The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-10-18
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How Cspf. O. Y. White as4 =. Hars~r
wnsss. Ess-. ata $4,000 is Cote In
FtsA IL
Cnarlo' 70 Observer
Toe Fort Mil. 8 c. Times, 10 last
week had the folio wing story. vhi b
10 OF general - veil - local inter
ct:
"Ah"ut the middle Of April. 1885,
the B INK OF Ch>,l ,st-. IN CT. asd
IN its vaults 30 600 IA GOLD aud sill
yer. IL VAS aVpreo-nded toat Gen
~ral sherman would n d the city aud
eaniure The money, aud the eashi-r
aud teller & Ok il tn ihs roantry In
four boxes FOR safe keeping. They
became nervous and rstarn. d 20 the
city, where they iold Col J 81 1vey
Wilson, . q rec or Of the b ok. that
he mus maxi s'me srraneem.rts 10
AXE care Of the specie. Coloael
Wilson called IN bis assi, tanes Cap
tain 8. 3. White, Of this pla~e, vhs
vas feeble frou sickness aud recruit
iuG 1t his fathers home in Charlotte.
raess tVo procured Q vsaicls and
brought the money TO the old White
mapsion, 1uaf outsids Fort Mil
There was difficulty In d. q OF uten-
sils vi b which TO bury ths trsasars,
and - they did no. want to arouse
anybody. Captain White 20 L . Gre
shovel and going tn . secluded spot
on tho plantation did the best 10
could to secr-,s the boxes Ia Q
branch. Mkt morning, tearing that
he bad not succ-s ded IN his work on
account Of ex'rems darkps.s. the
captain went to investigsts and
found thar be had failed to cover the
boxes entirely. H.viue . bstter tool
to work with. he moved the boxes
and hid them 90 he thought they
s'uld not be found; bat the labor
a"d want OF sleep rendered hin IN
d 10 return to Charlotts With Colo
aei Wilson, vbo had started TO 70
turn on hors. bach. Af'er proceeding
: short distan~e on his journey, some
soldiers OF +. rguson's command van.
led to take the colopel's horss. and
no returned 10 the White mxusiou,
where Captain White and the sol.
diers had IN alteration about the
horse. Captain r 'b-rf Fallwood. q
venerable neiRhbor. walked 10 the
csp'a ms side and raising bus cane
told thu soldiers that they could no,
deprive him of many days and tina,
they would only get the horse owe,
his dead body. This feeble resists nee
would pr baby have been overcome
by the soldiers; but just then Cap.
ain John Mills rode up 1t The hesd
Of bis cavalry company, and seeing
he situation, called to Captain
White and asked il he Va In troub
la. On receiving . reply Captair
N lls formed his men for o. tiou and
dispersed the mob. Bat they had q
mean revenge, for that night they
burned 'be White gin house With
over 100 bales Of cotton.
"DorIuR the past two years Cap.
Ain White has received thrs 5 letters
ourportiog to come from some one iu
Charlotte. telling him treasure "a,
hidden on his plsc :, aud Offering 10
fud 1t for cerrsin consideration
mt no reply Was vouchsaf-d, for the
captain knew that in July, 1865
Colonel wilson and other dire ,tor.
rook the money back tn Charlotte
However. on Captain Whites return
from western North Carolina, il wa
found that during his absence some
one bad dug around one or two pill.
lars In the cellar at the mansion
which has heen for soms time unoc
clpi.d. 1t is supposed that bis cor
espondent took advantage Of his 40
sepce and searched on his own &C.
count for the treasure. II 10 need
ess to say that the fellow had hp
work for nothing. 1t is not know
whether the writer Of the three let
tiers is . white man or . negro"