Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-10-03
MONEY DIGGING.


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SEARCHING fOS BUehEA r9EAS
TURES IN ~USSEx COUNTY
TWENTY.TIvE YEARS Ago.
=. n.u :. -,
SUSSEX cou"'y W" P'ece.
about whicn c'us'oI t'su"'o"r An'
me nories VI w p"ss' SUI ms"y suos1
stories arc nsu'ou ~ =" .V'll .s.uor "a
son even W 'no '.au % soue' SsvI. "a
one poiht W iS"u - u %u - oIu ~
it was culLsns,y uun0vO" 'wenty.nv'
years ago tlss LII I,., oou'u NO "t'eh -
most any I's ss" Lun NJ. .''s osLy.
ing h's he'A' unuo' ~ ni' ni. ~ "uo ne no'
place. ""t ~ '"e Wv. .,a' us''''noio n'ie
former owner .. Ms'a'n property ~
tne V,cini'y, ous ""D aSu h's ne' = sm
lent ue"'n 'n"uy yo'n oei"i", was no'
4Tently seen on 'ne Ioau .. ~ ,n'unigao
houF, aa' W"!Iu so.'.lnes so ahe ,ne
loer'y " so' iulo 'no ~"kou y, oo'"I
ea travsaer' I'LL" "''''n'""S h'h par
OF Ino way . ., ....
lhese a; o,u ,'"'I snoo. '.o''.s III, Nv @ uoau, y,
were niPawi"y "oaove" a. . uM. pol'o.'
by many o. .ne peop.e, anu .us'r super
s'ltiou- VIEWS Mnie so'n' lures c"rrlos'
mo Prac'ioe ~ osuS'us '"su W Iorll,
midnls.' p.'"os wi .uo puIiDSe VI
seekn,s n: osus Du.ou '.s"y yos!s
oeiote l'',n'nen' a'uo"s '"1 ,s s''oAeIs
lor og'ic" n.y. mo",y vas Oh o'u mau
haliieu hno.,ao .nnpa., n WIZ W. 'ne
helo ,,i VI many HI H. Ase"'S,. s, "i.u @ spooAs
ana g'p.,ns h: ne wa" i"rin manu- anu
on az o,ho, a suoJ1',s M We poaeos.y sen-
sloIo anu NO, o, Nv ~" oI :, ,S, ~ no 80
'tea9utes '""S n"u oIen u.uuoh III .ue
earth !ol many yaals ne was ne VeIlest
klnu o' ot"nA. ,. ll.'oiulhs W us views
gua'au ~ oo1 rou,"i sp.t y,
enos, an" no oou" '''A'o '"o '''o'' ""~'
cua1liins m n. s1olics. s ILL,
~ amn, I'LL .us kin"u n:,.1 ,or n,eS sIouhu
was rlleu VIII n.uuon wealth., tnat ~
was no' posS,Dle ..! W oDaAla only unuer
T. gei'aii eonul.rne' anu ~ ~ cer1alh t'u.eH'
lnese ',sa..es a.. VI sne v.u iel'ow .u,'
li'neu .ne youns men oi Che surrouhu-
lng couH,iy Will "uav veliess M oppor'n,
'l'ieN y, havink IuA q" niS eApehse' anu
he WAS 'ne ''c''u' o' many d prac'ica'
Joke
he was provuea WIN owning ro1
ani ,onk sPeai' "n,on ..; no a,~ays car
lleI on ',i', siese eeAi,euitlons,an an" 'req uenhs
Wok Diple anu squah'ihy oi naxssed.
ohe ltne, WINE Nc was employed ny a
idrlner named McCaoe, the young m'h
maze up tneir Ihihas 10 nave some iuh.
ana accordingly ihuuced MN 10 accom-
pa1y parry OF ioar or nve in'oa WOODS
IN Baltimore Hundred, where be had
lieqnen'iy avereo mere was large
amount VI money Durie1.
Aho'her party was FORMED secretiy
lor Nhe purpose OF trightening the OLD
man, ana tney were lea by the schoo'
,eacher' young man VINO nad not iCng
~, Tio'e come mere from rhiiadelphia.
i''iS parry consisted oi iour persons,
ea,h 'he ,h'eiopeu III sheet, anu pro-
'lutu WIN soihsthlhg 10 make an ui-
t"r'h'y h"is": Ihe school teacher mad
ago cohcn smell, WIN wnich ne
.o'.' ,'ahe aiinoss any Kin" n VI holse
'"", s"i'o MS fancy Inc eVehtiui
.'t,.l h a.. .I!..a, ana the vic,iln repaired
'" NE W" ds accompanied ny MS Iriends
WI IL 10 ai'host neeuioss W say,
I'd" oeeh preceded ny the bogus
sI.ss'
'mp'er ureW large circle on tae
ground Win ms spear, on which he
p"ca blDie. ana sprink'ed some
I'HSee", nc tnen tooK ms aivining
i,m, ah'., naVing 'ocaied tne treasure,
D'm ' u ple our ioiks, alg Ior yer
hVes, there's forty thousand dollars
a''', W ,he,' fno men cotn'nehCeo 10
VIZ WIN plck anu spale, wneh Al a!
oa.e norl'ole sroau was hearo that
allarehtly came IRON tne very spot
]ueie they were 1leRing. Lawd,
no!s' uio you he1r Ihat sa'u oimp
ni' Already lriRhtened almost out OF
Has WIS and as another groan SOUNDED
a,'n 'ne same place. ne managed 10
gasp Let us quit, the spirits are ar
'et NUS us' ana started toward tue read.
ine coss, az he called them' were 700
I"1h ior nlih' anu noiaing on 70 MS
oenos u preVeh'ea mn from running
ono VI theln saih NO, you don't, MT.
nP'er' we came here 10 get inc money
and We are bound to have it in spite of
sPifs's' ana they fairly dragged the
viu m man BACK TO the place where TIE
T'Selhs pal peen commenced, ana or
Io o, MIN te pray, 10 calm the spirits
"n Il. me oid 1eiiow kheeied down,
ana started in trembling tones Now
,,o W oiooP, puV WI" Pi"yo'
was suddenly interrupted by the party
.'"'ealeu IN 'he underbrush, VINO now
" GSo W 1helr ieet ana started toward
oaGh one making some KIND OF
''Sauiul Si' am. i
o'lnpief was now terrified beyond
no.Su'e, nn,' ana new, leaving part OF his
Ua' III 'he nands OF one OF MS compan.
,vns VINO tried TO hold him. The ghost
pursued MIN, and just AZ he reached
.hra thr euSe OF the woods one of the party
,I,eW in small apple which struck
i.'n ~, III 'he back and caused him toe Jacu-
,.ra,, s vi. uh Lawd,' - as he sprang almost
''tpSs u the road.
r.i nt lore along the road, and when he
tsnea e"euf:, ms home ,aulted over the
wa, was I''lnd afterwards sitting alongside
plazlhg fire, trembling from head
W. loot, and thus told what be had ex-