The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
FINDING 0| COLO
Coin IN BEDFORD.
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Two Narratives to Account for
Recent Ullcovering Of
1Ioarded Wealth.
KEEPS The AMOUNT SECRET.
a Brickcd-up Closet and Al Cops
per Kettle Found Full
II Of Valuablcs,
KEEPS The AMOUNT SECRET
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8a BEDFORD CITY, June s,---Not long
since stories regarding . valuable md
OF gold In coin. not ore. In Bedford
county were circulated through the Press,
but nothing was known here definitely
In regard to II. Diligent inquiry has
ELECTED the fact that Mr.. Adolptlus Alin
did hnd money beneath q pile OF rock
near stony Mountain, on the south side
OF the county. but how much has never
been disclosed publicly by the fortunate
finder. This u the theory OF some OF
the neigt.oors az 70 how tho money came
to be hidden beneath the stones:
6 There was very eccentric man named
Garland Morgan, whose home was near
where this money was recently discov-
cred, who lived the life OF o hermit, and
who Stunned his neigtbors and was q
sort OF fnisanth and Of feeble mind.
He owned q mill and boarded his gains
ike nniser. SO unsociable was he that
his neighbours left him to his own devices
and 70 his life OF solitude. 81
About fifteen years or moro ago some
ono, IN passing Morgan's house one day,
found him gagged and tied. and perhaps
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the boarded store OF wealth. It Is be-.
slieved that the perpetrators OF the crime
became frightened lest they be detected
with the treasure upon them, and hid
the money beneath the earth and piled
the stones high above Il L, and never dared
sunearth It again. There were whispers
that the robbers had not come from
very Tar away. Whether any steps were
ever taken to " apprehend them or to
find the money no one seems to know.
and 1.-THE story had been forgotten until
same neighborho Dot. mas revived It.
@ There Is yet another story OF treasure
finding In Bedford within the past month,
the facts in regard to which. as far as
he could CLEAN them, have been kindly
furnished by Mr. w. J. Goggn. of Vinton
The location 81 the find Is q farm about
mile and O half north OF 8vlnton, known
as !! the old Captain David Gish place,
on the Lynchburg and Salem Turnpike;
Prior 70 the Civil War It had been known
as the Old Tavern and wagon YARD. Il o
rendezvous for teamsters and drivers Of
hogs. as they conveyed their products
cattle and hogs-to market. 81 n ~
aS Captain Gisll also owned q mill and
tract OF land nearb by which y he sold to
Mr.. y. W. 8yingnrd, receiving nearly seven
thousand dollars In gold as the cash
payment. The deferred payments were
made jim Confederate S money. 5.S n
Captain Gish went ava for q time and
rented the farm on which the treasure
was found to Colonel Med :, OF West
Virginia, who was "a Mason. There were
other tenants also. IA gSs Si
" Mr.. g. c. GisE. q grandson OF Captain
4 David y Gish, Fsls now the owner Of the
\ property, and tore down \ the old house
to build q new. mod ern house. In tear
ing down the chimney OF the old house.,
which was In the middle of 1t, in a. closet
In the side OF tll1 chimney, in a q place
where the brick had been removed and
then bricked and, plastered over again.
was found an old tea ket tie, within which:
ives o lady,s watch and chain, silver
knives and forks, wrapped in Masonic
apron OF lamb sk in, n which, then ex-1
sposed to the air, fell in pieces. How
much money there was insthe kettle has
not been made known, but It IS certain,
there were gold coin 4 and COME
money. sS!S Itl SIS
h. AS no one knows what beca me OF the
money Captain Glsh received In payment
iof his property. It Is thought he might
have secreted It In this wall Of the old
closet. l5s5
II is 4 q remarkable coincidence that
about Ave years ago two men went to
that neig hborhood rowing q rude chart
sof mountains round the town OF Salem,
and stated that about eleven miles north
OF Salem there was money hidden away,
probably by some one during Hunters
memorable raid. The distance and direc-.
ton correspond to the route 70 this old
house. l5 ~ VIZ fs .S
Before tile war there were no banks to
deposit money In that section, Roanoke
being then big Lick, e hamlet Of per-.
ltaps a half dozen or more houses, and
Captain Gisll may have hidden his money
and valua bles In the closet an the chiln--
ney; but nobody knows. s3i$ Sss