Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-10-18
CONCEALED WEALTH.
The Curious Places where ~ oney Has
Besn Found when Hidden or Lost.

detective, TO a Sun reporter, "to search
for money concealed by eccentric pco-
pie There was more of this hiding Of
cash forty years ago, than there Is now,
owing probably, TO the doubtful char
acter of some of the old savings banks.
"Somc fifteen years ago, | went up
to farm house in Orange county, at
the request of the heirs. 10 look for
money. The deceased had no striking
characteristics for my purpose. and
after trying several lines of search for
eedays. grew doubtful. His riding
saddle had been ripped open. his boot
heels knocked off for diamonds, his
shoes split up and his upholstery pull
cd to pieces. Bricks had been taken
out, the hearth torn up, and the vain
scotings pulled down. Even the back
boards Of picture frames hal been
taken out, and the boys had dug around
the roots OF every tree in the orchard.
but still no money had been found.
The reward was too large 10 Lc lost.
but | was nearly at my wits end.
Finally the thought came like flash:
where was the old gentleman in the
habit Of sitting ! asked. 'Oh, he al
most always sat by that window said
the brother; but we've pulled every
thing 20 pieces around there sit
down just as he did The man sat
down. In which direction was he
most apt to look>' Nowhere in par
ticular; out Of the window, generally
Toward the barn. NO, this way !
followed the look: it was in the line Of
an old used-up pump. Which way
did he walk when he went out to the
icld| over - the pump and then
made a hcc line for tie pond These
answer. had certain Significance
Men like 10 have the place Of conceal
mout in sight, and i, is Wen known
that they VIII often walk over money
they have luricd. To sea tha, The sod j.
uudisturhoi had the pump taken
up and excavations maIc-uo money
The pump was replaced ! entered
the room once more, and stool hy the
window suddenly / saw faint but
peculiar looking mark uu the sill; i'
was a surveyors point ! liueI' it up
10 the pump. measured ont 60 the exact
centre Of the line. and tho digging be-
gan. y two5uch steam pipe was
struck at a depth 81 four feet The
end was plugged: | took home a $500
lin that night"
g! had curious case two years ago.
\ wealthy man had been attacked
with partial paralysis. and his speech
and the greater part Of his memory
bad loit hIm. He wrote ont the quc--
ton: Where did ! put my monc/
The amount was large. $4,000 in
bonds. which be hal been about g.
take 10 safe deposit huilIing. The
heirs were Wild stopped all tho
tearing up and cushinu-pTch.ng busi-
ness. for the man was not 2 'cuncoalcr.'
though It WAS supposed hy the doctors
that ho had felt the attack coming uu.
and hal put the money Ia some out-of-
thc-way-placc. Just how, or in what
spot In his library be- had fallen. could
not Dc made out. After q days rc,lcr.
tion. my partner and had 10 conclude
that he had lc.n robbed. Two course.
were open to us. We could make sud.
den arrests without any real evidence.
always hateful course for a good de-
tcctiyc to take or we must find the cy-
act spot whore tie man fcIl. and line
up from that The doctors helped us
here. You had better examine the
gcntlcman's body, they said We did
So and found long horizontal mark
on the hip. and blue marks on the knee
and elbow. lie had fallen sidewisc
over an object not over sixteen inches
high. and having a narrow, rounded
edge Of metal. for an iron mark was
found on the clothing. Every piece
OF furniture In the house was inspect
ed, but to no purpose. The heirs ap-
parent were in despair. We took all
night 20 think the matter over. Then
my partner said: How about the eel
lar That's where the household metal
is They all laughed. lie hasn't
been there in a year. they said. We
went down. My partner glanced
quickly around, and then gave me a
look that can almost feel running
through my nerves 10 this day. lie
had discovered some common house
hold articles which had not been used
| sincp the family had lepn searching