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Show HIS TREASURE WAS A ROCK Overjoyed at Supposed Good Fortune, a Kentucklan Fainted When Plow Struck Hard Object. For generations trndltton hns decreed de-creed that tho Indians In the aboriginal aborig-inal days of Kentucky burled n pot of gold on tho farm of John Williams In Casey county. A few days ago Mr. Williams decided to Institute n systematic system-atic search for tho treasure, tho Dnvls-vllle Dnvls-vllle (Ky.) Messenger states. Ills powerful pow-erful team of mules ho hitched to n strong plow and lu tho locality wjicro the gold Is supposed to be hidden he began digging deep Into tho earth. It always has been claimed that the pot Is of gigantic proportions. After considerable con-siderable deep plowing hnd been done and numerous cxcnvntlons mudc, Mr. Williams' mules enmo to n sudden standstill when the plow struck nn object ob-ject that could not be moved. So, certain that he had found tho trodltlounl pot, he was overjoyed and fainted. Passers-by hurried to his assistance as-sistance nnd ho was survived, and told those present what he was seeking. An excavation wns made and It was proved the plow had struck n huge rock. However, the search Is being continued. There nre n number of farms In Hoyle county upon which It Is alleged large quantities of silver and gold uro hurled. In most cases It is said to havo been hidden by misers or frightened fright-ened people during war times. Not n few early residents lost their lives by keeping their money in their homes nnd utteinptlng to hold it against tho Intrusion of robbers. That was ouo reason treasures were burled. Some years ngo some parties near Paint Lick, In Garrard county, In wrecking nn old housu found several thousand dollars which had been hidden hid-den during war times. The man who had hidden tho money died without telling the secret. |