The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-08
TRAGEDY
REVEALED
IN CHEST
Hsrmi's Secret Comes ID
Light Fifty Years AFTER
His Death

Corey. Mseh.. Julg - Tragedy
" pioneer oas9 Was revealed here
wAen boys 81 tA4 South Bend Ind
M. q A. camp @ao were diggsng
hole for q f8agpDie. fgHna Z rusty
iron boz containing pistols q dagger
and rusty knife books deeds seF
efal coins and pebbles q plain ggi6
ring q silver eased watch ana sone
etters I'll these letters are tod
a0w the anfa3tat8SNess 81 a pioneer
Dr5ae the f@senge 0f The RrODgec
husband aasd later the agFF0W shat
drove him With unbalanced Mina
% d hermitage 8n tsse forest
Dne lettef in the ehast said Il haG
been buried Bg Hezas3sa Thomas
The older residents heFga bouts Fa
Sas1Bber that following fne disappear
ance III Hag wife and another man
Thomas bagan 10 act sfYang eiF.
Some years later hs was f0and fT9z-
en % 8eafh ia the wO0da
Rsmpter Paid With His LHe
One letter refers 10 his recFesnt
spouse X reaas
The luea stone saved ner ir6~
tne eYll ore TIE knife Is that
which 0Funk MS life blood and is
cursed forever. The books were heF
possession from the cider dare be
fore the grssf shadow len ne man
nay claim 1ls papesz D1cGn3ng
knows ncw came by them He
lied for lack o. ia4rh TIE guns
we're Eoand On his body tie had c5-
lasnA1 the TA1g. pat t1e spirits
bound hin
Tie geld ps1bles we're ny cam
pr0ducg q my genius Place item
ln me sFEang 81 mianignf as the
5isie heron passes the swamp mp-ali-'
lsSsleYlag nothing doU51ing viii
aid yoa TIE spirit bl8s De aasten
I mnst be gone Fareaeil
More Chests are fssaoen.
According ID another letter touna
in fba bog there ts anmaar ehess
buried on the Island man gEtes
Instructions "a directions fgf finaing
q third chest tie KEY 10 which 8g
said ~ be hidden in tree Tbe
whole ne grboraocd ss excited over
search, Immediately begun for f8e
remaining chests
Other parts oi the leGfAr Is which
Thomas revealed bis secrets read
The island Is doomed forever. al
Z is the abiding place of tie seven
devils Beware. FzsA die. birds drop
As tAey pass amd man disappears IA
the c8FsrHoUe depths of the rave
a third letter reads
This chest IS tie property q Hesa
KAN Thomas. formerly ~ New 81
land. later q the Michigan wilder
Tess, spiritnalIsf % Cod. believing
my spirit sfiil rosms over TIE lskas
"a the fuii moon seasons. guarding
All IDS satusBie deposited posses.
sions Tor they are many aud varied
God save me many xon4eFiul SO.
rets. bur because of fhe great sin 81.
took then a}l assay but oae-tbe
least q them-ta< Turning uf Sable
stones into gold Z have btrieT ths
SECRET aT TIE o3dg of old DuckMing
% tie BIG swamp ls3a rest my sou.
Cod Aas filled the earta attn rcld
Devils 90 u1t believe & pas hss L.
not promised seek ama fnE The
Dsne heron ls aise and tile nsMst
eRl. bat mau -s ga ass t0r he wa7E-
eth nE "a The ways 81 tAe Most
niEh
Believed re coaia MAKE Cold
4 AtFse of the story ~ TIE peculiar
0la Aer1lt faou8s. Is Enos1 hefa
George kpevsls. Nho uyes in : pof-
tiou q a h0> c blit b. Thomas, s2yE
mat as bog be seCo1leets nadine
carefully secreged ool1ectlons of
ise-soies sn the bonse. Thomas roam.
20 Tie woods converting wiiA the
irees aud animals and believed t.
col-d iraasmute eeTfaia stones INTO
zQlt After selling his home here
Thomas moved % ga lsland ir he
.-Ee % s1ich ln one letter. he re
lsfs IS the abode - TIE seven
devils
TIE books fglnl ln the chest are
l.ainef ollae aad dsts from l-s- fo
lsls. su-o1g them Blbie. ChiI1r~n
oi TIE Abbey and Book of Pas
-irh- faere Eefe several sell
1l-ks and HaI11er o- reuuier bar
Hrn date HHarr rrar s. Hara.