, 1874-09-12
STOLEN TREASURE IN A WE'LL,

4 Sc:.rc1. for tim 1alAdosa HaOnoy.
Speeids Ditra,eh to The Chteavo Trtbsms.
BATTLE CRREr, Mol,., Sept. ll.-~Our city aud
thu nctshhoring country nrc greatly cxcltod ovor
aoarcll for buried treasure now being carried on
iii tho township Of Em1nott, about i milca
southeast Of this place. 1t appears TINT, Il quar-
tor Of d contury ago, or thoreabo,lts, John Nc
Ariill, wcll-to-t1o fataef Of Ennlote TOWN.
ship, WAS robbed Of $1,000 or $4,000 worth Of
go1d and silver coin, watchoa md jowolry, and
ho could gain no c}uo to the robbors. In fnct,
boiug at tho tl,no hornowhat involved, and foar-
full TINT tho great loss, il known, would impair
his orodit, ho kept tho hocrot 10 bmsolf, and car
riol 1t In his bosom until tho prcs-
ot,t timo. TO waa formerly from London,
0anain, and Ind followed lilo nyocatlon OF q
jowelry- -pcdd1er, which accounted FOR tho TACT OF
tho possession Of tho watcleg aud iewelfy. Ar
forwards l,o purchased = lot Of lind. and hired
assist III clearing III, lt1 farm and doubtless 1t
WIS Bon1o Of those who had relieved him OF Ills
wealth.
Timo passed on, mud 1rcArfli1l Ind a1moBt for-
most dream. when about tnreo wooka ago, he
wns greatly surprisoa to rocolyo m anonymous
letter, paRtnlarkod 4 day or two ptovo1afy, ut 4
ANAL town in Branch County, IN this State,
which Informed him whore ilo could find hin lost
treasure. Tho letter rms dated Sept. II, 1879,
aud tlo writor, who wns evidont,y nh nnctlu-
Gated foreigner statotl thai tho letter would not
10 acnt until after llis death. 11o wont on TO
atato that no could not dio until he had
informrd bfcArdill whore liia property was to DO
ployed by him, nnd, bcooming awaro Of tho largo
amount OF money aud va!uab1os tllat liz hopt
about him, l,al laid q plot With 5ollow-wofli-
nun to rob him: Aftor hnv5nE succeeded :, ~ u
ovor taeas the Xasmssoo 1siyar and socralsd i;
but, becoming alarmed, md impressed with
tNa idoa that thoy wero whtohed, they Analfy DE-
posted tho whole treasure III dry we'll which
they ba discovered h. piece ooS 9f %oHds ta,, BONO
ceolotl to fill III, tho vol. throwing III, among
other things, number Of oak-s -stnmps which
woro near d hand. Aftor accomplishing tho 60
cretion Of tho property, tl'cy separated aud
dor to bo near tholr buRlod treasure. III
4 short time thereafter lila acconaplico
died but, whethar auy foul moena were
used in his hnni taking on, tho. wrisat doca not
atate. As limo paasod On, no le,t tho locality;
aovor rotnr1,od. uo tllon proceeded to glso mi
nuto directiona in regard to finding tho well,
atating that it wns noar1y half milo north OF 4
graveyard In tho Nowbro ncighbor1tood. and
oighty-throo PAGES from tho north aud aoush
road. IT,.
Aftoc tue receipt OF this strango letter, Me-
Artlil was Mt d loss how to proceed. Tho Wrltor
lad narrated circumstances which .wc1o known,
as ho thought, only to hlmaolf nnh eonsoqncnt-
Finally, after consultation with friends, ho do
lorlninod to proceed and examine tho woil.. n
quiry among tho Oldest iuhabithnt6 o1icited tho
tuct that thoro was Bicll we'll NJ described, but
1t had hocn Oiled ,'p over twcusy yeaEp. It WAY
found TINT htr. N. A. Burton owned tho land
! upon which Il was eituatotl, nlil,
after some negotiation, ho allowed tho well to be
oponcd, mud the investigation IL nov, in pro,
gress. Up to Wednesday night p depeh Of, %
icet lad been reached, and everything found &c
as to tho distauce from tho road md graveyard
and tho oah-ssumps which woro placod III the
| we'll.
LAtEi.-operaaions at tho wel atc hcina
prosecuted by largo force. I'llo Excitement il
ing, md tho aMbjoct 10 almost tho sole topic il
! tho streets Of Dattle Creek.