Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-04

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WIN sun pe III lnelr possession. ~
~, :. inlsut nave peen sold ana lost
;asn osi as piece OF Wofthless scrap
III III alIeI tle aeath OF the hrst Mr'
i $3.50. WI. olnsted learned that the
iast house IN Whlch the Original John
Jacop Astor nad ilved mad been torn
u ,s III me year 1898, 10 pc replaced
Tue. ola pullulnS had been SOLD TO
Z az az lih!slsiincant sum- as the material
was worth put llt.le ABOVE tne cost OF
leaiing aown ana removal. IN Inc
nope tIlat tne rusty poA nao peen SOFA
/ MIN, ollei luDplsn ABOUT lhe premises
4 MI. pllnsleu lhserteo the lo,lowihg aa-
Seatlsehehl ~ the ne" IoIh irlpune.
rusty IRON poA' stlohsiy maze
a any poite9, was ny iiislahe so,u ~
1919 70 a dealer IN Juhh' su lI,l IN
/ ne" YORK OF BROOKLYN. me omen
sloiis were I?AooAl9 lllcnes. a per
soh, 10! sel.llneltal reasons, WISHES
w ieciainl th!s poA. anu WIN pay 10 us
pieseht ownei loi lne SAM several d
eiilles r,s Vaiae as scrap-iron. al
uless +. L. BOX az we" YORK lrl-
/ ouns.
Wisiil lew aays WI 0illlsteo re-
gslseu d leleer from Mr. bronson D.
u.'ie, VI Nausaeuch, Gouheoelcu.' an
IRON manufacturer, statlns mat IN
car u sclap-iron nousnI by hlm from
Aleicilseuec JACOBS. ol brooklyn. was
an llon poA ans Weflns tne description
| given IN the irlpune' mat II u was OF
any value 10 the aaVef1lser, IL would
Ne lorWaroea on recelpt Oh oo cents
winch was lts cost TO MN at Sll per
ION, lhe price PAID TOT tne carload OF
scrap. Mr. olmsted at once procured
lne po& anu shlppeo IL 10 Deer Isle,
wheIe me Dolts upon us pottoH, anu
e oi poA l.seli' were iound TO perlecIly
NJ tne PRINT IN the clay potIom OF the
cave. me plaster cast OF the pottom
OF tne cavity, taken Wnen II was nrst
discovered matched the bottom OF the
DoS as perlecCiy as ever casting ut
led fthe moia IN Whlch IL was maze.
EVERY pecullarlty IN the shape OF a
bolt.head, every hammer-mark made
IN rlVetlns the polts. as SHOWN IN the
clay was reproduced IN the IRON box
lhere was % possible questlon mat
the Dox was the laentlcal one Whlch
mad peen long before buried IN the
cave. on the top OF the box, TOO, was
dlstlngulshable,d despite the heaVy coat
ing OF rust. IN rude and lrregularly
formed characters, as II mace by
strokes OF a cold-chlsel or some similar
tool, the letters w. H., the lnltlals OF
the Veritaple and eminent pirate, Cap
tam Wllnam hidd. Furtner inquiry
deVelopeu the TACT tnat Melchlsedec
JACOBS inc brooklyn JUNK ueaieF' nda
purchased the poA IN large uray-ioaa
o. scrap-lTon' mostly maze up OF
cooklng range sasn-"elsnts, gas
steam, ana water pipes, etc, IRON tne
W N-lag nrni OF Jones g CO. ana mat
Jones g 20. mad taken such material
from lne lamlly mansion occupied Dy
me orlslnal 'onn JACOB Astor at me
eilne " ms oea.h' whenN leallLs ~
ooWn 70 O., make room lor lne new oulld.
ings. me lnaicatlohs lnichen nee that
Tue MYSTERIOUS poA coIIaineu ,lie lons.
lost anu Wiuely sought treasures OF
captain hldd. One pecuilarlty OF the
DoS was that lhere nau appareneiy
peen Ao way VI ops!iiuS ~ eAcepl ny
cutlins ~ apart. me lop hao peen
ilrmly rlVeteo IN It's place anu thls
FiacC possibly lnaicaleu tne reason OF
us purchase by WI; Astur az me moo
crate price VI So'ooo' DIS Iiie traoer VINO
iounu ~ nau peen unaple u opeh II
Deiore ms arrival IN New YORK. AS:
however, we nave no ,nlor.natlon OF
,he contrsct between WI. Astor ana
Jaanes Caruer, tne amount named
9o,ooV, may nave peen pieciseiy thc
percentage agreed upon, wnlcl ne re-
celseu upon the plolils VI MS seasoh 5
business IN aualtlon 10 d SALARY.
M. Cll1steau llao al, aGcuiale COPY
maze OF al entries ~ Tue DOCKS Oh the
Mammalian Dank as 10 tne transactlons
/ OF ME, , astor snown py such DOCKS,
from !i9e 10 iooo' anu MS hnglls n
agenI haa similar COPIES maze Oh an
entlles ~ .ne poohs .. houerlck
o.ree.ei ioi tIe same peliou, also cop
les ol many 1etlers passing between
lne Parties. Tue asenl aiso looked up
anu !. iepoi.eu eVelylhlns avallaple rel
atise ~ lne caiegi oi oaptain y hlua'
the supslaiice " WHICH was DIS lollo%S.
Sap.aill hluu nav Moh an ehvlaDle
lepueatiol ~ tne nhsllsn anu Alnerl !,
c Sa,i iilelo1iau. inaiihe as d plaSe anu
4 l ~ Ivsi. oiileel. rol manly years
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