The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-01-14
BIG GSPOT OF GOLD
,gE DUG UP AT NIGHT? ?
fGontinued from page two.)

SstgalIYs sstgalIYss1ispcnsary and bought his whis-
7 Mssa1sVSland when he r1tur"eu The man
sS8assSfsso-'c s8assS sso-'c
sS2gNs,6smore was seen cf HIM by the
nslgRboiS about the place and moth
SatIllSSs5Nery strange WAS at:a"tl-l TO his
SaGsfoDS nail late III !ne Afternoon Of
ssSyllS oltrwing day. whit i: was dis
fSa0pyered that a mole had been dug un-
the house, on tn west side, near
sgstlls front and about eight feet from
ssssthe side Of the builing--in other
gords about centre Of the west front
agfoom. An examination of the hole
developed the fact, according to those
Y5#&&who inspected it that evening, that Il
2E pot or other vessel had been removed
from the bottom Of this hole, which
was about four feet in depth. A
pick, which had been used in digging
the hole, was found lying nearby,
but there was nothing to indicate
just what the "diggers got by their
efforts
"Dat strang man,'' as the negroes
refer to the gentleman seen around
the premises Monday afternoon, has.
hot been seen since, and they connect
the mole in the ground under the
house with his presence there the af-
ternoon before its discovery. And
they are positive that what came out
of that hole under the house was moth
ing less than a pot Of gold.
This house, which is just now sur
rounded with SO much mystery, is
probably so years old. 1t has been
right there as long as the oldest in
habitant can remember. And there
have been stories passed around
among certain families in the city of
Columbia for years that there was o
pale of money buried somewhere
about this house. Martha Holmes,
who has owned the house for more
than 30 years, says that she has been
told by many people that money was
buried about this place, but she paid
no attention to the stories, and now
she is grieved by the visions of
thousands Of dollars OF gold and sill
yer coins nesting s:n,gly in an old
rusty pot right beneath the house
which she has owned SO many years.
She is worried because she feels
that 'othcr parties have secured the
wealth that was really hers. She went
down yesterday and took look at
the hole. She SAW nothing but the
hole, and thea she Went back home
a.
pot Of gold that might have been hers
if she mad only investigated just
a little. She is worried no little.
Two Prominent Citizens.
There is no "story" better than
q pot-of-gold story. The reporter
followed the trail persistently, and
The further he went the more tnt
mystery deepencd. Instead Of two
strangers with dip needles. he found
that the men whom the Holmes wo-
man told about were South Carolisl-
ians and one Columbian--and both
prominent citizens. The "Mr. Ful-
81 ler' is none other than Mr.. w. w.
# Fulmcr, member of the Columbia po-
sSS lice department, who lives at 1915
SS Emwood avenue. The "Mr. Black
NJ we'll" is in reality Mr.. J. a. Black
81 welAer president Of The Bank Of
~ Chaplin and superintendent Of the
81 Ncwbcrry Knitting mills.
a Mr.. Blackwelder could not be
u reached by telephone last night at
Il his home in Newberry, it being stat
N ed that he had left there last night
a for Charleston, but Mr.. Fulmer was
q seen and readily gave statement
q about the matter. Hc said that ne
and Mr.. Blackwcldcr had called at
the Holmes woman's home about rent
ing the house at 100 Huger street
4 and admitted that he called a number
3 of times later and finally closed the
trade with her for the house and de
1ivercd her the check of Mr.. Black
welder for The first months rent. He
says he gave the keys to Mr.. Black
/ weldcr, but denies any knowledge Of
4 the hole in the ground or Of any pot
Of gold. He says that Mr.. Black
wclder spent Monday night Of this
week at his house, going home with
Il him from the police station at mid
y night. He says he and Mr. Black
wclder went "strai@ht" home and
that if the latter left his house at
any time during the night he was not
aware OF it.
Al