The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-28
carr. KIDD's LOST TREJsUREs.
What sanxuine Fortune Hunters Looked for
In the +" FiddIcr's Elbow"

PAMRAPo, N. j., Feb. 27.-Capt Kidd has
been dead many years-more than century
and n half in fact-but his memory still lives.
and will 1.-Two 30 long as thero arc simple
minded and avaricious people ready to drink
in, with bated breath. all the stories told about
the so-callcd pirate his fabulous wealth. and
his rocklcssncss In hiding upon our shores
ncstmabc precious stones, splendid Jewels,
and stores OF gold and silver sufficient TO make
specie payment easy all over the world 10 pay
of the national debt. or TO run a daily news
paper. Fatiloquists. clairvoyants. astrologcrs,
and other soothsayers have deludod many
ignorant people with the hope Of finding
Capt. kidd's treasure up the Hudson, on Coney
Island. down at Rockaway. at Barnegat. and
elsewhere: : but UP 10 date. unless recent news
from Sharks River is to be relied upon ns nu-
thcntic. nothing Of value belonging to Capt
Kidd, either 10y right or by usucnption has
been unoarthcd. except about $4,000 worth Of
ner's Island in 1000.
on, ths night q Feb. 20. ex-senator Charles
before tho Young Men 3 Christian Association
Of that thriving town on "Commnnipnw and its
Vicinity in the olden Timc,,' in which he ad-
depoetrd som" Of his booty on Tho Shores Of
New York bay. He even went further. and gave
!, as his opinion that the alleged pirate had ne
tnally made cache on the bay shore. and that
the treasure WINS doubtless to hr found near
What hqs long been known as tho " "FiddIer's
Tho" Fl lllcr's Elbow" Is surprisingly short
turn in the Morris and Essex canal lust in front
ui the Ramapo depot on the Central Railroad Of
New Jersey. AT this point the canal IL separated
from the hay only 10y the cmhankmcnt On which
The patient tow mules mnke their tedious round.
just west Of fiddrr's Elbow" which bounds
Mr. Curry's grounds on the south lies u small
tract. part meadow, part bog, pnft blum. TINT
stretches from the railway to the bay, and from
the canal 10 g. q. Gunthcr's villa u distance ~
100 yards. Ii has been iOr "a long time "A land
ing place for oyster boatmcn. who have found
ening the salty victims Oi their tongs and drc.-
ers. On the local maps II is properly marked as
having dimensions susceptible of b,ing mcas-
urcd but to tho world at large II IL Ike the point
DIES 'ribcd 10y Grew. that hath no dimensions.
but only a whcrrncss. and is next To- nothing"
Ihrre wns q, lurt that certain visionary and
digging intotl soil ui this point with the hope
OF striking llr chests # gold that Kidd might
have buried there, and N. at down t NanIapo
to await developments.
This here pint. siid u awenihcr beaten FISH
erman VINO wS rrralrinE hiS D3a' "a likely
likcy. In fu-f id likely. TIE only solid
ground hero j. solid rock. and II you sink u
chest OF gold anywhere else. by thunder il
would bo down in Ch'na in loss time than you
could count-than you could count in Prcsi-
dent
,., " PA YOU eyer hear any story about Kidd's
Loril In the old ,lmc--in fact, up TO ten
year agO-this pint wns called the Buckle. be-
cau-c there WAS u belief am ins The Old Dut IA
settlers that the bu'wnc RS mndr II their land
ing place; Some people calls Il the Buckle il,
but there's no sonsr IN H. And Us for the huryn'
OF trcasur" here. That mons rnsr. You couldn't I
bury car here without blasting through ten
foot - rock"
Have you heard of an intention on the part
oi}1lr nriehloi~ t. arch for Treasure here =
" u, YES. suld the fisherman. laughing.
There's a crazy food up at Grrenyillr who
canio down hcr" "A sunday with u spade and a
liant 'rn, but hr got -kucrcl when told him
that there Wa Ehosir-es here. and he Rhoptrd
on Two or ihr"r other men have talked about
diggin'. but tn"y are 50 burned lazy. know
thoy' II never begin the Job. II there's any trnas-
ure underneath this bed o rock it'll not be dug
out 10y Greenville fortune hunters You can
bet your bottom dollar ON that. Them that has
riches Hndcr ground is too good-for nothing
and all-t tir.d lazy II hunt for II thoro any
where else"