The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-03-12

where he frat came into tho building, ane
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A Ghost Story.
RATH. N. Y, February l6.-survey,
Of largo tract Of land in the town o
Jaap~r, :n thia County. are being mad,
inr party Of cnnfding capitalists from
Buffalo and Albany, who intend 70 pur
chase the tract on the strength; Of an old
legend, which locates q silver mine and
a treasure cave" on the property. The
legend has been prominent in the folk
lore Of the Cnh0cton Valley ever sinee
the frat white peuple settled there
People formerly had unalloyed faith ia
the legend. but during late years the
story has served only To amuse strangera
and the advent Of persons into the val
ley who treat the story seriously and in
tend to renew tho long abandoned search
for the legendary treasure. has greatly
surprised the neighb0rs nf the property
During the French aud Indian war, 81,
runs the legend. two Quaker brothers by
| The name of Dickinson entered the
Cohocton Valley to trade with the In.
'iians. They gained the confidence OF
the natives 10 euch m extent that the
latter revealed to the traders the exist.
euce of silver mine somewhere along
Bennett Greek, "a the atream is now
called. The brothers had in their ser.
vice an old man who had come with them
from Philadelphia. The Qnakers worked
the silver mine, the IRE of which was
very pure, and hid the treasure 10 cave
known only to themselves until such
time IN they could have i, conveyed to
Philadelphia. Near the close of the wn :
stranger appeared one day at the cabin
of the Quaker brothers, which was In the
most dense part Of the forest. He aad
| he was deseEter from the French army,
and begged for shelter and food. Thea,.
we're gladly given him. The frat night
he was In the cabin he overheard the
| Quakera talking about their treasure.
Ihay evidently supposed their guest wa.
| asleep. From their conversation he
CLEANED that 1t was aecreted somewhere
in the vicinity. He alsO learned that
they intended TO start their servant fnr
Philadelphia the next day, aud had
| gwen him nIeasaRe To another brother
there, which would inform him IA to the
place where the treasure was hidden, in
case anything should happen To the
br"thera who were working the mine
The diabolical thought entered the mind
of the stranger To murder the Quakers
IN the morning, pursue and nvertuke the
messenger, murder him, aud secure pos
| session of the paper which revealed the
] storing place of the reputed wealth
After the servant had started on bis
journey the next mnrning, the stranger
surprised one of the brothers who wus
LII fnt NJ - 3 4
slaSbed him To death. He then returned
to the cabin snd killed the other brother.
The Frenchman next hurried in the di.
rection taken by the servant, and over
! taking him succeeded in numbering him,
aud getting pt,sseusinn of the n,esaagp.
| Que glnnce At the paper showed him
that his blondy work had .een In vain,
inr tho Instructions were written in
| cipher. UUable to discover key 10 the
mystic writing, the murderer returned to
France, taking tho cipher with him.
Fur many years he stu,Iied it in vain,
haunted perpelunliy by the memnry 0i
nis trui,less crime. He became insane
and died 10 an asylum raving about the
murder. the cipher aud the treasure.
In 1910 Gregory Harding Reltled With
his family In the town Of Jasper. He
anew the legend, aud, unlike Others, be
placed no faith IN Il. A few months af
Ter he settled In the valley he dreamed
chat he saw cave not far from his
clearing. The opening of the cave was
concealed by large fat rock, upon which
ant copper kettle. In the cave was
| stured enormous wealth In silver, but Il
ya. guarded by two ghostiy senlinels.
Harding thought nothing of his noctur
nai vinlUn until the arrival nf his twin.
brother 10 tho clearing. This brother
had dream exactly like that Of the
olher brother, and wbsu the latter was
told the story he was 80 Impressed with
the circumstance that he resolved to 10
vestigate the matter. The Two brothers
searched for The cave. They found the
locality just ~ they bad seen il iu their
dreams. aud discovered the copper kettle
aud the fat rock, but, remembering and
fearing the spectre guardians that
watched the treasure within, they did
not attempt TO remove the covering.
The next day Gregory Harding was
killed by tree he wHB telling, aud bis
brother was thrown from his hqSse aud
killed. The secret Of the caves locality
died with them. :.
| Iu 1880 the Rev. Ansnn P. Greene, @
Methudist preacher who knew the legend
aud believed that there was strong basis
0f fact for II, came to the Cohociou
Valley from Genesee. accompanied by q
woman who profensed 10 have wonder
ful glass, by looking into which she coult
zee the secret cave where the treasure O.
tie murdered Quaker VAS hidden. Thi,
woman and Duminie Green's searched
aiOnf lnelt Greek for the spot where
the waa 10 bs found. They finally
reac..:. place which the woman said
while gazing into her glass, was the mp
preach 10 the cave. AZ she was reading
what further Was being revealed In tht
glass she was stricken blind, and tn,
search was necessary abandoned. Greene
and the woman remained that night q
the house of the Rev. Jedediah Stephens
In the neigbborhood. They related wba
had occurred. StepheGs's son Silas was
cu7iods 10 sse the marvellous glass and
he was allowed to look into Il. He sale
he could see pisinly ths cave and its sur
roundings and could go straight 70 th,
spot. No ono else could discover any
thing in the glass. The next day silal
Stephens and his brother. Nathsn wen
out to find the cave. As they neared th,
spot Si!ss gradually grew blind, but b,
continued to describe the way to the cav,
70 his brother and insisted on proceeding
They had gone but short distanc,
further when Silas became deraDged, ant