Paragould Daily Press
January 24, 1942

John W. Pillow Dies At Home On Route 5

John W. Pillow, aged 74, died at 7:50 this morning at him home on Rt. 5 following an illness of five months. He had been critically ill for two weeks.
Survivors include four daughters Mrs. E.B. Mangrum of Rt.4, Mrs John Mangrum of Rt.5, Mrs Henry Earnheart and Mrs. A.D. Washington of Paragould and two sons Arthur Pillow of Paragould and Bill Pillow of Rt. 4. Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 from Pine Knott Church.


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FROM THE DAILY SOLIPHONE

APRIL 19, 1902
STRANGE EXCAVATION

CITIZENS OF FINCH NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

JOHN PILLOWS OF POLAND TOWNSHIP IS AMONG THE NUMEROUS VISTORS TO TOWN TODAY AND RELATED TO A SOLIPHONE REPORTER A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT HAS CAUSED CONSIDERABLE SPECULATION IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD .

THE OLD HOME PLACE OF HIS FATHER , CLEBURNE PILLOWS , WAS THE SCENE OF THE STRANGE INCIDENT . SINCE THE FIRST OF JANUARY NO ONE HAS LIVED ON THE PLACE. THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE RECENTLY THAT SOME ONE HAD EXCAVATED SOMETHING THAT WAS BURRIED ON THE PLACE NEAR THE BARN. THE GROUND WHERE THE EXCAVATION WAS MADE RESEMBLED A NEW GRAVE AND AN INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT A VESSEL ABOUT THE SIZE OF A TEN GALLON POT HAD BEEN DUG UP.

THE EARTH AROUND THE PLACE WHERE THE POT WAS CONCEALED SHOWED
THAT SOME KIND OF VESSEL HAD BEEN HID AWAY FOR YEARS AT A DEPTH OF ABOUT FIVE FEET UNDER THE GROUND . A STAKE HAD BEEN SET INDICATING WHERE THE TREASURE WAS BURRIED.

THERE IS MUCH SPECULATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNING THE STRANGE EXCAVATION , SOME BEING OF THE OPINIEN THAT IT WAS AN OLD INDIAN TREASURE THAT HAD BEEN CONCEALED FOR MANY YEARS , OR IT MAY HAVE BEEN TREASURES THAT WERE BURRIED THERE DURING THE WAR, BUT WHATSOEVER IT WAS , THE OPINION IS PRETTY GENERAL THAT SOMETHING OF VALUE WAS UNEARTHED AND SPIRITED AWAY.