Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-09-20
BORING ZOE. A PIRATES TREAS.
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TvScnfy-zl;ne Yeas Of 7TiscCided Per.
si.teucy ia Quest OF n Fortune.

si.teucy In Quest OF n Fortune.
A telegram from Lynn Mass. says: In the year
1851, Hiram Marble of this city. under the guild
ance Of spirits, he said, began to ezcavate in q
granite hill. about three miles from here This
elevation. which looks over the surroun ding
country the Lynn harbor and the sea beyond,
is we'll known as Dungeon Rock. 1t is a wild.
secluded spot, strcwn with immense boulders,
covered with growth Of scraggy oak and tow
erng pine. and carpeted with thick bed of
EloSs-a rrimeva forest on the very outskirts of
large city. ana as unbrohen. with the exception
OF one or two carriage roads which had been
cut through it, as in the Infancy of the Third
Plantation. when the little settlement of Sau-
Furnishing Shoe City. Mr. Marble bought Dun
geon Rock aud about fourteen acres around it
for small sum from the city, He then built
a rude hut among the shattered rock and rank
underground. part way down the hl and be-
gan 10 drill into the solid mass of granite of
which the elevation is composed in search of q
cave. wherein tradition said was buried a large
amount of treasure ty pirate robbers in the
days Of Captain Kidd. Iii 1854, of Mr. Mar
bieS son. a youth OF Is. joined him in the work
Ten years later, in 1864. the father died and the
son scTlfcd togethereHough earth on the hill
side to cover the body. ard then continued the
work alone, until, four years ago, he Joined the
/ spirit of his father, which he ALWAYS asserted
had urged him on ia the work. These two men
rave left behind them. as the result of twenty
nlne years hard labor for the son and thirteen
for the father. simply a hole in a peculiarly
close and hard granite rock, and which is l75
feet In depth and about in diameter This
tunnel was drilled by the two men entirely by
hahd. aud the pieces OF rock. az they were
clIipre of. were carried out in baskets and de-
posted at the entrance. Here to-day great
heap OF broken stone. containing many Hmm
dTeds of tons remains as a monument of the
strange life-wOrk of Mr.. Marble and his son.
From the mouth OF one OF the oldest inhabit-
ants IN this part OF the country the writer was
told the traditions which first drew the atten-
ton OF Mr. Marble to this romantic locality.
In the year it3S according to the most trusted
accounts. there was Il severe earthquake shock
in New England. an,l it is on this fact that tine
traditional history of Dungeon Rock rests In
a journal kept by Obadiah Turner. one of the
first settlers of Lin" and which is still pre-
served. he says:
- 1858. December the il. This year there has
been great and terrible earthquake; such one
as WAS Fever before known hnrea5outs. The
houses shock and dishes did fall from the
shelves. Some being cut did feel the ground
rock. The sea reared with dismal roaring as
Ii mighty storm was coming on. And some
being near the shore said chat the tide was
turned before the time. Some chinnies were
shook down. but not much mischief done Of
which have heard But the most mgiltie work
done by the earthquake hereaDouts was the
splitting of great rock in the woods. 1t hath
by some been called Dungeon Rookie because
there appeared to De beneath the same a dun
geon cave And it hath been said that Thomas
veal. II crooked, grizzly and Il-lookin. shoe
maker. did live in the cave ard do his shoe
making there. On the splitting of the rock by
the earthquake as some think the old man was
smut up alive i'll the cave: and no great loss to
the world as they will have it; he not being well
thought of Some say he was once a pirate
rObber and did bury treasure"
Some years previous to this disturbance BY
nature the few settlers of Saunus saw one even
Ing. a snip sail into the harbor and up the SalI-
gus river short distance. boat was then
lowered and Just before dark four men rowed
to the shore and disappeared in the woods The
next morning the vessel was gone and the set
