NEW JERSEY
By Michael Paul Henson
From page 33 of the January issue of Lost Treasure magazine.
Copyright & copy; 1991, 2000 Lost Treasure, Inc.
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Bachelor's buried gold coins
It was in mid-April of 1903 that neighbors became worried about Patfick Flynn. He was 82-years old and was known as the Hennit of Harker's Hollow. Flynn hadn't been seen for several days around his house or in the surrounding area of Belvedere, in Warren County. Someone checked his home and found him dead.
Flynn, a bachelor, had a distrust for banks, and it was common knowledge among his neighbors that he hoarded all the money that came into his possession. Seeking to find his hidden wealth, a search was made which was productive.
"In fact, wherever the men searched, they found small amounts of money," was the official report. "It was in a rag pile, old trunks, closet, under the rugs and among the rafters," the story goes. A total of $3,000 was located.
The neighbors knew that Flynn had a sister living in New York so they wired her the news of his death. After arriving and learning the amount of money and valuables the neighbors had found, the sister claimed that the money found was only a small part of the wealth of her brother. The sister believed Flynn had one large cache and had absentmindedly made the small caches that were found.
Without a waybill, or even an estimate of how much money the old man had buried orhidden, the amount left behind was, and still is, unknown. But from all indications, the remaining treasure ofthe Hermit of Harker's Hollow is worth a search.
By Michael Paul Henson
From page 33 of the January issue of Lost Treasure magazine.
Copyright & copy; 1991, 2000 Lost Treasure, Inc.
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Bachelor's buried gold coins
It was in mid-April of 1903 that neighbors became worried about Patfick Flynn. He was 82-years old and was known as the Hennit of Harker's Hollow. Flynn hadn't been seen for several days around his house or in the surrounding area of Belvedere, in Warren County. Someone checked his home and found him dead.
Flynn, a bachelor, had a distrust for banks, and it was common knowledge among his neighbors that he hoarded all the money that came into his possession. Seeking to find his hidden wealth, a search was made which was productive.
"In fact, wherever the men searched, they found small amounts of money," was the official report. "It was in a rag pile, old trunks, closet, under the rugs and among the rafters," the story goes. A total of $3,000 was located.
The neighbors knew that Flynn had a sister living in New York so they wired her the news of his death. After arriving and learning the amount of money and valuables the neighbors had found, the sister claimed that the money found was only a small part of the wealth of her brother. The sister believed Flynn had one large cache and had absentmindedly made the small caches that were found.
Without a waybill, or even an estimate of how much money the old man had buried orhidden, the amount left behind was, and still is, unknown. But from all indications, the remaining treasure ofthe Hermit of Harker's Hollow is worth a search.