Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-08-10
The Interesting Tals OF the Lis, Advensllrss
81 and Sudden Taking OF Of the t,ald
stss N f#s Robber King. 81 q:
The Wealth 0s Precious Treasures Buried Be-
meath the Eoek--IIrui tless Attempts
sa$ to Discover Them. SIS 81 II s. #

above to look over the city of shoes, the honae
! of old Troll Pitcher and the third plantatians
Of the old Puritan days Lynn is o WidtA
awake city with wide-aWake population. ana
| she manufactures more boots and shoes than
anyesswo cities sin the United States. But we
did not pay il visit altogetherin order to ex-
anime The various manufactories-w were
/ after something moro romantic and rnysteri-
Ious. Dungeoa rock, with its traditions of
buried treasure aud tha inhurned pirate,
| Thomas Veal, who sang with his cut throat
compsni ons in the early part Of the sixteenth
| century, ~ s*&s sseTS -: S~'' $3.50 "f
| eve buried them on the island shore, =
! ~, AllHnder the blasted sree;ksS. ~
i But their gold VIC hid N enr secret store:
! $ Hois Gold and red blood for me-" Il
was our destination, for se were determined
| to view this wild and picturesque spot,s and
tread the rocky path hew1f into it's very heart
| Ly the Marbles, father and son, whose exhibit
tion Of energy and pesseveraaee: MAIDEN the
vain search for the buried treasure, was some
thing, wonderful. Dungeon rock was once .
faForite place TO visit. but within the past two
or three years it has dropped out Of sight; sud
! it is only now and then siglltseer5 journeys
| to the interesting spot It is jshree or four
miles north of the city and by means of a barge
| wereached it in good time. Z doubt if a
| wilder spot could be found in the bid Bay
State, and be at the same time SO picturesquely
| beautiful, as this The rock itselfe is an i'm
mense cliff Of Newfoundland granite, str
| rounded on all sides by massive powders,
while for a mile around are rocky hills, dark,
thick woods and deep, shady glens, seldom yia-
! tied by men, and which seem to be kept sacred
| to the memory Of the savage Indian who once
! lived within its boundaries sg srseSs n
| - 3. TEE PIRATE VEAL. @s&g~f r.
But to begin its history. which is rapidly
being forgotten, even by those who live nearest
| it In the early part Of 1900, band Of bold
buccaneers entered Lynn harbor IN their YES
sci and: anchored near the mouth of the Saugus
river. A party of four, viii their baggage and
several small iron bound chests were rowed
ashofe and took up their residence in what is
| now called Pirates glen, q mile or two from
| Dungeon rock. The glen vas deep narrow
valley, shut in on two sia5s by high walls and
craggy, precipitous roek. and shrouded on the
other by thick. pines, $hemlocks and ce1ars,
between which there was only one small spot
which the rays of the sun at noon could psne-
| trate, Twas understood b. thu settlers that
these freebooters had become tired Of their wild
life upon the seas, and had retired upon the
| money they had accumulated. The pirates
| were rarely ever seen by the settlers, who,
as long as they remained unlnolested,
! cared nothing about them. Their re-
| treat was at last discovered by an English
cruiser which was in search CT thern ana
three were captured aud taken back to England
The fourth, Thomas Veal, escaped, taking with
him al the treasure, which was said 70 consist
of Jewels. trinkets and ware OF precious metal,
and gold and silver cola His hiding place
was in a large double cave beneath all anor-
nous jagged rock, which threatened stansiy
| to topple over and forever close up. the en-
trance to the cave. The hill upon which tile
rock was situated was at times surrounded by
Here Veal lived for years, entirely alone maaz-
ing, when it suited his pleasure coarse, hoInely
shoes, which he sold to the settlers or e1-
changed for ths necessities OF lie. Many Won
