The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1906-09-25
STOLEN GOLD HIDDEN
soorv or ROBBERS BURIED IN
HILLS or COLORADO.
sum Of $4,000 Taken from Express
Car ia 1898 BY Bandits Among
Rocks Near Cripple Creek
Secret Of Cache Lost.

Youngstown O.-comeNnefe aiohS
he 100 miles OF railroad which con
aects Cripple Greek and Florence,
Colo. is cached a fortune in golden
agles. Among the rocks and boulders
les hidden $4,000 in gold. and il Is
sery probable that IL will never be
found unless some lucky hunter by
chance discovers the cache where Is
hidden the fortune.
In the summer Of 1898 the money
was taken from the safe Of an express
car by six masked train robbers. All
OF the robbers are now dead. and there
is nothing TO mark the hiding place OF
their ill-gotten wealth. The last OF
the robbers was a man by the name
Of Marks. on the day which he set TO |
unearth the treasure he died at his /
once in Cripple Greek from pneu-
monia. Marks and one other robber
we're the only men who knew the MD
ing place OF the money. They carried
II in canvas bags into the hills along
the railroad tracks near the scene OF
the hold-up and buried II under the
rocks. while their four confederates
held the trainmen and express messen-
gers az bay with their rifles.
The robbers planned TO allow the
money TO remain hidden for several
wears. so that there could be no chance
Of their being discovered In passing \
After the hold-up the six men sepa'
rated. going 10 different parts OF the
country. Marks and the man who mad
assisted him in burying the gold re-
NAMED in Cripple Creek together.
Each feared the other and they
watched each other like hawks 70
guard against any attempt to OBTAIN
the money. After two years mad
elansed Marks had become rear
estate man and a lawyer. The other
man died a year after the hold'up-
The story OF the hidden treasure Is
told hy mayor +. L. Baldwin. OF this
city who obtained il from huI-oreea
Indian named Clark. while he was IN
cripple Greek in 1897 No living per
son knew what had become OF the
stolen $50 900 at the time Mayor Bald
win obtained the story but Clark
The robbers had selected the year OF
,Sa7 ~ nnearth the money and divide
it. They were all to meet IN trlpp'e
Greek on May 20. when Marks ana
the other man who knew the mdine
4 Mace were 10 get the gold and there
r was "a be a division. None OF the ROD
I hers arrived at the meeting point on
the dav selected. Days passed into
" weeks, and weeks into months an'
l the train robbers did not arrive.
) Marks was the only living man VINO
knew the hiding place and he knew
Il that none OF the other men had oo
e ,airea the money. He felt that NJ
) was heing watched By the other tou
men constantly and he lived IN con
slant terror for months. lie oeheVe'
that the other men must be dead an
T. sn october he decided that he woul'
b. :, ana get the fortune himself. n
needed someone to help him carry IN
D. vala and he told his story TO Cars
e, Who was a prospector at that ume' =
i. serving the important details an
I'd simply giving general idea Oh 'he =
cation of the hidden wealth
day was appointed. Inc me
were IA meet at the cabin Of Marks
Who lived alone. early one mornihs
when the morning came with i cam
light fan of snow. Marks feared ths
,nav ,vcnid be followed and could .
tracked In the snow. He would n'
consent to take the chance his Alla1
onakea with terror when he SCENE
i mar 10 obtaining the fortune whie
Ma haen hurled for four years Car
assrr,had his terror as most aolee
g ua Thought that every man who iooAe
Il - him and was q stranger was O
a az his robber confederates IN y
81 Arosher dav vas set whoa Mari
ra clark were to 90 to the cache AZ
Il oh..in the money. II was desuns
n 10, the robber was not to reap the !
# -a~s ~ his four years vigil over y
,~s.snre for the night before the a
anpointed when the money was %
unearthed Marks was found IN D
Office dead. ~
II shortly after Marks death Cia
VI ala me story to Mayor Baldwin, VI
a Il that time in Cripple Gre
v astabhshed as an attorney and enlc
: lnr the excitement Of the early MIMI
q camp. With the death Of Marks q
ie' nesSea away the secret Of the hidi
nlaea Of the money. for he len
ohs sss~t no papers Of any kind By VIII
40 - so~tune could be located. and {
vola stolen from the express sale
Sears ago sun lies buried among
hiuS along the Florence 4 Cnpi
Creek railway.
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