Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-06-09
NE FOUND THE PIN.
Johnstone, the Fanlnns Mind Fender,
Finds the SERTED Pin in " ind
Cave.

The town has been all agogs OVER Tile
Johnstone matter for the past few
days. On Saturday We wrote an arti-
Gle about Messrs Germond and Boomer
staying all Of Friday night within the
confines of the cave and of their secret-
ing the pin at least five good hours
walk from the entrance. They came
in ali worn out from their trip and
each told a story of the other being
lost. The trip by tombstone TO the
cave was deferred until Sunday morn
ing, on a telegram that the Elkhorn
photographer would be here to take
photographs of his starting aud also
fash light views of the a Mean
while Johnstone was kept penned up
in his room and was wrought up to d
great pitch of excitement, until it was
hard to keep him quiet. On Sn day
morning a great crowd, assembled in
front of the Evans and amid
much excitement the start was
made. No sooner had the light
made an impression of the motley scene
on the photographers plate than john
stone, standing upright in a convey
ance in which were seated the commit
tee, Boomer and Germond and the
press reporter Johnny Moore, when
bl,nd-folded as he was, be laid lash to
the horses and went spinning away at a.
dead gallop. The other occupants Of
the wagon seemed to think that they
were in for it now. With q wild,
b~lindfolded man holding the reins
with mi hand and laying on the whip
with the other, it was a decidedly
ticklish place to be. to say the least.
On and on they went, passing teams
on the road and making turns around
narrow curves, it seemed as if the fell
low were fully possessed. But they
arrived there safely in the incredible
time of ffty-two minutes. A bulletin
board had been fixed up in front of
Eaton & Wilcox's store on which were
posted bulletins Of a more or less ex.
aggerated nature all afternoon,
among them were: "Boomers' wits.
kers have turned gray "Johnstone
wrote letters to his friends and made
his will before entering the cave" etc
He entered the cave about twelve
O'Clock and the last report was that he
had safely pierced FIVE miles of it,
depths and was on his way to Fairvlew
From Wednesdays Daily.
DIR. A. q. Cowles of Durand, Mich.
who with his wife came in from Wine
cave late this afternoon brought wore
that tombstone after 20 hours incessan
labor and hunt finally succeeded j,
finding the pin head he has beef
searching for. After he found it ant
the party were returning to the sur
face Johnstone's physical powers com
pletely gave way and he fel
PROSTATE and unconscious at TIL
"Methodist Church" chamber
A party had just been organized to g
in search of him and they wer
about to start when the door was LITE
and Germond came for a stretcher t
carry tombstone out.
He got out all right and the wonder
full achievement will add fresh laurel
to his marvellous accomplishments.
Orlando Ferguson has commence
suit against G.. H. Bronte for, as b
says, having swindled him IN the pei
riied man deal. 1t appears fror
what Ferguson says that Bronte sol
him the petrified man for $50
spot cash, to be delivered to him a
Dallas, Texas. For a long time tn
whereabouts of the fake could not h
ascertained, but finally it was trace
to New Orleans, La, and E. B. Wa,
rem was sent then to get possession c
it. He found it, but also found that
number of claims and a mortgae
were filed against it, the latter havin
been executed by Bronte before IL
deal had been made with him for
Now air. Ferguson brings suit for
large sum of money, and the end
not yet.
Advertised Letters.
List of letters remaining in post OIL,
at Hot Springs, Fall River Co. So. Dial
for the week ending May 80. 1893.