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.nsif^AnOOSt^SiA^------ilead Heimlt’s •UiddeiiV 'FortttM Bla». posed'Olr foi* k Triflib.For $7.jW”Gebrge fimery purely an apparently wortblesa old ark on the Alvlfio slough some months ago; Con-CMleifl In the .ramshaekle Htructuro he found, coin and notes amounting to thousands'of dollars. Now he has told of his good fortune while under the influence of liquor, and the law officers are after the remnants of the wealth. 'It is a strange and interesting story.Last September an old fisherman hermit, Charles F. Rodman, was found dead in his a.rk on the slough near Al-viso. Nothing but a grinning skeleton was left, which was found l3' railroad section bhnds. Rodman bad been dead several weeks, and rats had eaten the bones clean of flesh. Coroner Secord held an inquest and took charge of the effects, which consisted of a chain and the ark, which were all sold for $7.50. .George Emery was the purchaser. .Not long after his purchase Emery began to dress well and later took' a trip east. Recently he returned and efforts were made to learn how be bad acquired so much wealth. While in liquor last night at Aiviso it was dra wn out of him that there was a large sum of money in the ark. He exhibited a $1,000 note In proof, and saild there was much more.Public Administrator Secord asked to-day for special letters of administration. Emery was brou^t into court on a bench summons to tell about the hermit’s wealth. With much difficulty it was learned tliat he got eighty gold $20 pieces and a United States note for $1,000.Emery said later that wiien leaving for the East he gave a lady at Aiviso an envelope containing three treasury notes each for $1,000. He further says that when he caine back the envelop^ returned to him, but when he opened It there was nothing inside.Emery said there were others included, naming J. Baird as one. After he W'ent East he had heard that certain ]eople got $2,700 in coin out of the ufk. Emery’s story u*as couflicting, but his staroments on the stand and off show that four $1,000 treasury notes were found and coin suflicient to make atotal of $8,000.Five years ago Redman was kiiowm ttUiave had $2;i,O00 in treasury notes in a bank in San Francisco. He also had dtlier means, and much of this may have leen in the ark. The district attorney will commence suit to recover the projterty, and may institute criminal proceedings. — San Francisco Chronicle.
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South Riverside Corona Courier
South Riverside, California, US
Sat, Jul 03, 1897
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