. rhr treasure De- invested
I-'.uu. "a, they dri not wish to keep il
.g 'ar uIu,.. lag.g- tlev would be mur-
t.r.I Go f
l".u. Wherein tho treasure has
A. u. .-.rr.a.I l.r-p many years has
H.r visited Goo. .t-r ,.W days hv many
.I-.u- n-r,ur- su.l our citizens have
n..a greatly uN.rrrj over an event of
NurNtrartruJry interest.
ln-ut tr mention that Mrs. Willis
."..Eari SlOoo iD her home paper,
u.t.s,.rw Nv Tones. which. she as
,.., u her viii. Was a source oi great
''a..r' tr her ,u her sorrow, bringing
a.r..y urv, from her old humc IN Bar
rN county, Nv, and thus, iOr once i'm
"'r>,ury u, the times. % newspaper is
A"ay remembered tu "A last viii and
't>'9urg-