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ford Free Pre:BEDFORD, TAYLOR COUNTY, IOWA. TUESDAY. JULY 13. 1915.ler o ry o wr o Jo oUo nilr oMRS. MARIA PORTER REPEATS TO NEWSPAPER MAN STORY THAT IS BASIS FOR ARRESTS OF MEN NOW DEPENDANTSoup o »l 0 led cJ. P. Bojl.. o/ Ik. Kiniu City Pom Vos tho first ncwtpnpor rohn to lt;*-loin on Interview with Mr.. Marla Porter of Quitman. Mo. utter sly related her ecnwtUonul -lory to'CT'A. XoHM, n»»l»li«nt nttonncy general, and a second tlm* to 'V. \V. Bulm.-n. Thlo u in sitotonce the -lory Ain. Porter U exp«ied to relate on the uHnew Klinil today:Break Inc forty-acven y euro’ sHenre. Mre. Man. Porter, only eye wltAMe of the double murder nt SUm. Io_ In 1CC8. which netted 0 bihdlt gang ♦fO.OOO In Bold, loot nigh! told for t’.ie firm time the twere* ehe —I” has •nilaeieo-l ov«ry ,I»y of her lltc. nnd made htj o prematurely oged woman.Mr*. Porter tear* asnuolnatlon today Juat u nho T.nrcd It forty yean *go. when n bull« stretched Jonathan Dark dim* on the floor of her home near ir.Oej-cndoocc, Mo., ofter h- '.iid drawn his six-shooter withIn tho scuffle bit a piece out of hla hand. TU.'t saved my life. Tho 1**1 lime he tried to kill me. my sis. ter ihot him before ho i-ould ilrnw his revolver© to hill us. Then Jonathan Dark, coughing tho bulletaih- o th © llto « be- © .Is, © rig- © ©f 0 rt’.i o(ho o of o—y oml.of r»d © tho « idl-toClny-©f an occur-lenaro ©n They r that gain-th. mean dinjuryonsld'ormcallllarsKirktor for ck.butig thohors* t. rin-dla-Kordc«Ur».nnonneod Intention of kllllns her. She la ch. ©no llilng nltno** to tlio reorder of Old Than. wealthy cattle baler, who died with his ll-y*ar-olil companion In a rain attempt to protect his fortune In gold from a band nf marauders, desperate and lur.tUai *» tho James boys 1n their palmiest days. ,Mrs Porter, who. as n girl of It. sow five mon nnd a boy. all well known to her. carrying the murdered rrart’s body In a quilt to Its final resting place, •hirers In dread at the ordeal before her; tha ord.nl nf appearing In op-n court Tacaday nt Bedford, la., nnd repeating under oath th© accraatlon responsible for the awest on a murder charge of Botaa Huntsman. Ram Sorlvnor nnd •'Hank” r.nd Jolm Dnmewood. all n-specl'd residents of Taylor county.Tlitvvuciw-d lo Kill her Thru ■On the plght. by wldcnt. I saw them carrying Old Th»n body by our house In n bloody «Uilt.” *lie Mid. Jonathan Dork, my brothcr-ln-law. ael*ed me and swora me lo erer-Isstlng Bllancu. ‘Damn you.’ he ssld. T might to kill you now. form never f'JI aof« while yon live. If you ever breathe one word of what you fan tontxht I’ll wash my hand* in yoar hctrc’s blood.’”’Then© wero 'ale *ery words and he meant fhem. too. A month later he tried to kin roc with a batcher Icclfe. but someway, I can’t ten you how. I wrraiod It oway from him ondfromd In '.ils lungs, ‘lied with his dead In my nm». and hi* eves almost Parting out of Ida head In li-rror. He thought he raw before him Old T.inn’e boy companion Whom he killed with on ax ns the child knulad praying for life.”T/Ookl Iraokf he crUd. The boy Is here now watching ins. waiting for me lo die. Of all Cic crimes we have committed this Is the onlv one that coinra back to haunt m© now as I am dying.1He made a motion like he was trying to push some one 1 could not Me away from hla throat.11 ’The boy. my God, t'n boy,1 he cried again, hie eyes popping dear out of hi. brad.That I* how Jonathan Dark one of ‘Old Than”s murderers died, sir, In my aims.Dora Am Di-Dr.. Life Safe Yet.■Safe now? No elr. I’m not safe and mover will be ** long a* any on* ©f thru© men I mw with t’.ie murdered mon'i body In th* bloody quilt liven The old ox team wlih the trunk full of gold In It ©ted out by our fcnco thot night. I can see It ’*t as It looked la the moonlight.Whot a curre. that bloody gold 'aaB Wren. It '.tun spilt up families, ft ha* been on five men1* consciences all tholr lives and now tl ha* been found jogaln after all the** year* It ha* brought about these Arrests and drag. (ged me Into the papers and the court* Mo tull the dreadful story 1 nov.r even told my own husband until lost recently. I win » young girl, lust past 15. when this 'tappened. I lived with my ulster, ’who was Jonathan Dark1* wlf©. on the Collin* form.