A number of years ago, I saw a TV program about the murder of Stringbean and his wife (it might have been "Mysteries and Scandals.") Grandpa Jones, who lived nearby, was interviewed for the program. He said it was common knowledge around Nashville that Stringbean kept a large sum of money in the house.
Yep. and that “common knowledge” eventually got him killed.
He owned one of Uncle Dave Macon’s banjos. Would have been worth more all the money in the house.