Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 298, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1916 — RECOGNIZES MAN WHO LEFT $1,000 WITH HIM 42 YEARS AGO [ARTICLE]

RECOGNIZES MAN WHO LEFT $1,000 WITH HIM 42 YEARS AGO

Former Confederate Veteran Did Not Forget Traveler Who Trusted Him. Ardmore, Ok.—A. A. Moss of Moun tain View, who is visiting his son-in-law here, was seen and at once recog nized by D. E. Moorehead, an inmate of the Confederate Horn! here, although they had not seen each other for nearly 44 years, and then only for a short while. It was in 1872 that Moss was traveling from Boone County, Ark., to Red River County, Tex., by wagon. lie carried about SI,OOO in gold in an old shot sack. Moorehead then resided ii. East Texas, and when Moss reach ed his home *he obtained accommodation for the night. Fearing to carry the gold further .because of the wildness of the country, he gave it Moorehead to keen until his return, which was some weeks later. He found it just as it had been delivered 1 to his host for the one night, and it is now demonstrated that the in cident indelibly fixed upon his memory the features of Moorehead.