Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 120, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1912 — TO DIG FOR MONEY [ARTICLE]

TO DIG FOR MONEY

Massachusetts Hermit Believed tb Have Hidden Fortune. Administrator of Eccentric Man’s Estate Warns Private Treasure Seekers From Property —Will Make Thorough Search. Great Barrington, Mass. —When Nelson Noteware, an eccentric, hermit of Shefleld, died in his mountain hut last winter, a report spread that he had buried money in various places on his premises, and several citizens of Sheffield announced that as soon as the frost was out of the ground they would dig up every foot of the ground to search for It. Thereupon Frank J. Davis, administrator of the estate, published in a local newspaper a notice “that all persons are forbidden trespassing on the premises of the estate of Nelson Noteware.” Being asked If he believed there was money buried on the Noteware property, Mr. Davis said: “I am inclined to think there is. When Mr. Noteware was taken sick he sent for me to take care of him. One day some money was wanted and he told me to go to a certain part of the room and I would find a box containing money. I did so, could find nothing. Then, working himself along from his chair to the spot he had indicated, from a lot of old cans and kettles he dug out a tin.box, such as baking powder is put up in, full of silver coins. On another occasion he told me to look beneath a certain Jar for the money. I did so, but could find nothing. Then he went to the spot and shoved the Jar aside and,

lifting up a board, dug from the ground a good-sized tin box crammed ful of folded bank bills and silver pieces. “While he was yet able to get about the place, but not Btrong enough to work, he never wanted me nor anybody to go to a certain part of the premises that he was in the habit of visiting frequently. I have always believed that It was because he had money buried in that vicinity. When the weather becomes settled I shall make a systematic search.”