Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-26
u1s ROD POINTS our Go1D.
a Connecticut Farmer Able to Tell
Where Treasure is Buried.

From, tho Nes0 YORK. World.
WATERBURY,, CONN, June 21.-In the
!own of Middlebury lives an old man who
arrives chiefly by farming, but who is now
coming into prominence in another way.
His name is Ebsnezer Worcester. He is
about 80 years old, of remarkably sturdy
mild and intelligent features and uses
good language, interspersed occasionally
perhaps with 'be gosh" in genuine
Yankee style. For years he has been well
Known about here, and with sleeves rolled
m hat on the back of his head and always
with iovial yet shrewd expression on his
face. has been Well-knOwn figure. Some
gears ago he obtained from a party of
snaDiards two sets of Instruments. so ar
RANGED that with them he could locate
both gold and silver-one instrument for
zach metal. The knowing ones looked
anon him and said that be was daft when
ne told them about his powers. He SAYS
That not one person in 10000 can operate
successfully with them, but he is one of
the fortunate ones.
Peoples jokes at his expense are now
beginning to decrease. Recently man
from Norwich came to him to test his
powers Taking him to the proximity of
national bank, he asked how much gold
there was in the neighbOrhOod. The in
strument pulled towards the bank and
Indicated $4,000. Inquiry at the bank re-
Tealed the fact that they had that day re-
ceiyed $4,000 in gold. The Norwich man
then took him down the sound, to the
neighborho0d OF the place where the Lex
ington went down with a large amount of
gold. Divers have for some time been
to 70 ian 4
Capt scott, under the direction of DR..
Swift The instrument pointed towards
the wreck at distance Of eight miles, and
revealed the very place where the vessel
hac gone down. Word was Mt once sent
10 relative of the Norwich man, who is a
diver in Mexico. and ne is now on his way
here 10 search for the booty.
MIR. Worcester's powers nave fire.
Quentiy been tested in private houses,
and in one case revealed the location of
s57 80 which had been stolen and hidden
in a drswer by one OF the inmates of the
house.
OF late he has been attracting consider
able attention by his delving on what is
known as the BENEDICT lot. This WAS
formerly a sand bank, owned by the late
Aaron Benedict, Of the firm of Benedict of
Burnham. IL was leVeled By a steam
shovel TO make ruOm for the Waterbury
Watch Company's famous factory. There
is a story here that seventy years ago two
pirates came from Fort Peekskill. n. Y,
with large amount Of gold, which they
buried in this hill while they went on to
Boston. When they returned marks of
Identification had been lost, but Squire
Frederick j. kingsbury, ST., remembers
having gone with tuem at the time in
company with the owner of the property
while they dug for the hidden gold. They
claimed that there was $40, 600 in an iron
pot. Without having been enlightened as
to the story, Farmer Worcester was
brought to the place and asked if he could
locate any gold. After making the test
he said that there was about $40, 900 there
somewhere. Not until after the hill had
been leveled did he obtain permission to
do any digging. Then he found that part
OF the gold had been carried away in the
refuse. Going TO the place where this
had been dumped, he succeeded IN finding
few sparkling dollars. Now he has
commenced operations in earnest on the
Benedict lot. He has dug down some
twelve feet, Notwithstanding the ridicule
Of the whole community. At last his pa
tent toll has been rewarded by the find
ing Of several pieces. worth about $40
each, aud coined in the early part of this
century. The result is that one or two
offers, he says, have been made to him Tor
the right 10 prosecute his search 10 that
place, but he refuses them all and is
very confident of obtaining his fortune
here.
A California gentleman called on him
the other day and offered him q large sum
If be would 90 with him to the gold re-
g0ns, where the precious metal is little
more common than it is here. He will
consider the proposition after he has closed
bis lahore here.