The sun., 1884-09-14
soa1s FOE 4 fsazrrs TREASURE


LYNN, Mass, Sept. 17.-In the year 1851,
Hiram Marble OF this city. under the guidance
Of spirits. no said. began to sxeAvste in .
granite hill. about three miles from here.
This elevation which looks over the surround
Ing country. the Lynn harbor. and the sea
beyond. Ii we'll known as Dungeon Rock. 1t Is
. wild. secluded spot. strewn with immense
boulders. covered with growth OF scraggy oak
and towering pine and carpeted will athick bed
Of moss prmeval forest on the very outskirts
OF large city and as unbroken. with the ex-
oeption Of one or two carriage roads which had
boon cut throuah 1t. as In the infancy Of tho
!Sse S n7ioar:sins Shoe, city. Mr. Marble boasht
Dungeon Hook and about fourteen acres
then built rude hut among the shattered rock
and rank Par, way az down .U the hii
oi granite. Of (which the elevation is composed,
In search OF cave. wherein tradition said
ss pirate se5s eoSsers FH he se aays q Cart g % Rdd
1854. Mr. Marbles son. q youth OF 49, Joined
nim In the work Ten Ten years later. Ell IN 1854. the
enough earth on tho hillside to cover the body.
and then continued the work clone, until four
in S the work. @ These TWO men nh have isit behind
and tSssn S ysas ahss
simply hole In u peculiarly close and hard
sss ara s5Ss sSsf ind IN Is@so Ts s ~ feet snn. In aees sss
the pieces Si rock. ss they we're :! !shinrsd % % on:
the entrance. Hero to-day a great heap OF
broken stone. containing many hundreds Of
oi M Marble sna hs tue strange
From the % mouth q one OF tho 9 oldest , inhabi. nh
aa hs a The Srs% ss TrSt n
tion OF Mr.. Marble to this romantic locality
In tho year 1858. according to the most
frl ofAl IN a tlnrn n ~ h.t
tt that the m trad traditona history Of bnnseon M @ Roct
81 hs ksoi 81 sYL Sesn aa whcS Is
still preserved. he says:
been mgr Great st and terrible enrthaasts; such q
hs housss shoGs and sIss Ss a from i6s
rock. The sea roared with a dismal roaring rs
y mighty storm was coming on, And some
turned boioro tho time. Some chmnies were
shook down. but not much mischief done Of
work donc by the earthquake herenbouts was
the splitting Of great roSk In the woods. 1t
cause @ u there S sppesrsd to bo bensath tho same
Thomas Veal: 81 crooked, grzzley and iIl;lo2k. 1.
rock by the earthquake as some think the old
as, !" w ais hey s fis sa
ssSg 's III.
nature the few settlers Of Saugus saw. one
evening ship sail into TIE harbor and up the
then lowered and. lust before dark. four men
rosed to the shore and disappeared in the
and the settlers were left TO conjecture. as best
they could her mission In about a year. how
and cast anchor In tue river. as She mad done
before But this tine the m2vemSsnHts move %SsIH q her
sSssd o s nS
the woods. but one Of the settlers yenturing too
nsnr to tho party which hnd landed was seen.
80 that he and his companion had to run for
their lives. The strange crew was not molested
crew wers gone. 1t was now Declared that the
visitor was pirate. and search was made
tho no Of ns 9syne
not far from. the river. place shut, In by
high cliffs and steep rocks. and closely shroud-
an and hsmlocts g FOUR p'n men to
have taken 9p their abode; They had built
Sisbs I BrsR erniser snpearsd y, Mc on The
sS 90 M haa s he
and three Of the men captured and taken 70
a. pirates. The fourth named. Thomas Veal
escaped. This man aftorwArd took up his
Hes shoes oSn RE
was not further molested. He exchanged his
| 5noeS nNu NJ times pieces OF SpRlll5u money
| with the settlers for provisions. After the
sarthuua so shock OF 1868 the man was never
seen and an immense ovsrhanGing portion Of
| Dungeon Rock was found TO have been dis
| lodged and to have fallen right over tho en-
trance to the cave. This mass of rock, good
| many feet in thickness. looks a. II almost re-
gently 1t had been broken of from the main
mass aud had fallen down where it now lies,
| so much for the tradition.
| Both OF the men who dug into the rock werc
Spiritualists, and tho elder Mr.. Marble pro-
iessed TO bG guided by the spirit Of Thomas
treasure In the cave. When he died, the son
| claimed to he guided and urged on by tho spirit
| OF his father. Both men are now dead and the
long -sought-for treasure. II it Ia there. still
| lies buried wit the bones Of the pirate robher
| in the rocky bowels OF the granite hill. The
father. in 1881. was worth comfortable amount n
| OF property but he and his son spent II al in
the twenty nins years that they worked Ynder
directions from another world as thoy always
claimed. and they even left tho property itseli
. ortgagad for more than II WAS worth. Those
| who best knew Mr.. Marble and his son say that
| they were both unusually smart and iutelli-
gent men. except in this ono particular. and
what possessed them In this is beyond human
| Understandings