Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-13
TALE OF A TREASURE
MExlcAN's STORY OF A FABuLousLY
 RICH CAVERN.

Coins-why They Did Not Take Posses
 sion of the Find.
 If Adam Fischer of San Antonio, Tex, meets with the success that he ex- peets in project which he now has on foot he will be one of the richest mon in the world. Several months ago be met a Mexican named Antonio Marti neg. This Mexican had just arrived from Monterey, and ill a burst of confidence he related marvellous story of hidden treasure to MT. Fischer. Martinez is ut present employed on the street commits sioner's force
 About ten years ago" said Marti- nez, 'fI was teamster ill Mexico. On this memorable trip we were on our afternoon we found ourselves camped in deep canyon. One of the members of our crowd of teamsters, while exploring the canyon for f1rewood, came across 0 large opening in the side of the almost perpendicular cliff. He entered the opening and found himself in large cavern. He hurried back to our camp and told us of his discovery, and as the nights were very cool we decided to spend the night there.
 After entering the cave one of the members of the party proposed that we indulge in a social game of cards. After playing an hour or more one of the members of our party announced that he was going to explore the cave He lighted torch and started out to search the large chamber A moment later ho frantically called to us that one side of the chamber was filled with gold and silver coin.
 We dropped our cards and rushed to where he was standing, and, sure enough, his statement was true. There, piled up in great cords to a height of ten feet, 30 feet long and eight feet wide, was gold and silver money of Spanish and Next can coinage We were almost wild with the excitement produced by our discov- cry, but when some one proposed that we resume our card playing and gamble for money we all agreed
 I've gambled till long past midnight, and then lay down to get few hours sleep. We were all awake soon after daylight and discussed the best plan of removing the treasure. Wefnally agreed that we should all share the treasure equally, and that each man should be allowed to carry away all he could in his pockets, and that immediately after reaching Monterey return to the cave with cohveyances to remove the money.
 This matter having been agreed upon each man loaded his pockets The sun was shining brightly, and flood of light came into the cavern through the opening, lighting up the interior. After NC had filled our pockets we started to leave the cave, when suddenly the open ing seemed to close, and the cave became intensely dark.
 Suddenly there appeared just before us an object the blackness of which was so very great that we could easily distinguish it's outlines It had the ap- pearance of q monstrous man of the most hideous countenance. Uplifting one of its long arms, this object, in a tone of voice that echoed throughout the cave, warned us not to attempt to leave the cave with one single coin that we had discovered
 '' Put all of the money back in the place from which you took it, said the object If any of you carry away a piece of the money, you will leave your soul behind.
 In great trembling we returned every one of the coins to tho pile from which they had been taken, and then we silently left the cave and resumed our journey. 1 made note of the exact location of the cave and am ready to go back and point it out to any one who will go with me- but will never enter tho place again.
 Martinez gave MT. Fischer the names of other members of the party. MT. Fischer was 50 much impressed with the story told him by the Mexican that he went to Monterey recently and call cd upon the parties whose names Marti neg had given him. They corroborated the story related by Martinez in every particular, but none of them could be prevailed upon to again enter the cave.
 The most sensible theory is that the Mexicans actually did discover tho fab ulous amount of money in the cave, and that they celebrated their good fortune by drinking large amount of smescal. . and other Mexican liquor. When they awoke on the following morning after breathing tho foul air of the cavern and with the fumes of the liquor still on their brain, one of the befuddled men probably imagined that he saw the strange apparition. He no doubt called the attention of his stupefied compan- ions to the specter, and they were in no condition to dispute what he said was before them, and they all heard the warning which he repeated after the specter had said it.
 At any rate, MT. Fischer is confident that tho cave and the money therein are no fictions, and he is endeavoring to or ganize an exploring expedition to go with him and Martinez in another search for the treasure. Louis | Globe Democrat
 
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