The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-10
SEARCH GOES ON.
Hunt for Hidden Treasure Con-
tlnues in Arkansas.
Fifty Million Dollars Buried
Says the Legend.
COIN HARVEY'S HOME.
Is in tue Region of the Mythical
Cave.
Mem Have Come From Mexico to
Join in Quest.
COIN HARVEE'S HOME.

A way down southwest, in Arkan-
nas, near the home Of Coin CIV HI
Harvey, advocate Of the cumulative
theory Of money men are digging Tor
$50, 900, 600 in gold which Mexican legend
and Arkansas hearthstone stories say
is concealed somewhere at the base Oh
the great palisades on the White river
The magic of wands has been tried
The seductive influence Of quicksilver
bottled in a honowed-out weight from
a grandfsther's clock swung at the END
Of a string of cat-gut held in palsied
hand has been put to the test.
The representative stick Of dynamite
has been worried into violence in an
effort to reveal the secret Of ages
But these things have failed to locate
the treasure Yet still other means
have been tried
A thousand "hillbillies' and red
necks'' have denuded the hills OF Ben
ton county Of hazel rods bearing Ger
tain specifically turned branches
As many more Of them nave spent
their savings in painting gold leaf on
the sharp points of long steel pipes no
larger than a maiden little finger and
with a hollow sound conductor the CIR
conference of needle in the center,
and these fine threads Of steel have
been driven into the earth: but they
have not yet sent up from the golden
point, the faint sound of striking hol-
low box incasing a steel treasure case
Wiser men have sunk strong rods
through earth and stone, but the long
hcped-for dull thud has not answered
the call for gold
Women of the hills, who chase razor
back swine and chew tobacco and take
snuff have been known to send their
husbands away on trivial errands, and
then betake themselves to the foot OF
the palisades and invoke the aid of the
Ouija board
Sdn other mountain ladies have
forsaken their rude homes built in the
peaceful haze OF the Ozarks and tried
their faith IN Planchette.
But superstition nor parlor game
nor the pastime of ladies-dying-in-
their day-Of-w edless- despair have aid
ed the matrons of the becobbled hills
where Coin Harvey has set himself
up as hotel keeper.
Yet faith still abides in Arkansas.
Subtety of method and get-it-easy
plans have been forsak ken.
Science has been gripped by the
neck and put to work, and Drawn and
are at work daily digging, blasting,
picking, shoveling. while fish jump
the shoals Of the swiftly flowing river
and land on the hooks OF wise men.
once in a while Coin" Harvey gets
up a fox hunt.
ana mere is an0IneF mystery and
It strengthens the other.
Men come from far and near-prin-
cipally Democrats from Missouri and
Arkansas and Indian Territory-to
chase the elusive fox.
The foxes are wise and sportive.
They like the game.
They almost banker for a run. be-
cause they are sure of the victory.
The chase begins.
After long runs and circles and al
most a brush for the chasers. Mr.. Fox
disappears somewhere close to the
edge of the clff overlooking Indian
Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, and
Kansas, and a few minutes later is
seen away up the face OF the palisades.