Evening journal., 1893-11-14
LONG BURIED TREASURE
Dug Up at Night by Three Mys-
terious Men.
MORRIsTOwE HAS A SENSATION.


A Stranger Who Looked over Historic
Bellevue Terrace with AIap-Hoies
Found In the Earth aud al Empty Iron
Pot.
MoRRIsTowN, y. j., Nov. 1l-Morris-
town has a mystery which. il solved, might
reveal the preparation of some famous
crime-a murder, bank robbery OF embez-
element. Up TO this time, however not a
step has been taken 20 solve the mystery,
although present are ali the conditions
which detectives long for. An historic coun
try seat a mysterious stranger prowling
with map and chart, the following mid
night three strange men at work I'm q field,
and the discovery next day of deep hole
containing an iron pot tightly laid in wallis
of cement and not trace of the strangers.
The country seat in question is now
owned 10y wealthy real estate man-Wil-
liam Wmtney-who resides i'm Orange. IL
lies about one mile south of the Norris
town green, but its former grandeur now
is gone, and il is simple farm, but for
two generations It was known as the rural
residence Of the gentry" The place has
been owned 10y many people in its history
and was once the property of a New York
real estate auctioneer named William Ken
nelly. Those who knew the latter say that
during the panic OF 1872 he grew enormous
ly wealthy, but that shortly after the time
Of Jim Fisk IS death he lost much Of his
property.
In turn Mr.. Kennedy died, and the oldest
of his threo sons got the Bellevue terrace,
as IL was called. he sold it to its present
owner, Mr. Whitney.
Mysterious Stranger.
During Mr. Kennely's proprietorship the
terrace was the scene of elegant entertain
ments. The mansion was large and inn
posing, and attached thereto were stables
and summer houses, kennels'and the like,
and many prominent persons figured as
guests. The host was an active worker in
| New York politics. ln the last few years "a
transformation has taken place at Belle
vue terrace, and the estate has been divided
for the most part into building lots, yet
enough land remained undivided to make
it worth while for Mr.. Whitney to have it
| cultivated by farmer named David POr-
ter
Nobody ever suspected that anything un-
usual would happen on the farm, and 'or-
ter was the last person TO look out for such
occurrences. He was busily engaged in
clearing away some land near the street
last Thursday when a well dressed man ap-
| preached on foot lie was shrcwd looking
and as he stood surveying the place asked
! many questions. He took ecrnl maps
and charts from his pocket, according 20
POrter's narrative, and another paper
which seemed TO be filed with memoranda.
The farmer replied civilly enough, and the
stranger walked over the place again and
finally before dusk walked away.
They Dug at Night.
just across South street at that point
lives RichArd Dempsey, and on the same
Thmslay night he went TO see a friend in
a hospital in Newark. y. j. On his return
he distinguished the figures of three men
close TO an old walnut tree. They were
STOPPING toward the ground and so intent
upon their doings that they did not notice
him. Mr.. Dempsey did not disturb them.
Instead he quietly entered his home, locked
the door, saw that all the windows were
barred and went TO bed.
Since that time.nob0dy has seen the three
strangers, but after breakfast on Friday
when David Porter came TO the field 10 re-
sumo work, he found three large holes In
the ground.
| Porter looked into one hole, and there al
the bottom was an iron pot of French pat
tern securely imbedded ia walls of cement
Over its top was a small ilagstone, which
also had been tightly sealed, but IL had
been broken recently by blows with som,
heavy tool. It's ragged ends showed that
The pot was empty except for bits of ce
ment Scattered about were parts of news
papers partly burned, which served in lieu
of candles, Porter believes, to aid the mer
in their work Further than this nothing
was found
It is believed that the curious pot con
tanned the booty of some robbery and tha
it was dug up a few nights ago by some on,
concerned, who had possibly served a tern
in prison for the crime and who came bach
at the first opportunity to regain the al
legged treasure.
What the latter is-whether gold, banl
notes. jewels or bonds-no one in Morris
town pretends TO know, but MorristowI
believes il has a great big mystery OF
hand and is anxiously waiting for some
body to solve it.