Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1912 — FINDS $657 IN OLD TRUNK. [ARTICLE]

FINDS $657 IN OLD TRUNK.

Hotel Keeper Discovers It Wrapped lu Newspaper Dated 170*. Lawrenceburg, Ind., Jan. 19. F. Harry Steinricde, age twenty-nine, proprietor of a hotel here, while renovating the garret of his hostelry, discovered an old trunk and lound $657 in gold. The money was wrapped in an old newspaper, the B&ston News-Letter, which was published Monday, April 17, I'Of. The hotel building is a century old and was the Hirst three-story brick LuißUng erected in southern indiana. . — : There were fifty-seven one dollar gold pieces and Mr. Steinriede disposed of them at a local banking house, receiving a premium of twenty-five cents on each. An old flintlock revolver and a large bjr.wie knife, a belt, and a quantity of moth-eaten clothing were also found in the trunk.