By M. L. Shipman
Raleigh, N.C., July 25—The sensation of the week in this city grew out of the discovery of abandoned automobiles in the waters of Old Rock Quarry in East Raleigh on information furnished to representatives of two or three insurance companies who had been rather busy of late adjusting claims for “lost or stolen” cars. This quarry is an immense hole from which the granite was taken some 80 years ago to construct the new capitol building. Since that time the city has utilized great quantities of the fine material to be fund there in street paving and for other purposes. This now famous old hole is said to contain 70 feet of water which the Raleigh public believes to sheath many hidden mysteries. Along down the years people have been murdered and thrown into this receptacle for the dead and more than one lifeless body has been lifted from the dark recesses of its shrouded enclosures.
Every day during the week crowds of people, numbering from 3,000 to 5,000, have assembled around the Quarry to watch the divers whose efforts have so far resulted in fishing out a Hudson super-six, a Cole, a King, and a Ford from the 70 feet of water into which they had been driven, presumably, with the idea of collecting insurance. Two of them have been identified as belonging to local people, but no arrests have been made as of Monday morning. There is talk of draining this big pool in order that its contents may be revealed, but a definite conclusion on this suggestion has not been reached. The consensus of opinion is that many dark deeds are concealed there. This hole has a black and weird history, which is now being recalled by the elder citizens of Raleigh, who would like to have their impressions verified, while the insurance companies are interested in the financial feature of the drainage suggestion.
From the front page of The Brevard News, July 29, 1921
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