The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-28
TREASURE UNEARTHED
4 Peck Of Pivs-Pflnc Coins Dug Up
on a Ohio Farm.
A Big Lawsuit lnstituted-A Mys-
terry That Puzzles h Law
yers OF the Buckeye
State.

LIZ. T;Cs, !. al. county scat nrc dis
n,ar.s,ina o,.s,;on ,b,se
GUESSING an interesting p"esso, ~"
days, growing Out OF one OF 'he nhos'
strange and remarkable nnds ever maue
In Northern Ohio. The story reads like n
chnptcr from a dime novel, says the st.
Ioui. Globe D,mocraf. and 10 understand
10 i.,aI con,cs, !, il necessary 10 10
s"S 'e<".
nack nearly qua 'e'."'
TN ie]s Natnan "uwa,iaue' o""'e W
Tiffin from the East with his family, anu
bought himself n homc in uopewclI
township. Seneca county. Therr he
rearad his children. and when his son
S.-. .n.mrn 80 n.nh.x.b n. Too
''.,nus' VOC -
settieu oown hea. '"e ;" "o''oS'ea. ~"
spent his lie IN the quiet iabors anu loys
of well-to-do farmer. Samuel inherited
the old homestead and kept il until a short
time before his death, which occurred last
fau In Iss- no sold 4, and during the
-. $50, .aru cha,ood hands ..v.raI
neA' =. -
umes, hhaiiy oe'.s purrhAseo ny '"cop
Scnmncher, VINO Tor some years nau coi'-
Quoted a beer bottiing works IN liiiin,
LAST April ar. o~cn,nucner ueciueu .na,
n lie was uhe ne ior nm, ana
moved on the Old 'adwaiiituer homestead.
Some weeks aiierward ne was repairing
tne kitchen OF tile oiu HOUSE, anu an oiu
GERMAN, Miichaei seleI, wno was max
ing MS nome WIN n~cn'nucne.' was neIlr
ing WIN the JoD, among other thiness,
tney had 70 repniIu an oiu DITCH WAL
winch the ra,s nau u~nderinInea;
WINE "o.s,,G a. .ne WALL i',I, mm
uced a peculiar opening, Just large
enough 70 push MS arm into. out Oh
curiosity Tue OH man reacheu III as Tar as
ne couiu. HIS nhRers toucneu 'nctai anu
q famiiiaf SOUND came 10 MN as ne WIFI
drew bis hand with a number 81 ancient
fElnfn silver nItNtk III iii. NIIn RtnlIIIts
herman perseverance reached ~
again anu asaih unti Ms oreechcs pock.
ets pegah 10 puiRe WIN com, Az tna'
yuncture ochmucner appeared on the
scene anu az once t~uihoied "wnat was
gong on ana took a nanu IN the game.
AL aTi.,i nj, ,,hpa', m"'"e
pail was soon niied win 'he money.
Inc 1ermahs reasoned u over mat
night; nhu concluueu WAS worm WINE
searching iur'her.
Next ay ,ne LOOT OF ule Ritcneh was
torh up, anu unuerneatl " was iounu ,ie
grea,es, nnu OF al. ihere Jay e9nceaisd
ahaii-oce"ysu oahsn cheS'' winch 'he
treasure haa oeen Dur,eh. lhe rats hal
eaten through its walls, ana the o'franc
pieces were scattered IN proiusioh mere
u tnere IN the SANDY soii. some still
remained IN the cru,npiing OLD chest.
ochIhuener was shrewu: ne nau an the
proverbiai German caution. Scicif had
made the hnd. but the property was
~Schinuchcrs 30 ne LOOK "harg. ot the
com, promising that Schen SHOULD ave
ms share. ~ was Schumacher, therefore,
VINO couhteu the money, ana ne Is the
only one VINO KNOWS Just now much was
found
snort VINE nt'cr ne paid a mortgage
~ S'.vooo .ne iartn, nu, no one rs sure
that ,ne money came rom TINS nnd. III
nc ne sem away ana received It's value
III piis. oencn co'iiu nave bcen KEPT
quie. tne whoie matter nignt nave re-
maineu unknowh Tor years. But the TIER
man thousht Seninucher was not dealing
fairly win mn IN the matter, and after a
stormy quarfei ne 'oid tiic whole story.
ASH NAV pe iniagiheu, ~ was not long
III ,ne taIe reacneu the ears oil MIR. Ira
cauwaiiauer, Oh fos'ofia, a son ana the
auInihistIa,or OF ,he estate of the late
Saihuei, "uwa,aue,. ne nv oncc declared
'na. IN money nau oeiohResi 10 ms iather
or granoiather, anu began legal proceed
Ihgs 10 ger possession OF ~. Armed with
WITT OF repievin ana accompanied 10y "a
uspu,y snerIn, ne visited the farm. But
at. ocninuehsr was not e.ikative. III
4. M .ou,u hnu any.n,ng tney eouiu lake
n,ne gaNc .ne'n 70 un~ocrsGAnu, puthew was
no. acting asa pilot Tor anybody.
search was hiaue ABOUT thc OH Kit
ccnen, put oily u Few small coins were
iounu. Just enough To give credence To
~Jcncns Story u not being
. ".'
Is popular, the INDUSTRIOUS MIR. Schmu-
rner anI us wlhe ha9 gone To the gar
uen ~ begun WORKING there. Some
tninR about their actions excited the sls-
piciohs OF tie officer and MIR. Cadwalla-
ucr, anu they Joiheu the couple where
they were engaged ia planting onions. IL
was nice onion bed, and the second
time tl,e deputy sheriff stuck his shovel
ihto u ne iain pare part OF "a new grain
SACKS anu "A Few minutes of shovcling ul-
earthed the whole sack, containing about
p.ck OF o-franc pieces. When the APP
prais.rs appointed ny the court counted il
they found i,2ai 5-franc French coins.
Nne'ho q iausr ua.s man mi. There