There is an abandoned house not far from my inlaws, not much left of it, roof has fell in, floors and walls are following, bunch of old bottles, baby doll heads, arms and legs scattered in the briars around it.
Asked my FIL about it and he couldn't remember alot except the guy that lived there (I'll call him Joe Knox) lived with his mom and died in a car fire in the early 50's, and then it was rented out a dozen times or so over the following years until it just went to hell. He said his brother knew more about it and to ask him.
His brother told us "Joe Knox" got involved in something (he didn't know what) and there was money involved and people pissed off. He remembered "Joe" trading in his old 30 something Ford for a shiny newer 49 Ford. The Ford was later found burning in a parking lot in back of a local restaurant and when they put the fire out, they found "Joe" in the trunk.
A few days later the kiddo goes with his dad & his cousin to look for coyote tracks near the old house. I guess they walked up to the basement, and the kid spots a wallet laying on the dirt floor inside. His dad retrieved it, and inside were 2 $10 bills (1950), and one $5 (silver cert). He brought it home to me, and later in one of the folds at the bottom I found a temp registration from 1951 to "Joe Knox" to switch plates from one 39 Ford, to a 40 Ford.
I've got it tucked away in a box, we figure it must have been tucked away in the rafters and fell down when the floor started to collapse.