The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-10

we" OEk anu married A r. Allen OF SY-
racuse. They, together with the only living
attorney of her father in New York, went
TO Paris to try and secure the French prop
erty, but Henry Barlow's imposition and a
lack Of funds kept her from getting her
rights. The attorney died shortly after
ward and her husband became an invalid,
and Mrs. Allen supported both by teaching
school. Her husband died. and them Mrs.
Allen, with rigid economy, managed to
save enough to come out to Nevada in search
OF some good clew that would enable her to
secure the property and prove herself by the
dead fathers documents the rightful heir OF
the millionaire.
Coming to Reno Mrs. Allen found a
brother to Sheriff Glenn and from him
gained a confederation of Gonzales confess
sion. From William Thompson member
OF the legislature, and from mormon"
Smith, at whose inn Charles Louis stopped
she learned considerable about her father,
who was an exceedingly proud and digni-
fed man. A number of old>timers in the
neighborhood volunteered to help the lady
find the cabin and the graves, but the rude
hut had long since fallen down at the behest
OF Father Time, and the rude elements of
that rugged country, and the daughter for
the first time was really discouraged. Her
money was about gone.
At length Henry Marston of Washoe
county became interested and volunteered
his services and purse to aid in the search.
Marston was very well posted on the topog-
raphy OF the country in early days For
Two weeks they remained at Stevenson's
ranch and examined almost every spot in
the vicinity where cabin was known to
have stood. They were unsuccessful.
TRYING HYPNoTIsM
Just at a time when Mrs. Allen was about
to give up In despair she was advised by
friends in Ra0O Nav m fha hvpaaf{,e
j. Franklin Brown of this city. Coming to
San Francisco few weeks ago and seeing
Brown, he declared that the case was beyond
his power to handle. Mrs. Allen was firm
believer in clairvoyance, however, and finally
persuaded Brown that her brain could be
placed in condition to further unravel the
mystery. Brown found her very fair SUBJ
Ject. Ar the first trial she recounted while
in trance most infinitely every incident
connected with her fathers death, and
finally, calling for pencil and paper, began
drawing map Of the part of Washoe county
In which the murder took place. This map
was far better than the one given her by
Father Manuel Of Monterey, Mexico, but
did not give the location Of the
and gold were buried. AT the
next sitting, on the following day, Mrs.
Allen drew a better map, but still it was
not quite definite enough, although it gave
starting point. She was greatly exha listed
at the end.
At the third sitting the cabin, rocks.
graves and position of the buried gold and
papers, with estimated distances, was indi-
Gated in the map she drew. Mrs. Allen de-
clared il was the hand of Juan Gonzales
that guided her this time, and that he ap~
peared to her, repentant and remorsefuL
With this last map Mrs. Allen went back
to Washoe county with Mr.. Marston, and
after some little trouble found about four
miles from Stevenson's house, the rotten re-
mains of an old cabin on knoll. Thirty
feet to the right was the stump of a pine
tree that had been cut down for frewood.
To the left were two fallen trees that had
stood near the cabin thirty years before.
Nothing was in good state of preservation
about the fallen cabin except the stone
chimney and few old stakes" that once
formed the roof.
SKELETONS FOUND.
After considerable digging skeleton was
found about eighteen inches under the sur
face. Tufts of black hair adhered to the
skull. Mrs. Allen declared that these were
not her fathers remains as he had gray
hair. Then a second skeleton was found.
This one had long white hair upon the skull.
A third skeleton was found, but the fourth
one, indicated by Gonzales defied their eff
forts. About the skeletons exhumed were
fragments of rotten clothes, but they crum-
bled at a touch. The shoes OF the white
haired skeleton were preserved better than
those of the Others, hence Mrs. Allen con-
cluded that these were the remains of her
parent. The documents she 30 lonRed to
find were missing, and the woman who had
spent thirty years of her life trying to find
some clew that would enable her to obtain
her rights was disappointed. Sad and
silent she stood over Ter fathers grave.
The next day Mr.. Marsted spent half the
day digging for the buried gold and papers.
At last he came upon the remains of what
might have been the strong box Of thirty
years ago, though nothing was left to
identify it but a mass of rotten punk and
the rusty iron hasps. one Of which had been
broken. The gold was gone and no docu-
ments were to be found. Some member of
the robber band had doubtless returned
after all.
STILL HAS HOPE.
Mrs. Allen, who is stopping at 1874 Sutton
street, has still little hope left. She had
an attorney in Chicago who was trying to
find evidence in her case and was on the
| track Of the nurse who was present at her
birth in Saratoga, and knew of her having
been placed in the hands OF Mrs. Barlow to
be reard. The nurses name is Margaret,
and if now alive she is somewhere is Eng
land, where search is being made for her.
The nurses husband also knew of the Cir
cumstances Of the transferring of the child
to the Barlows, and could their evidence be
secured it would establish the right of Mrs.
Allen to estates in France which are now
valued at several millions of dollars.
Dead Sea FrllitE.