Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-08
WALKERS WEALTH.
Pive Mule Loads Of Gold and Silver Safely
Buried-A Man Who Claims to Know Pre-
cissly Where 1t Is-Ths Possessor Of the
Sooret--Incidents-

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of the men who accompanied "The
Gray.eyed Man Of Destiny" in bis
incursions into Sonora and Nicar.
augua are residents of Los Angeles,
We reproduce the following account
of his buried treasure from late
number of the New York Herald:
Eyes," said VIM. e. Lyons to d
representative of this Journal, as
he stood in his shirt sleeves in his
cosy saloon in the basement of b g
house In Bristol street, s'there is
only one man living, I believe,
who knows just where the brave
flibuster, William Walker, buried
his plunder in Nicaragua few
days before his capture and execu-
ton. This man is my wife's first
cousin. and Is not In this country,
but is the sole survivor of the little
party who pus those five mule
loads of gold and silver under
ground"
"Have you ever talked with him
ABOUT his secret or thought of JOIN
Ing him In an expedition for the
treasurer"
"Oh, yes, we have talked the
matter over many q time, and
have always intended to get hold
OF the treasure some time, but we
have never yet had money enough
to carry the thing through. If any
one Is fitting out in New York an
expedition to get the treasure |
want to join it, and can get m,
wife's cousin to come too, aud he is
the man they want"
"Where is this man now and
what Is the history of his connec
tion with Walker?"
DARING FEATs WITH WALKER.
"The name Of the ONLY man who
knows where to dig for that treas
ure Is Samuel Lyons, and his his
| tory would be an interesting one if
l could tell it all to you. He is fit,
years old and has had a career fuil
of adventure. Nothing but the
greatest good luck has preserved
his life. He was born in a little
settlement mile or two from Dub
I'm, and at ten years of age he
Joined the British navy. 1t was
twenty years from thai time when
his parents first heard from him
again. After staying In the Brit
Ism navy Tor some years he deserted
and Joined the American navy,
From this he again deserted and be.
came member of the band which
Walker took to Nicaragua. H,
was one of Walkers officers, and |
have often heard him tell of the
danger he was in, even with the
great fllibuster, because of his will
lulness. At one time, for insubor.
dlnation' he and twenty more were
sentenced by Walker to be shot,
but Walker told him he would give
him one more chance. He was
about to captureu town, and he bro.
posed that Lyons should plant the
invaders flag on the highest tower
In the place, in advance. and aid
The rest in getting inside the walls
Lyons took the chance, hut said he
must have at least sixty men.
There was q call for volunteers, and
every man in the command wanted
to go. He chose sixty and went to
the town. Here they gave them
selves up, pretending to desert from
Walker. Once in the town the,
soon made friends, and before the
Lyons had planted the Glibuster's
uag upon the citadel and his com
pauions had opened the gates to
Walker and the rest of the band.
HOW THE TREASURE WAS BURIED.
By his bravery and strategy
Samuel became one of Watker's |
most trusted men, and be was one
Of the four officers who helped
Walker bury his treasure. There
were five mule loads Of it-gold and
silver, money and bullion, includ.
ing great deal which had been
plundered from the churches, the
chapels and private mausions. All
ii o'clock one moonlight night
Walker and four officers buried th.
treasure under big tree near the
brow of hill. / have heard Sam
uel tell how they scraped away the
leaves ON the ground before they
dug the pit. have a pretty good
idea of the locality myself, but ht
knows just where it is, and can finu
1t even If the tree is removed. The
treasure was buried just before tht
two final engagements which
crushed the hopes Of Walker. Tue
next morning after that lttI,
moonlight excursion the first
these engagements occurred, and
in it two of the officers who h. d
seen the treasure buried were kill
ell. After that engagement tn,
army--if it could be called one
lived on bananas alone for tw,
weeks in a big banana plantation
and had hard time of it. Thel
came the last engagement, In which
| Walker, Samuel and the rest wer.
captured. There Is only one of the
four accompanying officers who IL
not accounted Tor; but as nothing
was heard of him after that Ell
gagement Samuel has always be-
lieved that he was killed then oI
executed with the captives who
met death ia that way. He Ger.
tainly was not with the party tina
SO wonderfully escaped with Sam
uel, and who, think, were tn.
sole survivors Of that engagement.
If he be dead, or rather If he dieu
then, Samuel alone has the secret
SAMUEL Lyons LUCKY ESCAPE.
"The story of SANS escape will
read like romance. He vas put
into prison with the rest to await
execution. Now the wife of tn.
Governor of Nicaragua was an
Irish girl, born in Butterstown, q
little place near Dublin, who had
been transported when young foi
shoplifing. She called for the list
of the names of the condemned fill
busters, and when she saw Sans
ma me she insisted upon seeing him,
because she had known his family
L -. l. CLIO did him oua