Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-01-10
For the WISCONSIN Herald.
Forty years ago.-Kidd,s Money again.

Forty years ago.-Kidd's Money again.
At the mouth of Cfoion Lane. on the Hod.
son River. and a, Osser's point about mile
north Of Delevans' or the upper doek. Sing
Sing. N Y. was very singular rock. i,
was granite Of grey color. and apparently
OF sufficient size and Suitable grit 10 make a
hundred mill stones. II stood in the edge Of
The water, was nearly fla, en- the top with round
sides, and about 40 or so feet 10 diameter. and
was connected with the shore by point Of The
land beach, which extended some distance up
and down the river. On The southern ex,rein.
i,y Of this rock. and at poin. which was under
wafer a, high tide. were four singular lines. in
pairs. Each pair were parallels; each line
was some 10 inches long. about quarter of
an inch deep and half an inch wide. having the
appearance Of one half Of half inch anger
having been spill, off, or removed. The Two
pair Of parallel lines conveyed little towards
each other at their southeast extremes and 10
such manner as TO bring direct lines from
which empes into The river some so rods dis.
iani. at the foot Of rocky ridge. How or
when these lines were made, by whom, or for
what purpose. were questions which gave rise
TO thousand surmises; but the NEST common
solution Of the difficulty was that Kidd made
them, and il so. no doubt existed that they
pointed TO some OF his hid treasure. Bot how
TO find It's locality was another question. The
lines from these two parallels passed over The
water and land beach ill they met at the foot
of the ridge and al the mouth Of The brook, but
no one supposed The money was buried in the
beach or under the water. Il must have a
more solid resting place. Nor did the con.
verging lines meet ill they had passed the
sand and reached the solid shore.
lflhese lines were made by Kidd and point.
ed TO his hid treasure, no one knew but il had
been found and taken away many years ago
Blu, not having any tradition Of such discov.
cry. The conviction was deep and strong in the
minds of all believers 10 Kidd's deposits. that
i, ye, remained where he had placed il, and to
have il was the fixed purpose Of their eager
minds.
In 1904. when the yellow fever ragged to a
fearful ex,en, in the city of New York. most
OF its inhabitants moved into The country for
personal safety, and Sing Sing was crowded
to suffoca,ion. These emigrans included all
sorts. kinds. coIors snd descriptions OF people.
r
and gave a fair specimen Of the Inhabitants OF
the city. Some merchants took their goods
with them TO supply the wants OF both city
AMI country then associated together, and some
mechanics opened shop for the same purpose.
while others of all classes and professions.
lived. for the Tine being. on their money, and
though small portion of them were religious,
quite number Of them enjoyed spree with
erea, zssi, and spen, much of their time IN that
employ. Among the mechanics who opened
shop were a company Of silver smiths, whose
chief business was 10 work at silver plate OF a
massive kind. About this time a kiddiIe
found. or though, he hal found, the spot point
ed 10 BY tho two lines. but fearing iha. the coins
he should find by digging Were Of too ancient
date to pass 10 these days. he made friend
Of one OF these silver smiths. with a propo-
siiion that they -shouii join in The digging.
share equally in the spells. aud as The coin
would not be current now days, The silver
smith was 10 take the share Of the discover to
work up into plate. and give him current coin
or bills for it. This proposition was agreed to.
and the digger led the smith TO the spo, where
the supposed treasure lay. Blu; they dare no,
dig 10 cay light; this would be unlawful
among Kids money digsers. And 10 this
case there was some danger that the owner Of
the soil would discover them and claim the
prize il ,hey ioand it, or eomPlsin Of them for
respass, in digging up his land The night
was therefore the time. and the night and The
hour was fixed upon for the oPesauOo. The
smith all this time let on TO the digger that he
was sure Of success. Bot having pulled wool
over his eyes be let member Ct his special
ffisSss kaow Of he hue, place. ssd object Of