The evening world., 1889-09-06
FERNANDO DE NUNEz'S GOLD
TREASURE OF GREAT VALUE THAT LIES
HIDDEN NEAR THE GOLDEN GATE

A wsAlbnY spAuiard whe Was shIpwrsoEsd
or FoFt Polnt HID . Great Quantity Of
Coin NsnT Pie Shers-His Da uGbter,
who Lives IN Nan Francisoo, Has Tried
In VAin - Recover II.
It 10 believed that near the seashore, half q
mile south Of Fort Point. q box containing
some el6. 900 or go, 900 In gold and Spanish
coins IL buried. The box is said to be buried
at the foot of O steep bluff. II was taken from
q Spanish bark that was lost in the early part
Of the present century.
The bluff spoken of IL about half O mie
south Of the fort and forms q part Of the cove
in which the steamer Alex. Duncan went
ashore slK years ago.
A San Francisco Examiner reporter found
q young man who told 4 remarkable story Of
the wreck aud the romance connected with
II. His name Ia John Hight.
Mr.. Hight says that several years ago he
met an Eastern lady Of Spanish descent. She
was known % Mrs. A. E. Lewis and as Mrs.
Allen. The latter was the name Of her hus-
band, at one time q wheat speculator in Chi
cago. Mrs. Lewis's father was Fernando de
Nunez, q Spaniard, who had had large pos
sessions In Mexico.
Hearing of the rich lands near this bay, he
gathered up S16, 900 OF go. 900 and embark
ing on Ssmal Spanish vessel, the Abrillo,
sailed for the harbor Of the Golden Gate.
While attempting TO. weather q storm her
rudder was broken and she drifted ashore
about half g mile south Of what is now
known as Fort Point. The vessel struck
head on to Q rock, bounded back and sank in
deep water, carrying to the depths all but
three Of the Gre and Mrs. Lewis's father.
The survivors reached the shore in a small
boat. The old Spaniard saved two boxes,
one containing his gold, and the other q
instruments. These they buried. but not
together. Two OF the sailors died soon after
from injuries received at the time the vessel
was wrecked. The third fell pierced by an
Indian arrow in one Of the native uprisings
Mrs. Lewis's father died after o short
illness ut the Mission Dolores. Before his
death he left q letter with q priest, directed to
his daughter, who was then residing with an
hidden ,~treaSure and infinitely detailed its
hiding place.
This letter was not delivered to Mrs. Lewis
until years after. sh went to Mexico, and
several years 9 came to San Francisco.
II was 'takeH into her confidence" con-
tinued Mr. Hight. ''and together we went to
the bluff near the fort. We had no trouble
IN finding the place end points mentioned in
aAO ONk VIZ. y w OAo kASAb ODo'ASiC.
The bluff had Cayed down in large slices, and
the spot where the small box Is said to be
buried is covered twenty-five feet deep with
large rocks and boulders. / dug around
there considerably. but 10 no purpose.
DO l believe that there Ia any box there?
Certainly / do, %, We have documentary evil
dence 70 satisfy any ordinary person that it
il So" @T|I
Where 10 Mrs.. Lewis now% asked the
reporter.
nurse In the Home Of the Inebriates, where
she was known,as Mrs. Allen. have been
told recently that she went TO Mexico to es-
tablish her claims TO her fathers possessions
biz ss,, property for her daughter, who lives in
She IL q pleasant-faced woman. som
fifty years OF age and quite stout. She has
q full round face brown eyes and snow
white hair. She has travelled extensively and
IL we'll mownin Florida. She was also well
known amonRthe stock brokers in this city.
and on several occasions made successful
deals which brought her in large sums Of
money, which she ultimately lost. She lived
for some time in the Cosmopolitan House
on the corner of Fifth and Mission streets.
Later on she remoyed.to Pine street. between
Stockton and Powell After leaving the lat
ter house she moved 70 the residence of a
friend on Sixteenth street, near Capp. and
later she lived with friends in Oakland"