David Hickman received a pleasant surprise while retrieving furniture bequeathed to him by his late uncle, William K. Scarborough.
Delaware Man Finds Gold Coins
When David Hickman, near Cambridge, Delaware, went after the furniture left him by his uncle, the late William K. Scarborough, he came across something that he did not expect to find.
He was looking through a handsome walnut wardrobe which Mr. Scarborough had built himself, and he found carefully packed away in a secret drawer over one thousand dollars in $20 gold pieces, two hundred dollars in other gold and silver, and several hundred dollars in paper.
Mr. Hickman immediately carried the money to the bank and reported his find to the Orphans’ Court. The total amount was over $1,500.
Source: The Midland Journal. (Rising Sun, Md.), 11 Feb. 1910.