■Tint wan near the cave W.iere Dnrk nnd bis four companion* llvod moot of lira time. They were out all night always and no itispeotsd something wa» wrung, but T never knew certainly till that night.I was tklng car© of my skater1* baby. Jonathan Park’s child, and stepped outsid© the '.louse for a moment. The moan was slilnlng. It wo» lain at night. Suddenly I heard talking anil five men come arour.d tho corner of the houac. in a quilt between them they wero carrying abody. The poor man1* feet and legs wore dragging on the ground.11The old woman, wdio I* frail ond loll worn and highly nervous, covered her eyco with both hand* os thousli her word* hod rcvlsunllied the dreaded slglu.Jonathan Dark Jumped at me and sclxcd me.11 she continued, tremblingly. Hu cursed m« and said he would wash his bands In my heart’* Kood If I told what I had seen. I’ra never told until now. (hous'd the aee-ret ha* born T weight on my heart *11 my life. I’ll be glad to have the *»CTM off my mind. Maybe It will bring me peace, but I’m afraid even now. Just as I was on that night when all thl* happened.Made Her Wa.Ii Out Itleuwl.They carried tho body off over tha hill ond were going to dump It In an eld well, they mid. They brought the quilt bock, all clotted and weighted with blood, and made me wash It.I wse'.ied th* eUlns from their clothing, too.Do I know th* men! Yc*. I know ihem, though most of them I ha’ never ao*n alnce that night. They were all young mon then, and who drove t'.ie ox cart with the trunk full of gold was only a boy of 1! but they ore old now. older than I am. and now when thoy have all lh» things the world con give them, ihl old murder coma* back lo accuse them. I alwaya knew II would. I told them God would bring It abou tome way and He did through th flghi U|#y got Into over that cursed gold.They found If years ago ofu-r year* and years of seorch. It n burled In whllo nand In a leather sack nnd was under water. Sam Andorson told mo he touched lha sack and saw the gold, then they drove him off and would not give him hU *h»re. So he gut » lawyer nnd threatened to xui Ihcm for hla work In hunting for lhlt; told nnd nf last the Dos Molne* officers got hold of I! nnd now U has all come ouf after *11 thus* year*.I dread going to the court because I’m afraid of them even yd but I've promised lo Bo nnd Tn~dny m tell It *11. Just as 1’vc told It to you. nnd ov*ry word Ihe truth, os God Is my Judge.There Is the story of the one living witness of a murder forty-seven yenre old.UlnSaluiday. Jt rich nnd Tlroir fled «• Rldniy Thomas, of th f Sidney offlcThe mnrrtas von the mini nd Mrs. Host them to ihdnr woddlng until '.tome. The H panled by M» o Sidney to Mlaa Stella H waa managed he Koowlcdgi lives, except was was a pa cepton.harmless doc* ■Vii Ulrlc’.l of The Time*, for nearly fou her conncctlai on the staff lt;Howan has the employ nf So far aa kne ilnuo their rcNoMiss Kate I'erklns were WVdrradny ceremony too dlsl Epl«op» omciotlne. Af ponied t'ao yo on the aflcrn-returned on IThe bride *nd Mrs. J. I her father's clerk’s ©me* his lncumlc-n ton of C. F and Is engage mnin*iiin«ntSAM SCRIVNER, MOST WIDELY KNOWN OF DEFENDANTS IN MURDERCASE, FEELS CERTAIN THAT HE WILL BE CLEARED OF CHARGE■There it nothing to t'-Hs murder lalk and I am sure I will b« cleared. w« the statmcnt made by Sam Rerlvnn Thuieflny.The «ci**Md mi le H year* of age and hr* (been a rwldcnt of Taylor county for »“u*e-There Is noihlng lo It,11 h* said. ’’Whel’i more, this treasure has never been found. BMIra Hur.Uman wo* •Usmng for il Jail spring. He wouldn’t keep on digging If t'.i* chest was unearthed twelve years ago. as Anderson claim?.Anderson Is nor*. II* demend.dmoney «nd when refused, started thl. affair. I told him Huntsman didn’t hav. th* money, but he wouldn’t hsllete m*. Thul u-*s si* weeksAt that time Anderton told me he «.* gotvK over to nee Huntsman nnd gilt; ItD slisre of t'a* ISO.400. 'He ain’t got any money,1 I said.11'Yes, he h'B.1 raid Anderioa.11-What make© you think no? I asked.11 •Well, for one thing. Huntsman’s got too many f»l 'aoi-ao* running a round ltl plac*. he told me.