The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-07-03
PAYS FORTUNE TELLER
$4,000; NO GOLD Yet
&
Man Sues to Recover From
Soothsayer Who Couldn't
Locate Money.

St. Louis.-Keysey Marriott, form
er,y postmaster of Browns, ILL.,, claim
he pad Mrs. Augusta PelinsN and
other c'airvoyants of this city $1,000
to locate a. hidden treasure near
Browns. They failed to find the gold
arsi the reason they gave, according
to Marriott, was that more money was
needed TO keep the Spirits" in good
humor
Marriott has filed suit in the st.
Louis Circuit Court against Mrs. Pc
llnskI who has an elegant home in
the fashionable section CT this city,
to recover $1,000 of the money he
claims he paid her. ~
There is tradition around Browne
that more than a hnllired yeals ago
the Indians or the French buried
$s00, 900. wrapped in a bearskln. in an
open space at the foot OF q bill he
tween the timber and the bank of Bon.
mas Creek. e. = "a
Marriott. the postmaster. often heard
the OIL residents talk about 1T as
they waited for their mail. He had
a friend, L. D. Leach, a business man
Of Golden Gate. twelve miles away,
VINO often drove over in his auto
mbile. They decided to call calir-
voyant into the case.
',s"I was directed 70 clairvoyant at
Olney by q friend" says Marriott.
This cladrvoyant SAID there was a
lot of money hidden near Browns and
agreed to Locale it If l would pay
his expenses there. He went there
and We drove out to Bonnas Creek.
Az we We're walking in an open
spite between hill and the creek
rabbit jumped up and the Clair
voyapt said Stop! Here's the place.
Last night the spirits showed me
where tie treasure was buried and
saw a rabbit jump up by stump.
There's the stump. That's the place
to dig
He leaned over and scratched
around in the dirt and picked up a
handful of hair. There's your bear
skin. Inc said. He unwrapped it and
there was a piece of gold about four
inches long In the shpae of duck.
Leastways it looked like god and he
said it was gold.
I'VE didn't find any more gold and
in q couple of days the professor
that what he called himself--went
home. We gave i'm 5000 and he kept
promising to come back. Finally he
directed me to clairvoyhnt in St.
Louis. This one also agreed to find
the treasure il We would pay his ex-
penses. Finally he. too. said he could
do nothing more and told me to go
see Mrs. Pelinski. He said she could
find anything.
Il went to her house and she told
me Fill about the hidden treasure. l
am satisfied now that hhe probes
sor telephoued TO her while was on
my way TO see her. She said there
must be million dollars there! The
professor calme later and they told
me the could combine their powers
and do anything. They agreed to find
the hidden gold for 1000. Iwrote TO
Leach and he gave me $1,000 ito give
them.
when l asked her what Hlssur-
ance we had thot we would get any
thing for our money she said her
word was as good as gold. She wrote
me several times that she WIS maxi
ing sacrifices to keep the spirits in
good humor. l. 7 she sent for me
and said she couldn't do anything
more without more money. She want
ed $4,000. | WROTE to Leach and he
came over with the money. give
her $1,000 and the professor the same
amount. She told nus We would find
the treasure within forty days.
When the spirits were ready
she said. they would raise the treas
ure right up out of the ground. She
told us 70 go out TO the creek bind
see v the ground was raising now.
II 1t was. We We're TO Let her know.
and she weuih come right over. We
went and looked, but the ground
hadn't raish any. SO that you could
notice It.
FINALLY she said the spiirst bad
got mixed up somehow and they
wouldn't help her find the treasure
unles shs had $500 more TO make
sacrtftce9. sri' = ,,s 81 ~ =.
The last .ttme-l saw Der she said
she hsda~ been we'll end cou'd MOI