The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-01-13

A Hna snan oe1oFe-
That your liyes are NOT thu.
Prevented INT ,rssie ~ str ,c ~
-Robert KelIev W~eis a Me- vc~%
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ont Dar TerEi,,. ceIS.a -. ~. e @s.<.
talked the 1o,i1esf ana satd.
ss3erin vonr f,,n =. .ccr ~o,,
please. but want to tan von that
when it's over with there WON'T 10 4
house or barn left standine in Ma
sau county,.
For several years after that the
Larlkins did as they pleased. A farm
er might trace stolen goods to their
house, but he dared 20 no further.
The natural result was that Dan Lar
ktns came to believe that the law was
AFRAID OF him, and that he had only to
take what he wanted. With club
IN MS hand ne walked Into Mount Yer
non one oay. ana. entering tho bank.
ne Salo 20 tne GAMER:
Ian: ano me over ten tnouseno DOL
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err o'
..p,,t ~. 800 4.
.arhe, TT, o,e,, ores:.
And TarE,ns hit hiu, an n. h..a
with the hiudreon ana grabbed a hee
~ rold confain;nr s10 nm ana "a n.
etead If roin~ siracfiw Isomc n. tool :
roundabout Way. ana his pursuers
were at the house waiting for him. Ha
offered no resistance. but when asIxed
what he had done with tho gold he
laughed in their faces.
"A party Oh SIX men Cx0Ol0Y4Q 0Y
the bank made q search for that gold
that lasted eight weeks Larlins had
hidden It between his farm ana town.
a distance of eight miles. He might
have buried tho might have hidden
it in a hollow log or stump. There
were a dozen ways he could have dis
pose Of it and passed the secret along
to his wife. She did not get to pass
awofd with him after his arrest. how
ever. and his sentence was for twenty
years.
The wife remained on the farm for
three years after the husband went
to prison. She visited him in prison
several times, but they were not al
lowed to pass q word In private. Dur
ing the three years she made several
hunts for the treasure, but they wore
in vain. That little fortune seemed
beyond finding. Various afteronta
were made to get Larkins to point out
the spot, but he would not give away
his secret. Seven years after he en-
tered prison he died there.
For nearly thirty years that gold
was searched for at intervals. After
the farm and house had been desertef7
for two or three years thew were ~.
cupied by a widow named Wis. The
oi,iv rirht. she had no. 49, -
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JUS 81 VICES " Pio" ano pant Tor nal1
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One 1ai, as eno wlooWs na1I-acre
ol PotAtoes Was ready TO De dug. she
nao inc misfortune 70 break nor arm.
Sne couIo COOK Ior herself, but she
could not handle axe or hoe with the
one hand. With the help Of n bow
she got in her garden stun, but the
potatoes bid. fair to remain in the
ground until frozen. She was out one
day digging a few with her finrern
when an auto stopned ON the ts~h-.~
and a girl got down ana came - -.
fence ~ ~.
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