dered why he worked at all if he had che sits Of
treasure, but others answered that the tire assure
was in such form as not to be readily spent,
and that he perhaps worked to pass away
the lonely hours in his cave, for he
| rarely had g visor. Veal frequently
paid for goods with Spanish coin, and
| On Dec: IL, 1858, one Of the settlers named
Joel Dunn. went into the woods upon Dungeon
Rock hillsto cut wood Before ne had finished
his work night had closed in and with it carae
terrible storm, the equal Of which the settler
had never before experienced. Knowing thai
S~A".AOSs -
settlement, and fearing to stay in the woods,
lest he be, Killed by falling trees, Dunn be-
thought himself OF the pirates cave, and.went
there. BE was Hospitality received by Veal,
Dunn afterward described it. was 8
double one quite lasge. The walls we're
grim with smoke, and the floor quite rough
in places, Ia the. main part there was
a large table OF rude workmanship, two or
til ree3scraggy tree stumps used for seats, and
rough shoemaker's bench, lily supplied with
Q ools. In one corner stood an old Spanish
tmusket, and near the. blaokened fireplace wers
few broken and otherwise dilapidated cook
ing utensils. Upon the large table previously
mentioned, was q broken earthen dish, q rusty
knife, q wooden spoon, a pistol, 9 dirk, hatch
ct, a shoemsker's hammer, and few other
articles In a. large clam shell were few
rusty nails, and among them, strange to say
was q jeweled finger ring Of unique Workman
smaller one, used by Veal as q sleeping place,
ndseparated by q large Leather curtain l.
II BURIED BE AN EARTHeuAKE. h9a.ss =
needing some water with which be mix with
their ;iuuo j, Dunn went out TO 8 spring. nesf
by to getit.. g While on his way and when but d
short distance from the mouth OF this cave,
Dunn was blinded by q terrific fash OF light
ming, and simultaneous With the roar ofthe
there came O. mighty crash and he knew no
more until discovered by brother
wood chopper, the next morning,
| lying on the ground IS surrounded by
ii Rasislso discovered Ii that the whole front
bortionof Dungeon rock had been riven5 from
| the main body by an earthquake and prof ectad
forward In such . manner ss 10 close up the
Ientrance of the pirats's cave, entoIn bing
/ Thomas Veal alive with his freasura . u be
4 G,rSf
quake, ehimneyss and hoases being thrown
| down and other property injured, wlils shs
=! tide turned before it's Hnne As years9rolIed
on the stories Of the fabulous amount of treas
ure buried III Dungeon cave gained gre at ere
denee, but no one attempted 10 secure it from
/ the mighty embrace Of the rock. About the
ysar 1915 man named Brown,
Irving ia an adjoiniag town, dreamed
that by going to q certain place in
Il Dungeon pastura, near the rock. he would ind
i buried treasure. He did 60 and exhEaaed 9
large an ouns of parrish coin q very aneiens
lappearAnee Brown relative seized the money
and claimed that be was insane. XhIs false
charge 30 affected him that Ia q Ter years he
IreaIly did become insane, aud WAS splkesd Id she
asylum a. Ipswich. Anunaber of Fears later
i certain cithzens OF Iran combined Is MARE )
successful stack upon the rock and captnre
4 i'll treasure Their plan was TO Eli mp all the
creyices Id The rock with powder. which Hgs e
DO xploaed IN such manner as 70 shattsi
j tbs rock into a a Thousand pieceH The
i sxplosion occurred ION 80 East day. bu
foraome reason was nnsuccsssfus Some sains
II aftar this another yllnitA nasaed Jessa Hitch;
Il fnsun Ha8 diregteslsto work anon the r5ck BY i
snssnerized lady. who declared that, tho sfu.
4 RES Of buried treasures Hssas true He WORKS.
Il npon The rock do,ss some time, IRA obiigel
Il IS gige II theaaEd lei being ssD diffic1'
4 one III 1852 man ram sa "a lam Marble
Il d staunesT beiieYaa -. saaaisa, visited
roeaI.lna IL. told big 81 VA