The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-07
BURIED TREASURE.
A Haunt for Robbers and Smugglers
Seventy Years Ago.
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1t may have been quite seventy years
since the old tabby building stood down on
Bay street, hen the town was but a ham
let, and tall pines and low, thick foliaged
live oaks hanging thick with moss, which
nearly surrounded the building, made dis
NAL murmurings on dark nights when the
wind was astir.
The building was not inviting-tabby
buildings seldom are-but built straight up
from the foundation, without an ornament
to relieve the plainness If the stories in cir
cuation regarding this place had reached
your ears before seeing IL you would natu-
rally expect to find it somewhat spectr Al.
Maybe il was the sOmber appearance, for it
was usually quiet around during daytime,
its inmates probably resting and preparing
for another night of revelry; or, perhaps,
there were evil spirits or spirits of the
departed that left their influence around.
Certain it is, people gave the place a
wide berth, and the stories repeated time
and again, how the place at night was
filed with men, sailors who had deserted
their ships and who were being hunted,
other sailors from vessels in port, men
from the surrounding country, and even
the town itself, all congregated to continue
their games'o gambling, cursing, drinking,
general boisterousness-and it was even
whispered lower still-to carry out their
nefarious schemes.
1t was said more than one person had dis
appeared after entering this house. Men
who were seen around town with consider
able money, some sailor, perhaps, after a
long cruise, known to have his savings in
his pocket, turned up missing and caused
the folks TO talk, and attention was directed
again and again to the old rookery.
One dark, stormy winters night, when
everything was warm within and dark
without, and the wind howled and made
unearthly noises around the corners and
caves, and the rain beat against the dis
NAL, unprepossessing structure, when all
was Jollity within, loud talking, swearing,
clinkipg of glasses and general uproarious-
ness to drown the moaning of the elements
outside, stranger, wrapped in a long cape,
thoroughly wet, timorously opened the
door and seemed undecided whether to
enter. The light and warmth, compared
to the contemplation of a continued roam
ing in the blackness of the night, settled his
course and he stood within, among what
seemed to him friends. He sought shelter
for the night, which, it is supposed, he OBJ
tanned.
Several months passed in a quieter man
ner than previous to the strangers disap-
pearance, when two or three friends of the
missing man arrived at the house to make
inquiries OF him, having traced him that
far, where they lost ali trace.
No definite information could be OBJ
tanned, only that the man had remained
there that night and took his departure
early the next morning.
They reported that their friend had had
considerable money in his possession at the
time OF his Disappearance, and his family
was convinced Of his death.
There was considerable excitement among
the inhabitants at tue time, and many were
the threats made against the house and its