The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-28
[From the New York SUM-
GOLD ON STATEN ISLAND.
A discovery OH the IIanOrlFarm of
governor DOngan.


In dense grove, a quarter of a mile from
the liveliest part of the village of Port
Richmond, L. l., Is an old manor house.
When England's supremacy over this quar-
ter of the world was undisputed, Gov
Dongan, Earl of Limerick, and his staff
lived in it, and far enough away to prevent
the rattle of the drums from ruflling his
luxurious lordship's quiet was the encamp-
ment Of the body guard. Thepeer dream
was hidden beneath the soil of the garden.
He related this dream to his retinue, and
soon after one of them, a colonel of grana-
diers, duplicated it. Impressed with this
coincidence of sleep visions his lordship,
according to tradition, commanded de-
tachment of his soldiers to fog and search
John Bodne, the owner of the estate, into
the mood of making known the hiding
place of his treasure. They COMPOUNDED
his ignorance with obstinacy, and tortured
him almost to the point of death. Several
of his children had dreams similar to those
of the cruel lord and the grenadier colonel,
and repeatedly upturned the garden earth.
Early in this century the property came
into the possession of Mr.. Albert Bodine,
editor of the Dispatch, and grandson of
William Bodine. Not wishing to live in it,
he rented it, successfully, to many tenants.
In 1858 his brother-in-aw, Mr.. Ii. G.
Winsor, paying teller of the Mercantile
bank, held the lease OF it. Suddenly he
and his family disappeared. Then it be-
came known that he was an apparent de.
faulter. For years afterward strangers
unipac ad in, bn fit,,a hnuco
and strangers faces appeared in its wind
ows. Following this incursion of non
Staten Island people was brief soiourn of
the proprietor. When he left he stationed
John Reagan in it as its curator. On Sat-
urday Reagan engaged "Dutch Harry"
| ne'er-do-well his son and James McLaugh-
| lin two youths, to transfer the contents of
| vault 10 the garden.
| On Monday morning they began the
work, and devoted themselves to 1t until 3
o'clock in the afternoon, when they aban-
dened it.
In the evening "Dutch Harry visited
the village tap-rooms and treated all who
were in them. He frequently said, 81
will never do another days work am
rich." And on the following morning
Harry paid his numerous debts and made
| deposit in the village bank.
That night John Harriott, fast youth,
displayed to some loungers in BARRIERS
shop 800 in gold. A blaze of excitement
spread through Port Richmond, and fresh
features of the marvel were eagerly looked
for.
Yesterday James Mclaughlin sought po-
lice Capt. Blake and put 5000 gold and
S14 currency into his hand, saying that he
had found the money on Mr.. Bodine's pre-
misses while at work with "Dutch Harry"
and his son.
Mr.. VIM. Bodne, of the firm of Bodine
Bros, builders, brother of Mr.. Albert Bod
inc, said:
"The gold was not thrown into the vault
by Mr.. II. c. Windsor, my brother-in-law.
1t was thoroughly cleaned four years ago.
Mr.. Windsor was not what he is represent
ed to be, defaulter. He kept his private
account in the Mercantile bank, and diff
ference arose from it. There were mys-
FERROUS disappearance of cash that had to
be hid, and he was selected by his supe-
riors to bear the weight of their own guilt.
| While he was away on a summer tour an
irregulsrlty in his private bank account was
discovered He had been delicately nur-
tured and associated with the best people
in the country, and when he was menaced
with this shame his courage broke and he
fled to Italy, Besides handsome inherited
income and fine residence near here, lie
had $4,000 in our hands. The bank Of
fcers came to mel was one of his bonds
men, and offered to compromise. re-
PEELED the offer, but my fellow.bondsmen
afterward forced me to accept it. Poor
Windsor's house was sold, and the proceeds,
1000 were paid to the bank officers in
return for an unqualified remuneration of
their unjust claim against him. He was
sacrificed, sir. in the prime Of life, when
the future lay brilliant and beautiful before
him." .r