The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-10
HIST! A GOLDEN SPECTRE.
THREE PATIENT Watchers SEEK
THE WRATH or RUFUS ROVE
They are Newarkers and Nightly Keep
Their viEil in East Orange Cemetery.
hiding an AppRritlon that 10 to Lead
Them to the TreRamre Old Rufus Hid.

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tort.bla circums,oncos Uo diad forty veara
400 ana vhen his ofyecta yvore Looked over II
va. found that be had left nathan nropertv nor
money rbere vera M mortgages no deeds
and there vos mn strono box flled with gold
"Judoa" Contlir Auoust RslIoran and Her
hart Ioutz ara three SniritualIsts whe live In
Newnrk. They have held n number Of com
p,unications with the snirit NJ old Rutus Rowe
and an learned tbot no did not die n moor man.
In fenr Of bis money beinp stoln he secreted
II they decore. on his pronerty I'm Fast Orange
Conklip ia the leader Of the triumy irate and
has held anumber OF conycrsations with Rowe
10 him Rowo in spirit reyealca that be had
In tho a,.sh buriad his monev and nromised
Tint some time his wrath would appear and
designate the abiding nlace ~ his hoard Tb.
shirt has hidden Conklin watch carefully for
the appartion. informing him that at the spot
whore the wrath stops. Conklin and his a.
socates are to die, The wrath. 80 the spirit
OF Rowe has declared. will not touch the earth
exccpt on the exact spot where the wealth ia
buried, Furthermore the wrath will not mako
any extended stay at this spot
According to the three men OF Newark the
ghost is uneasy because of the hidden wealth
Unlike the fleshly Rowe who feared that he
might be robbed of his wealth. and became SO
wrought up through suspiclon and alarm that
he finally buried il, his dematerialjzed self is
distressed Leaf tho money shall r.main undis
covered Yet at times the spirit becomes as in
its old corporeal days and would conceal the
hiding place of the money. At such times the
ghost STAYS away from nhortals Conkin. Bell
grcn and Lauta think that the spirit now has
one Of those spells. when tho misery nature
cannot I've shaken Of. Night after night they
have watched sometimes near Rowe's grave
thinking that the wrath would rise out of the
cemetery and lead them to the spot where the
money is buried They have waited near the
tracks OF tho Bloomfield branch Of the Della
ware, Iackawnnna A Western Railroad They
have hidden themselves in the woods
surrounding the wells Of the Orange
Water COMPANY where they believe the
money is buried. Rowe once owned the
land where the wells are now driven
Always armed with picks and shovels, ready
to dig instantly where the wrath sets a spec-
trail foot they have kept their nightly watches
But the ghost has not walked. Neither has
hope deserted the Watchers
"Why should we care for the rawlings Of tho
rabble?" l.autz said to THE Sun reporter, We
have had converse with Friend Rowe. and be
has directed us to perform certain acts Wa
are following his guidance and in the end we
shall gain the wealth which he intends us to
have My brothers and have confidence IN
him and in his instructions. an d we ara foov.
ny Them implicitly. We are willing to wait
until the good time when II uleases him Ia
direct us to the spot where the treasure ia
buried. Then will the scotrers lie COMPOUNDED