Show HERMITS HERMIT'S GOLD GOLDi i FOUND IN CAVE Treasure Chest in ill Haunted Was as Cause Cuse Cavern of Murder i a Jan Up t. to a n few tew Davis Okla Okia vi vl- this his town or d days ago ngo no person in dreamed that had had over ever In mold molded cd and natural l gold Jold ld ll lay n for o ca cave that nearby concealed In lit a n J only shelter somo somo years served ECI as the of or a a. a h homeless nH less old man took l lonely before the tho J lA Long dark forbid within Its oCo O tiP up hi his known as the tho the din interior It ft was ding In these parter part few ha cavern ca and aud to venture In Into Into Into In- In enough courageous er its raIl gave ave generally to It It while children gene entrance a n wl wide c berth veritable beunza bonan bo- bo How the cave prove proved 1 a n. citizen of ot this P place and to lo nan za a unexpected fortune fortuno him an brought rought storY ston Interesting provides a 11 most stop Somo Some time ago G. G L. L Gorman lorman took too It A into nto his head bead to explore the cave which Turner Ira Falls II a n popular I Is situated near lar mr summer umme resort Ho lie Invited V ono 0 or him and the they friends to accompany lW the opportunity as ns glad dad of ot tho the were vere proposItIon appealed to their love lovo of I adventure I to the tho cave Is on the tho The The entrance entrance aldo eldo of ot a 1 L steep hill hlll about ISO feet above tha the river rl bed It can cart only be I and narrow narrow narrow nar nar- gained b by going up a winding of or orthe extends to tho top row p path th th that t the hill or hill or mountain as It IMs Is general general- j Jy called Hermita Found In 10 Creek ek It appears that a hermit John Allman Allman Allman All- All had inhabited the cave cavo by br name nam man found Ho lie was for nearly twenty years ears dead about a year rear ago b by two men who water out of or ortho barrel of oC went to get ft i tho iha tho creek creele His ills bod hotly body was standing upright in tho the stream a a. coil coll of or ropo rope drawn tightly lightly around tho the neck and Theold The Theold both hands tle tied fast to Its sides shIes crushed A old uld mans man's skull was badly knot at tho end of or the rope had caught in some somo overhanging bushes and this held the body In an upright position cleared up Tho The mystery was never no but many persons persona in Turner Falls as aa aswell aswell well as si many living In Davis ls claim they have 8 seen en the tho ghost of ot the aged hermit walking from tho the mouth of oC th the cavo cave to the creek and back a again aln to the entrance of or the cavern ern carrying a adoll I doll oll of ropo rope and a n mining prospectors hatchet hatchet- Mr r. r Gorman is believed to be bo tho the fl first t person In this vicinity or from an any other Bother locality to muster up tip sufficient courage to enter the cavo cave He lIe says ho he had long desired to male make a thorough but something some somo- investigation In of or the tho Place thing always occurred to prevent it Finally he ho says ho concluded to find two or three companions who would bo be willing to go along and he ho found them In In Albert Chellis Chellie and md Peter 3 lSe employed in oil Industries near I fl nere ere Make DI In Cave Cavo On entering the caye cays the they found It I contained ono one large rge and two small emall hambers A few le ragged clothes and andA andi A i number of or rusted cooking utensils vero ero observed lying upon one of oC th natural shelves formed by the tho walls of ofrU rU rock k These These- undoubtedly had belonged to the old oM hermit f Gorman German guided b by a carbide light entered ono one of tho the small email chambers which tho the old hermit had apparently used as his sleeping room Here he J noticed a small box partly concealed In Inthe the cleft of or the rocks He lIe might never ne have havo observed d It if IC a 1 of or brass nail uail heads had not flashed In iii the rays f the cArbide light I I On attempting to take the box boc down I Gorman found that It Jt was very ery hea heavy He called to his two companions who wore were exploring other parts of oC tho the cave care The They came and the black chest was lifted down to the floor of or thc cave A Ake Akey Akey ke key was attached to one of or th the handles by br R it piece picco of ot When the they unlocked the box and raised up tho lid they the beheld what appeared ap ap- ap to be he a dozen perhaps dozen perhaps hun hun- of rede of black or nearl nearly black round and nd shaped acorn nug nuggets els that w were re as heavy heavy- as lead The box and lId contents wore dragged dragg d to the mouth of ot the cave cavo and into the sunlight where Gorman lorman cut Into ono one of or the nuggets with his knife It lt that isn't gold old Ill I'll cat eat m my head exclaimed Gorman but ho is in no r whatever of or being compelled loI to lo I perform buch hueh a miraculous feat teat for every everyone one of ot the black balls or nuggets ha have vc proved to bo be gold of or tho the purest furest quality I i Gold Valued nt at Gorman German took th the tho gold to an assayer A In Ardmore who appraised tho entire jot lot as being worth close dose to possibly pos pos- sibly fully that figure Gorman will vill express the gold old to tho the mint In Philadelphia Phila delphia without delay where It will ivill be converted omet d Into shining coin Five hun hUn- dollars of or the money will be bo used to remove the old hermits hermit's bod body from ron I Ithe the potters' potters field to Mount Hope come come- len Ur and to purchase a fitting tilting monument menu menu- m ment nt to place above o It H. and his 1 wo compan compan- ions ens ons arc are a thousand dollars each ach and say nay they aro are perfectly satis satis- fied us as it was strictly G Gorman Gorman's lucky find Nothing was as found that would throw any light upon the hermits hermit's probable fate The consensus of oC opinion here is that he was murdered by a former fonner partner In tn a mining enterprise or or b by I some Iome ono one who knew latew of or his hugo huge treas ure but that neither of QC his possible layers succeeded in finding the hidden a ebest est st of gold guld |