“ ’If Huntsman's got fat horie* onhis place ftey belong in somebody »Ue.‘ I raid.“Why. I am euro lhat money was never found. the old man continued. -.1* for m*. I've got * farm hut no money, and It Huntsman had any I should think ho would put a few clothes on his back to cover his nalt-cdncat. I know Huntsman thinks there it money burled near the .prlng ood he has spent Iqts trying to local* ». I have been told the Janus boye robbed * bank and cached Ihe swog on the Anderson farm That murder Ulk Is foolish. I know noihlng about ft.G. M. BRADLEY TELLS OF LONG TOLD TALES OF HIDDEN WEALTHAND THE YEARS OF DIGGING ON POLK TOWNSHIP FARM AS RESULTG. X. Bindley, former WJerlff .nd well know re.ld.nt of Ibis county, on being Interviewed about the Bedford semnOon says that th* tr***in* In tha coo© waa hurlfd by the Jamee boys after a bank robbery and not ■ecu red by th© murder of » wealthy ■toikman. Mr. BradUy ia aa old resident of this county and la thoroughly acquainted with Taylor county 'Malory:In 1* or It. ao tho atory goes, the James boys robbed a bank, securing I9P.000 In gold and currency. ThMr flight took them thru tho vll-lag* of Slam. Bain* hard pressed by the pursuing prase, they burled th* money near a spring on the Anderson farm. Th*y slopped at the Floyd Collins farm thot night. Tho spot where tho treasure Is bolleved to hav* boon burled and th* near vlolntty Ismownhere *i Klondike.11Tnmuro Never l'ound.No ono around here ever heard of this double murd.r until notv. snld Mr. Bradley, and vc never heard of the finding of the gold. I havo known Dates Huntsman for year* and talked to him altar his atrea: about the affair. Ha told me the money had never been found and sold he didn’t have a cent. He told m* he didn’t know why he had been arrester.d dldn.t know what tr.ie wholo thing »« about. I know prraonHlly that atsry tlm* Huntsman h'-a ba*n *bl© to raise 119 tn past years he has spent IT or fl of It tn dig for thetruuur*.11Mr. Bradley was alio abl* lo throw sumo light upon the killing of Jonathan Dark ut.th© Collin* homestead, a idiorl duian;* from Kansas City.'ToDark.1Alurla.Killing of Dark, oldest Colllna girl married he sold. Tlie youngs*!, who U raid to b*v. seen thecountBrfeltari1 gang In tl.« act of dla-paslr.g of tho cattleman’r body, was receiving the attention of a young man nwir Slum. Dark objKle,* to tho girl’s gentlemen friend ond warned him to k*ep away. Ho also warned Af*r!» »gainst having anvf.itng to do with hor beau.As I understand It. whan tho Col Una family moved Into Missouri. Dark followed them In order to keep this young man from paying attention to Marla. When Dark entered’ th* houac he was nhot by Mattlo Collins, a sister. I never, it .ard that Dark wanted to kill M»rU for exposing the gang** sucral, or of Mr having bi*n plot by Jcas« James.”warned of thoMo.INVESTIGATORS AND NEWSPAPER MEN MAKE INQUIRY AS TO ANCIENTCURRENCY FOUND IN SAFE OF DR. A. M. GOLUDAY AT HIS DEATHTho story of hidden wealth of old denomination- hae brought up th* atory of ih- finding of money Is thsMoro ef Dr. A. M. OullldAy Ip Bed-ford with renewed intercut. t*jo clr-oumstancra attending thta sensationof April 1948 wore a* follow* taken from tho fllra of tho Bedford Free'(Continued _dn page ITArabr Anhrose Ci Ically III for his liomi sot evening at i will be held i nt 14 a. m. Bdwnrdi of will take plslt; tery.TtimA three Inr threw th* Or rlvor out of I1 that Bi-dford Sunday night, ony today. : trains Mondnj •Hlthl wanhoiCOUNTYPONBOAltn OF TO IIODI Ulrchnunl Wi MUve Belle-Atlrncllon* Ring M IUAt a ratetli felr board yei Redded io po ty fair from 10 until Septi Thl* will i*av day* 1= the on.on for I't-was b*cause i er which hand Inability track In -hap floods in th© was'.iad tho In bad shape yesterday did »*em*d brat board to poai date.Tho postpor be th* right fair thla y©» been among l thlo elioult i early datra. as It stands eomo nftor ft I the Months —me «ti ad for the la will be juat »p*cd ring. : out will rent* Sacodi S*
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Bedford Free Press
Bedford, Iowa, US
Tue, Jul 13, 1915
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Taylor C.
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