The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-07-12
WHAT WERE THEY AFTER.
Grave on the Top Of Cove Mountain Open
ed by Some Unknown Ghou. Has
Been TIL re Mauy Years.

To many OF our older people |
who are fami Ir with the top of |
Cove Mountain, il IS known that |
there is grave Gu the east side |
of the road leading aloug the top
of til mountain from the Cham
bers ,urg pike across to the Mer-
cershmg pike. This gave Is on
me east side Of the road, short
distance south of the old field ly.
ing to the right Of the pike os one
crosses the mountain to Loudon.
Just who was buried there is
perhaps not known, The grave
has been there since the early
part of the last century, when the
turnpike was the mann thorough
fare for wagon trains between
Philadelphia and Pittsburg. At
the time the grave was made, the
old stone hotel just east of the
top on the Cham bersburg pike
was in the height Of Its glory, aud
a story that is mbered by
the older people is, that a long
time ago, a stranger on foot stop.
ped at the hotel one evening, and
begged for lodging, saying that
/ he was sick and could go no fur
ther. He was kindly received by
the proprietor, gwen a comforta.
ble place TO rest, but the next
morning was found dead. The
stranger had no money, nor was
there anything about his person
by which his name could be learn
ed, or by which he could in any
way be identified, After having
kept the body a reasonable IL
Of time, and net getting any clue
as 70 his identity, he was burlec
an the grave already referred to
Another story says that SOM
man was staying at the hotel owe
night, and that ~ tbe morning h
arose walked up to the top of tn
mountain to witness thegrandeu
. of the scenery from that point
and did not return. A short tim
, thereafter, some one dlscoveret
the man lying near The road, dead
, The story says that tins was tn
man that was buried in the ol'
, grave.
{ Who the occupant of the grav
, was, or by what circumstance
f he was placed there is not o
> much consequence now; but tn
thing that seems strange is, tina
, after all these years, the gray
+. should be opened. Why shoul
. any one be led to disturb 1t?
f A few Sundays ago reputf
BILE citizen VI this town was on tn
{ top of the mountain and saw tn
grave, undisturbed as he had see
4 it dozens of times before. A wee
v later, being along the road at tha
!. point, he noticed fresh earth, an
!. upon examination found that tn
d grave had been opened and close
}. again. From the fresh cart
n scattered around, and the ha
j, wilted leaves, he concluded tn;
?, the grave had been opened to tt
bottom, and that the work ha
been done but a very short tin
before. Whether or not the r
l. mains Of any part of the remair
4 existed) were lemoved, could NJ
j, be ascertained. Fresh buggy,
II hight wagon, tracks were plain
a seen, as was also the place whe
L horse had been hitched, pr
a. sumably while the grave robbie
{, we're at work.
l. The theory advanced for Il
1T disturbing Of the grave is, tn
or possibly some friend of the occ
H. pant of the grave wished TO I
e. move the body, and place 1t
OF some distant burylng ground
IS the side of relatives. Another
In that some people believe t
mound to be fake grave, a.
he that the mound and markers we
y placed there by Lewis the robbie
he who may have hidden lar
he quantity of gold there, and
lie marking 1t as a grave, felt ASST
re ed that it would never be distul
III ed, and that he would not Ia
any difficulty 10 locating the 81
ey when he again wanted the mon'
he After placing the money the