tiers were left to conjecture. as best they could
h"f Mission In about year. however. the
STRANGER again sailed up the harbor aud cast at,-
chnr IL the river as she had done before But
tits tine the movements of her crew were
Closely watched. After dark Il heavy chest vas
landed from The ship and carried into the woods
but one of the settlers veHturinr too near 20
the party which he'd landed was seen aud the
strangers Immediately ri aciled him. so that he
ard his companions had to run for their iiyrs
lie strange crew was not EGleSted again that
night- The next Elurnin" beat and crew were
gone II wa now declared thar the visitor was
= pirate AID search was made for the location
OF TIE supposed treasure. It was not found
bus IN g dep raTine not far from the river Il
place shat i'll by high cliffs aHu steep rocks. and
closely shrotided bAa growth OF thick under
n:uSh. TAI pines and beniocks. four iIieii were
discovered to have taken up their abode Inev
had tuit ruU hut of i-alci,ee and lu.rs and had
dug SHALLOW we'll the appearances Gi which are
still visible. \ British cruiser appeared off the
coast about this time. and the officers were in
i1ffi:ed Oh what hai occurred \ party Was IG-
meilarely of@alZed. the ravne Surrounded
and three Of tie men captured and taken to
En4!and where they were probably exeeuted
as pirates. The fourth. named Thomas Veal
escaped This man afteTWarsi toCk up his abode
in the cave under Dungeon Rock. and c5,n-
Glenced 70 make shoes when he found lie was
not further mo!ostcd. He EXCHANGED his shoes
ail'i III times pieces OF Spanish money with the
settlers for provisions. After the earthquake
shoch "f 1888 the man was Fever seen. and an
immense oyers!3nring portion OF Dungeon Rock
was found to have been dis!odged and to have
fallen right over the entrance to the cave This
mass OF rock. a coed mauv feet in thickness
lcoEs rs if almost recently it had been broken
OH from the main mass. and had fallen down
where it now lies. SO much for the tradition
Both of the men who dug Into the rock were
Sp:ri'UaiiSts. and the elder Mr. Marble profcsscd
TO De guided by the spirit of Thomas Veal vino
told hin that he had buried large treasure in
the cave. Wien he died. the son claimed to be
Guided and urged on by the spirit OF his father
Both Hen are now dead and the long-souoht-
1OT treasure. Ii it is there. still lies buried with
the tones of the pirate rObber In the rocky
bowels OF the granite hill. The father i'm 1851.
vas "b-ti COlUioTttDip amount OF property
but he and his son spent it all in the twenty
nine years that they worked under directions
RON ahotiler Worid. as they always claimed and
they even left the property itself mort gagged for
more than it was worth. Those who best knew
Mr Marble and his son say that they were both
UNUSUALLY smart and Intelligent men, EXCEPT in
tbs one particular. and what possessed them in
this Is beyond human understanding
Navigating a. Balloon.
From the all Mail Gazette
1t was only two years since when, from New
castle-npon-Tyne, my balloon appeared to be
perfectly nayigable. Having observed before
ascending that tish-shaped paper pilot had at
ABOUT 2,toO feet high, turaed round and warged
his tail, sent up gobuar paper model to fol-
low, ana found that its course was changed in
like manner, and that g counter wind blew the
reverse way. as ! ANTICIPATED On ascending
subsequently, / pointed out to nv COMPANION
that We should drift first Of all inland but that
we cou.t. turn seward IL lie would like to travel
toward IyncInouih 'Oh. not" he replied
by no means. AS VIC approached the zone in
which 4 shift of wind was certain to be e,coUn-
tered, was vain and silly enough to affect the
ABILITY to take my ftilow-voya-cr a turn over
the city If lie would like such 4 change of course
''Gh. mInensely,' he replied, "but how can
you manage it," "Well, wen see" sure
enough when the barometer indicated the SIM
posed region of another current we struck out
Tor Newcastle. which we lad lett u mile in the
rear; but as this breeze was taking us down the
river, 4 was iocOSely asked when tho North COO