One of the problems with trying to acquire any means of possible direction in these type of stories is trying to get an accurate fix on any possible sources of alternate wealth that might have otherwise resulted in being the catalyst behind the tale. Several years ago when I first started this type of research I was eventually able to identify three or four possible candidates, this then finally being reduced to only one remaining possibility that still coincided with the offered dates of deposits in the pamphlet. This first shipment, valued at roughly 1/2 million at the time, was allegedly made in 1819, the second in 1821. Both of these shipments would have been in the form of identifiable contraband.
Granted, the source of this information was very questionable and highly debated at the time, those 'devils advocates" frequently reminding of this fact and often raising justifiable points of argument, just as they should have done. So from here the research turned to the source material itself, the many intimate details that it offered being picked apart in an effort to establish the possible genuine nature of that source. Based on all of this investigation and research I can say with fair certainty that the source material has proven itself to be routinely accurate and trustworthy. There are also a couple of other curious events in this source material that still baffles even the sternest skeptics and scholars and these revolve around a couple of predictions in the source material that have since materialized, these events offering even more in favor of the material's genuine nature. So where does all of this leave us today?
Well, it leaves us (those involved in this research with me) with only one known good possibility, but sadly that's all it leaves us with, just one good and extremely suspect possibility. The focus now is on three different areas of the research, one of these revolving around a missing letter that we are still actively trying to locate, this letter perhaps containing that smoking gun that we're all after? This letter was part of a chain of correspondences that involved the discussion, argument, and utter denial of alleged promised "payments for services rendered." The claimants in this exchange having been directly involved with the perpetrators of the two detailed shipments of wealth in question. Hopefully we will soon get our hands on that letter so we can review its exact contents. At the time of this documented exchange, 1829, the claimant is in,.....where else but, Richmond Virginia, some of our other suspects having paid him timely visits during his extended stay in Richmond. Incidentally, this same individual also held close and good relations with influential people in St. Louis, New Orleans, and also the the Lynchburg and Bedford areas, as did some of his suspected co-conspirators who were also in Richmond at the same time.
What is so interesting in this possibility is that it leaves the exact suspected circumstances already explained in regards to the necessity for hiding wealth, this not only being due to the illegal nature of the amassed wealth but also due to the implications that its unthinkable and wanted discovery would expose. So in this there is actually two very good reasons for having hidden this wealth and the suspected business at hand. What are the odds that these circumstances actually existed? At this juncture I would say, quite good. What are the odds that these circumstances may have resulted in the Bealle pamphlet story? Again, at this juncture I would also say, quite good. What are the odds that any portion of this alleged hidden wealth still remains? At this juncture I would say, quite poor, if not dismal, at best.
One has to remember that the letter from St. Louis was only to arrive to Morriss if his services were eventually required. Might be good and practical reason why he never got the letter seeings how several of our suspects are still alive and well long after the end of the alleged ten-year term. Odd that all of our identified suspects ended up living out the rest of their lives in financial comfort, as did their children. So who knows, maybe there's some measure of truth to the tale after all?
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