The sun., 1884-02-24

story Surret~d 20 Crook ny the Search
for the Hus.nr Treasure.


At tho window OF high stoop house In
Blocker street near Mulberry yesterday. was q
carefully dressed crook. or person connected
with the fraternity Of thieves and swinders.
seated in chair. twirlng his moustache de-
Jectedly with one hand while the other hung
listlcss by his side. His feet were on COM
mon round centre table and his hat was cooked
we'll back on his head.
You seem to be under the weather." said a
friend who entered
The crook kicked chair around toward the
visitor. and then said:
Yes. Well I'm not exactly under the
weather but"
Here he stopped and drew roll OF long news
paper clippings from his coat pocket. and
smoothed them out Handing them to his vis-
tor he continued
Il am simply dejcctcd. One hates to be
beaten by amateurs, you know
Tho clippings contained accounts OF the
searches for the treasure alleged 10 have bccn
lost in He'll Gate on the British frigate lIussar.
vanced To tho men who have conducted tile
. In all my experience" said tho crook. Il
never evolved u scheme that could bring into
my hands anything like quarter OF such Sums
but once"
up and. having lighted fresh cigar he said:
In 1872 when everything was apparently
Snyous to to % b.comc sn,ldenly @ rich % at small all eS,
pnnse ns they are now, l was one day rum;
book store in Nassau street. in search Of u
Greek lexicon. Economical Yes. economy Is
tho road to wealth. l always buy secondhand
books. because 1t frequently becomes necessary
Tor mo to change my headquarters suddenly,
nnd IL would no! do to leave n valuable library
found in two large leather bound volumes the
history oi,well. call i the liopkins family.
! n
adirasses running into the tens of thousands"
You could get addresses that were fires her
from the dealers In Names
Yes. yes. You don't see | Immediately
bought the books for - and had u quantity of
head For several days was very busy writ
ing and mailing letters which read something
! like this:
"o' S'' 'E%Ez R"sl% RA'%ElHsf; aga ESH@sS2F'
M s."5 a"a MhS lied sGr IN
iTiSa.d. W. hsss nseS atTss,sa y Ns..fs' bsdson
SS" aJS@ a'ss the Hs!E
I"hnJ iIolkinson of Ilerknrr county, Z s A." lisis
England cousin of the late R Edward Hopkinson II
VIII ready for " wHsn @ the sI rorsr %rS s nrs
W. Do as not hHs Rsw are "r cied S Dc.
'"'''N ''' '' R"S, sS,fn Blows. per G.
me that the deceased had run away to sea in
| lsi4. and had never been heard Of although it
California; or some other place on the Pacific
| coast. and that my correspondent was the de-
scendant of the grandfather referred to-"
| Your letter was very short"
And business like. We weren't retained to
write an obituary of the deceased. but to dis
How many Hopkinsons applied for their
shares 2"
L think won't tell you. did not conflne
myself to fee of $50 though. When could
find q Hopknson who was in either OF the COM
mercia agencies us worth good deal of money
ran the fee in at from 800 to $500. Men OF
foe. In fact wouldn't tell you this at all only
| found it so very risky on account of the wrath
| OF those who were caught for large sums that
| do not dare to work it again. found it neces-
sary to seek II change of air before l had gar
nered half the harvest"