Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-07-08
A BURIED TREASURE
The Discovery That Excited !
Pennsylvania Village.
4 OOEvICTs Ill GOTTEN GOLD.


II Was hidden Ten Years Age ~ = Ne.
turning Gold Miner and Fugitive frem
Justlee-The Romantic story - Jamss
Hoover's Crimes-Death Bed Genres
sion IN Colorado Prlson.
HUNTINGDON, Pa, July s.-P0rter
township, this county. is much excited
over the finding by Warden Hoyt. oe
the state penitentiary at Canyon City,
Colo, of q buried treasure OF gold mug
gets worth $7,000. He learned the
secret Of the hidden wealth from q life
convict who recently died.
About fifteen years ago James Hoover,
q resident Of Franklin county. in order
to avenge wrong done his sister By .
physician of that county. shot and killed
the latter. Before he could be Mppre.
hended Hoover fed. finally locating az
one Of the numerous mining camps In
Colorado.
stole His Partners Gold.
There he met q man named George
Simpson, of Ohio, and the two joined
fortunes. When they had amassed q
considerable fortune IN gold dust and
nuggets. Simpson fell i'll, aud during his
sickness Hoover decamped with &C nll.
Fearing to remain longer In that part
of the country Hoover decided to come
east again and brave the chances Of be-
ing arrested for the murder he had COM
mitted in Franklin county, and also 20
make life easier for his parents, who
were poor, with the gold he had secured
in Colorado.
This gold in nuggets was worth 81 1858,
and these he brought with him tied up
in q canvas bag. He had heard that his
parents had moved from Franklin county
TO near McCOnnellstown, in this county,
and so he came here In search Of them.
His search proved unavailing. how
ever, and as nothing could be learned Of
them he left the neighborhood Of Nc
Connellstown and started in the direc-
ton Of alexandria, ten miles distant.
BnryIng the Treasure.
When half this distance had been
covered Hoover became very weary
with the weight of his treasure and
stopping by the wayside on the farm Of
Michael T. Brenneman, he hid his gold
nuggets beneath the roots Of white oak
tree. He then made a careful draft Of
the surrounding country, entering into
the minutest details, after which he re-
nuAlCu aAo JOufHCys
Hoover's fruitIess search for his parents
continued until the latter part Of the
year QS7S), when he returned 20 Col.
orado without taking with him the gold
nuggets which he had buried on the
Brenneman farm.
Adds Another Murder TO Has Crimes.
On his second journey to Colorado he
encountered Simpson. hls former part
ner, whom he had robbed, and at first
sight both opened fire on each other and
Hoover killed Simpson. For this he
was sent TO the state penitentiaEy &C
Canyon City for life.
After serving ten years there he died
last month. Besides the diagram where
he had hidden his treasure in this
county ten years previously Hoover left
an autobiography and a win, in which
he bequeathed to Warden Hoyt, Of the
Canyon City penitentiary, and 10 his
own father, should the latter be found,
all his possessions, which consisted
principally Of his buried gold nuggets.
Armed with the necessary papers
Warden Hoyt came east. found H0over's
father i'm remote part Of Franklin
county, and week ago the two arrived
in this place in search Of the buried
treasure. Going to McConnellstown
they followed up the route taken ten
years ago by James Hoover, and BY the
aid of the drawing located the place
where the gold was hidden and dug
it up.