Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-12-21
Treasure Found.

There is wonderful tale of treasure
trove floating about in the Orange
Mountains, the heroes of which are two
iourneymen hatmakers who, strangely
enough, have vanished from their ac-
customed haunts since making their al
legged extraordinary find. 1t is sup
posed that they have stolen away TO
celebrate Christmas after the manner
of princes, bearing their wealth with
them
The story goes that Jas. Stillwell and
Michael Sanders, both of whom at one
time worked at the hatmaking trade in
Livingstone, village in the Orange
Hills, started out on hunting trip some
weeks ago which had marvellous re-
suits, for instead of getting game they
discovered bags of gold coin, most Oft
of ancient Spanish make.
The value of the treasure discovered
is by some estimated at $50, 900 while
all agree that even if it did not reach
that figure there was enough of it to
make a tidy bank account for both
men.
The unsatisfactory part Of the story
is that no one could be found Monday
with single exception, and he was
in such state of mental and physical
paralysis as to be totally unable to de-
scribe his cxperience-who had seen
the treasure. The people of the Orange
Hills. however, had heard all about it
and were more tLan willing 10 repeat
the wonderful things which had been
told them.
About mile and a-half from Living
ston, which lies about six miles from
West Orange, there lived, about two
wears ago, an old Spaniard. whom
everybody f.ared and of whose origin
not even the oldest inhabitant had
much to say.
Pedro Waller was the Spaniard's
name. His hut was not cheerful
place to visit even in broad daylight,
and therefore he spent most of his time
alone, except when he walked to the
village to replenish his store of whisky.
One night there was fire on the
mountain which the villagers at first
thought blaze in the dry underbrush
of the forest. In the morning, how
ever, investigation showed that the
Spaniard's hut was in ashes and that he
had disappeared.
Now, ''the Pirate had always had
plenty of money, and as he did no
work and never left his hut except for
the reasons already explained the no.
ton had long prevailed that he subsist-
ed VI on hidden treasure.
Stfllwell and Sanders had had no
luck in their shooting excursion. They
sat down to rest on slab of rock not
far from the site of the old Spaniard's
hut, but further up the hill, and di-
rectly under palisade of overhanging
rock.
Stillwell called his companions at
tention to curious looking hole in the
side of the hill. Investigating the hole
they found o cave, and in the cave four
canvas bags and an iron barred chest,
all full of gold coins of Spanish mint
age.
There were enough coins in the bags
and chest to turn the heads OF these
two poor fellows who had been work
ing twelve hours day most of their
lives for q wretched pittance.
1t is at this point that all trace OF the
men and their treasure trove is lost.
The spot where they fell upon this for
tune is so wild and so lonely that they
would have had little difficulty in Sc
creting it again and then bearing it
away piecemeal.
At Pat Collins hat factory in Liv-
ingston it was said Monday that, San
ders had knocked off work there about
month ago. Nobody knew what had
become of him, but Tom" Whalen.
one of the hands, said he understood
that Sanders had Struck it rich"
Whalen had heard all about the
treasure and so had numerous other
people in Livington.
1 went up on the mountain side and
took look at the cave. 1t is very
ordinary affair as caves 60, and it is a
wonder that if bags of gold were con.
cealed there they were not found long
ago.-A. T. Herald