New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-20
DUG UP A POT OF GOLD
A STATEN ISLAND FARMER STUMBLES
ON A BURIED FORTUNE.
HE SAW THE SIDE OF THE IRON RECEPTACLE IN A
HOLE WHICH HAD BEEN MADE FOR troll
LEY PoLE-THE MONEY. HE THINKS.
WAS HIDDEN BY HIS FATHER

WAS HIDDEN BY HIS FATHER
IN THE FIFrIEs.
Daniel Wandell a we-known farmer. who
lives in Richmond Road. Concord, Staten Island
en- Saturday dug mp pot OF golden coins,
which escaped the attention Of laborers who
had been digging a hole for the erection OF
trolley pole and which for thirty years had lain
under the side path over which pedestrians
tramped every day.
Mp Wanden has lived In the old homestead
for sixty years. which for nearly a century has
been the home Of father and son. Daniel Wan
dell. sr. was a well-known farmer. credited with
being a hard worker. OF a saving disposition, and
with a dsincllnation for putting his wealth In
savinge banks He died in the ffties.
On Saturday the workmen Of the Midland Rail-
road dug a hole in front Of Mr.. WandelPs homo.
The house Is right on a bend Of the road. which
at the point is rather narrow In order 70 leave
room the pole was to be planted adjacent 10
the fence line The men dug the hole deep. ana
when they left Mr. Wande went outside TO
look over the work In looking down into the
hole ne discovered the side Of old pot. He
hethcught himself Of money which was supposed
TO have been hidden about the house. Getting
a shovel nuicklv he dug the pot out. Taking 1t
into his ward he opened the cover, and mass OF
gold coins met his astonished gaze. He put the
money awav but told the story 10 his neigh
hors The amount is supposed 10 be large, and
while Mr. Wandell admits that such Is the case
for sone reason OF his own he refuses 70 tell
the exact amount.
Mr. Wanden was seen last evening by Trio-
une reporter He said: 1T is true that found
the money and In the manner described Inc
trolley men dug the hole. and | went out 20
look AT H. The hole rather deep out
sticking out from the side | saw the edge or an
iron pot managed 10 get 1t out The pot was
a round affair with a cover on It. took II ASIDE
and upon opening I found that II was niled with
gold coin The pot and metal showed PLAINLY
that 1t had lain where found 1t for many years
The coins all bore the date Of forty years OF
more ago. and were Of the coinage OF the Unlteo
States
Il don't care TO say exactly how much money
was in the pot, but the sum was a large one
Indeed. It was not small by any means when
my father died here at the old homestead, pack
in the 5Os I knew that money was hidden some
where He had worked hard and was OF saw
ing disposition. He often said to me. II you
take as much pleasure in spending my money as
| do In making it l will be satisfied. and he
kept on boarding his earnings.
Thirty years ago mother died here, ana
| thought then that the lost money would turn
But IN didn't l looked everywhere, pul
could not find II. | was still sure II was around.
but where I could not tell | often reset my
fence posts and dug within foot Of where the
pot was found
II have put the money in a safe place. No,
won't say how much in the pot. for reasons
of my own. I know there was large sum, and
that Is all that is necessary. Not even my fam
fly know the amount"
Mr. Wardels friends and neighbors have been
cOngratulating him his good fortune He Is
we'll -to-do and has many friends on the island.
His family is Of the oldest there