Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-19
Finding Express Robbers Loot.
eRAFTERs WORK ON ARKANSAS TRADITION SEPARATE
NATIVES FROM THEIR

the angle of reflection. Well. if we are
found out the angle of incidents won't
equal the angle of retaliation with us.
Pick out some of these natives that
have been hunting for the money TAX
en- from the express company and
make your spiel"
Bin scratched his head. helplessly for
a moment, then he said:
I've two on the string both work
able, but | can't get at them as things
now stand OF course, Sal is orr
trump card in this, and they would
Know that if she can point ont the
buried treasure she would do il fer us
and we would keep 1t all. You will
nave to discharge me as a starter and
let the natives know it. That will be
good ground for my scheme"
The next issue of the country papers
conveyed the Information TO all that
BIZ vas no longer in the employ of the
seeress ana her maragerI and warning
all that they were no longer RESPONSE
Ole for his debts. 1t had the desired
effect and another that Bill had NOT
toreSeen Those whose past had been
| told and future revealed flocked to Bill
literally by day and by night To get
inside information" about the seeress
and to ask if there was any trick in
her readings, but honest Bill could
only answer that "all was square as
/ far as lie knowed."
In duo time he found a plausible ex-
/ cuSe to visit avaricious old farmer
| Bangs. He was barely seated when
the anxious old man blurted out the
question.
| WHAT is it about that Egyptian
Woman who can tell everything: do
you 'spose she could find buried mon
ey?"
Bill was guarded and conservative in
| his replies. He knew that she could.
| but doubted very much if she would.
| She was of race so superstitious
that they would not touch money that
| had been buried in the ground. There
| was mSny thousands buried within 10
miles OF this place. and before they
| fell out and he was discharged she had
promised to find it for him, but 1t was
all off now.
THE account of the robbery as pub
lished IN the papers, was wrong in
many respects" Eill continued. I'm
the first place when Peeler the robher
started for Mexico he was loaded down
with 30 ponds of gold coin. As he
went he hid it in $4,000 lots in tin
cans. When the Mexican brigands
rode up to rob the robber he fired on
them and killed one. That ono shot
saved him, for while the Mexicans
stopped to destroy all evidence by bu-
lrying their eomrade Peeler escaped.
AS near as Bill eeuld find out from a
Mexican who knew all about it. this
happened not far from here, and near
where the Mexican was buried Peel
er made cache of goodly sum.
A mar would have to be very care
ful: if the express companies ever
found oft that any one had found that
money he was hunting for there would
| be trouble. Unless there was the
greatest secrecy he could not have
| anything to do with it and, above all,
he did not wish the seeress to know
that ne had told anything.
At an early hour the next morning
| Farmer Bangs was on the road to
town. lie skrmished around the hotel
till he got chance to enter unseen,
when he erept up the stairs and found
| the usher.
Yes. the seeress was at leisure and
could see him, but make his call brief
one Guided into her presence. he
was so nervous that he could hardly
seat himself in the indicated chair.
she read his past in a sing song tone
that worried him, but increased his
faith and wonder. then dipped into
| the future"
1.-The great fortune you have desired
all your life is at hand and if you will
obey me YOU will soon possess it. l see
a dark night and white man fleeing
from dark men. There is shot fired
and dark man falls to the ground
dead. There is shallow grave and
the dark man is rolled into it. The