An interesting case of "treasure trove" April 1, 1893, Wednesday

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CARROLLTON, Ga., March 31 -- An interesting case of "treasure trove" has been tried in the Circuit Court in a near-by county in Alabama. In 1890 Robert A. Wilson, a well-to-do farmer of Clay County, was plowing in his field and turned up $6,000 in twenty-dollar gold pieces. The box which contained the gold crumbled into dust, which showed that the money had been burled for years.

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