In 1909, an old hermit named David Cutschall died at the home of his brother-in-law in a sparsely-populated spot in Franklin County known as "The Corner". On his deathbed, Cutshall made a series of strange comments that left many scratching their heads, including a possible confession regarding the mysterious disappearance of an eight-year-old girl who vanished in the mountains below Mercersburg in 1869. At the time of the girl's disappearance, it was believed that she had either died of starvation after wandering off, or had been kidnapped by gypsies, but others believed until their dying day that David Cutschall had murdered the child in cold blood.