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HONEY IN A SMOKEHOUSE.Wealthy Vlrgrfnlao, Who Recently Died, Had a. Novel Sate »eio*»t Vtnlt for His Gold.Although one of the wealthiest men in I Southampton county, Y*., Benjamin El. I Worrell, who recently died at the age of I»] 72 years, had a secret distrust of banks, j and he had several bags of gold coin, 1 which no one knew about until after his [death, IWhen the will was read a marginal | f note directed the heir* to dig In the I ' southeast.corner of the smokehouse for 11 buried treasure. The heirs followed in- j structlons and were rewarded by the dls- J j covery of some $7,000 la gold pieces j ( packed tightly in shot bag*. j (Worrell, a farmer and former con- j, federate veteran, died several months j ago, leaving an estate worth $160,000.
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Elyria Chronicle
Elyria, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 21, 1904
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