| Show cobbler spragues ea frugal wife ten thousand dollars in gold and greenbacks green backs has been fondd secreted in an old table in the residence of john sprague a shoemaker of winnington ington del the money represents his deceased cifes savings for thirty nine years on jan 27 mrs mary sprague wife of the cobbler dropped dead a victim of heart disease in a dang store the couple came to wilmington from england thir tyone ty one years ago the husband is about sixty years of age while the wife was nearly fifty nine years old when she died they were frugal and industrious and during their thirty nine years of married life the husband weekly gave the wife a certain sum of money for her use he never questioned what she did with the surplus but supposed it was regularly put in bank when mrs sprague died search was made for the bankbook supposed to exist but to no avail the house was ransacked also but no money was found finally mrs mcginley a neighbor suggested as she had had a dream to that effect that possibly the treasure might be secreted in an antique table and this article of furniture was examined tightly wedged in an inside corner of the table were found a bag of gold and a roll of greenbacks green backs which being counted amounted to cor philadelphia record |
