The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-04-15
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Mr.. TRsUT AND THE GYPsY-A Gypsey
woman was arrested In New York the other
day for defrauding Western man OF So,
25O. While she was in Jail. Nirginian,
rom Roaneke county. came up and identi
led her. His name was David S. Trout,
and he says that in February, 1875, he re-
ceived note, signed d. T. Worton, saying
that there was natural deposit of silver
on his farm. In 1876 Mrs Worton, the
gypsy woman, called on him. She said,'
continued Mr.. Trout, that close to my
house there was deposit of silver contain
ing about million dollars, that the mass
OF it was in a crude state, but that large
amount Of the metal had already been mined.
The silver, she said, was first discovered.
many years ago, by two Indian chiefs, Cur
~ and Mesh, who, on shifting their habi-
tation buried their fortunes there and put a
spell over the mine, which 1T required su-
perhuman gift to break The hiding place
was sealed by secret, and she alone could
charm it away and open the mine for my
bereht. | teld her that if she could show
NE where the mine as l would give her
one haf of the proceeds, but she said she
needed package of 81, 900 ts handle, al
ways in my presence, SO that she could
work out the secret. l didn't have SO much
money at hand and told her that could
net get it. She came 10 see me number
Of times, and at length she said she could
extract the secret of the hiding place Of the
mine if she could handle $4,000 but she
promised that the money should never 90
out of my sight. At length got the $lO,-
no together in bank notes and the gypsy
began her incantations. She counted the
money, sprinkled it with earth, muttered
over it and said prayers without number
When she had finished she went away,
eaTlag the money in my hands, tied up in
brown paper, and as she cautioned me not
to touch it for fear | would undo her work
| put it up and kept it intact until she re-
turned again. She paid me several visits,
anf each time took out the money, examin-
ID it carefully and prayed over it. l held
it for time while she prayed. This was
lone several times At length on May 7,
IS77, she said that all her plants were
working so we'll that in one more visit she
would charm away the spell that bound the
secret of the mine, and would, she thought
5e able to lead me directly to it. She
again took the money, p--yed over it and
asked me to count it to see if it was all there.
/ dent want you to think, she said to me,
that would steal any of it. | said: If
would kill you [ saw that all of my mon
eY was in the package just as had given it
to her, and then she carefully tied it ap and
put string about it, Now she said,
the spell is broken, and in one more visit
It will be cast aside. But she added, no
one must touch this package l promised
to lock it up, but she said she wanted me
TO swear to it upon the Bible. | turned to
get the Bible, and the money was hardly
3ut OF my sight moment. | turned again
'ad she had the package extended toward
| 1e. | swore upon the Bible that l would
not open it or allow any one else to do SO
lad took the package. l wrote ID. ID. |
Trout upon the back and made marks upon |
wherever there was field of the paper |
. that [ could tell if any one disturbed it. |
inen put it away AS she did not return |
'e money the bank where obtained it, |
opened the package and found that it
ontaned strips of newspaper cut into the
we OF bank notes, and that there wasn't a
emmy of my $40. 900 left
hr' Trout will begin suit in Hudson
unity, New Jersey, where the gypsiss have
;OPerty to recover his property.-Neao
iork SIN.