The morning call., 1894-06-14
} oe Larias, and two other friends con-
60 70 tho

Joe Larias, and two other friends con-
stitute tue working force.
The treasure so eagerly looked for is
supposed to mount to no less than S15,-
900, securely 10 cked in a strong box. 1t
was buried years agO-ffteen years il is
claimed-by an old VaQuero, who has been
dead these eighteen months or more. The
block bounded by MaTlposa and Bryant
avenues was at one time used by Miller &
Lux as a cattle corral. Five years ago the
business was removed to Butchertown.
Tne buildings we're RACED and of more re-
cent years the streets whereabouts have
been graded, effacng all trace of the oTigi-
nal uses of the property. Mariposa street
was graded right over the spot where were
the houses of the vaqueros in charge. One
old VaQuelo. who had been employed there
for many years, was reported TO be very
wealthy. He moved away when the cor
rails were removed and went TO live in the
city, Where he died eighteen months ago.
Strangely enough in the idea of all who
knew him, the old vaquerO left nothing
like the amount of money he was thought
TO have possessed.
About month ago a relative of Mrs.
Larias died in Santa Cruz. He had been
close companion of the old vaquero in
early DAYS. At his death be left will,
and in this stated that the vaQuero before
dying had cOnhded TO him that he mad
buried $3.50 in the corner of his barn.
He described the spot where il was buried.
AS the street improvements were going on
and for other unknown reasons the Santa
Cruz man refralned from hunting up the
treasure. In his Will, however, he re-
peated the directions for the location of
the treasure, and beQueathed it to his
niece, Mrs. Larias. Joe Larias. her hus-
band had also been employed by Miller d
Lux in that corral, and knew of the ola va
quero's reputed wealth. So he and his wife
decided to search for that $4,000. Thus it
came about that one night IN the early
part of last week Mrs. Larias arrived on
Mariposa street with her escort and To-
Gated spot wheTe the digging should be-
gin. This is midway between Tenth
street and Bryant avenue, on Mariposa
street The lot is much lower than the
graded street, and there was a ridge of
nigh ground there originally. Work was
begun in the bank, the men employed by
the Larlases being paid 80 cents an hour
for their work. After digging for some
time the sewer was struck, and in a few
moments the excavation was filed up with
water. Then 1t was determined to try
further east, and another excavation was
made few feet from the other. Here the
party up till Monday night last have
digged necessarily.
Mrs. Larias would take up position on
the side of the hole and say to Joe Larias.
dig there, joe" or dig here, Joe."
lHo D6iRuDOrS questioned the QlgR6rS, but
all to no purpose. They pretended they
could only speak Spanish, and that shut
off the curiosity of the residents. How
ever, there was always a big crowd around
every night 10 watch the searchers and
cheer them on with sarcastic remarks.
Nothing has come of all the digging SO
far. 1t got out that some $1,000 had been
recovered, but this was merely a Tumor.
The Lariases are very Ieticent about the
affair. They live on Fifteenth avenue
near Railroad avenue. They have one
child. Saith ROcos is a half-brother of
Larias and keeps saloon. They are all
cloSe-mouthed, these Rocoses and Lari-
asses. They are determined to get that
treasure If it is there, and if they don't get
it it will not be because they talked
about it.
Nobody else but the person to whom
that money is willed is going to get ii.
said Mrs. Larias yesterday, and then she
would not admit whether she was the
lucky person or not. Mrs. Larias is a
comely woman of Spanish type, of good
figure and pleasant face. She has an in
vincible belief in buried treasures. She
says there is lots of treasure buried by the
old timers and the Indians around Butcher
town and the POtrero. you can't get
anything ont of me about that money. -
she said. closing her mouth firmly. ''Ips