San Jose (CA) Evening News, March 31, 1906, p. 8. IN SHADE OF OLD APPLE TREE English, Indiana, March 31-When the terrific storm uprooted an aged apple tree at the edge of the town, it exposed at the base a cache from which has been taken $8,000 believed to be part of $100,000 hidden forty years ago by George Patten. His relatives spaded up the ground near the tree and recovered $13,000 more. Patten was an eccentric character whose heart was broken by a robbery in which he lost heavily nearly fifty years ago. His losses and the injuries inflicted by the robbers affected his mind. He lived to be very old, and after the robbery never cut his hair, shaved or wore a coat. It was known that he was possessed of considerable money, but all efforts to get an inkling of its hiding place during his life were unavailing, and search after his death failed to reveal it. The family had abandoned the search until the wind blew over the apple tree and gave a line on the treasure.