The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-02-22

ready to swear Guild had said In his
presence he was tired Of life. The second
case was called January Is. 1854. and after
a trial lasting over a week the Jury re-
turned a verdict Of not guilty.
But the woodturner was a changed
man. His spirit was broken He took no
further interest in life and became more
solitary and eccentric in his habits than
ever In settling the costs of the two
trials number of the Norwegian thalers
changed hands. The farm was sold, and
he sought to forget his sorrow and re-
move the curse the stolen treasure had
brought him by again engaging in his
old trade of woodturning He purchased
strip of land near the shores OF Mus
kegon Lake. on what was then the out
skirts of the village and built for him.
self little plant, where he eked out
a modest living for himself at his lathe
His sleeping room was the garnet over his
shop which was reached through a trap
door by means of a ladder and each night
this was invariably pulled up after him
After year Mrs. Larson was released
from prison by the Board of Pardons
through the efforts of a womans society
ker husband. and never again spoke to
him. even to the day of his death.
His one source of anxiety was now
what was to become of the treasure after
his death. The day before the end he
sent for a Norwegian, named Adolph
Miller. who was employed in the electric
lighting plant across the street from the
woodturning shop. and who on a few &C.
casions had shown him little more
attention than the remainder of his fell
low men, To Miller he told the story of
his life. The money, he said. was buried
beneath the floors of his little shop. but
the exact location he would not divulge
except to say that it was near a sunken
gaspipe. Miller returned to the city, in
tending to pay Larson another visit the
overlook the wanderer. This was Octo-
Der s. 1901.
The months went by without any at
tempt being made by Miller 20 unearth
the fortune. through his fear the local
authorities would take the case in hand
and confiscate the treasure until legal
ownership was established should he sue
coed in finding it, In the meantime At
torney S. II. Clink of this CITY, was made
administrator of the dead mans estate,
and the plant was securely locked and
boarded up. In his predicament Miller
finally consulted James Anderson. one of
the pioneer Norwegian merchants and
real estate men of the city. with the
result that the latter little less than two
months ago secured from the admin
istrator a lease of the Larson property
and began, unaided a secret search and
systematic search for the buried trea.
sure. Each afternoon the old man plods
DOWN to the ramshsckle building. locks
himself in and digs to a depth of eight
feet a small portion of the earth be-
meath the floors. To hide his real purpose
he has in the south addition placed a
small freshly painted rowboat, which may
be seen from the outside when the door
is opened, and gives out he is repairing
several small water craft which he owns.
Anderson resides at No. 262 West Clay
avenue and is the owner of considerable
in the city and vicinity. He
is comfortably well off and retired from
active business some years past.