The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19

they were captured by mutineers, and two
of them shot down. The third managed
to escape. When the mutiny was thing
of the past he was at Lucknow, enlist
ing party to go after the treasure, when
he committed a robbery and was sem
fenced to goal for year.
The government lost no time in investi-
eating this story. The prisoner retOld II
to officials and was promised a pardon
and 10 per cent. of the value of any treas
ure found for acting as guide, and he led
p party straight to the spot The hole
where the treasure had been buried was
speedily found but of the gems and jewels
not one remained, The despoilers had in
turn been despoiled. 1t was year before
another clew was found, and then it came
through a woman She was the wife OF
a ryot, or farmer, and from hiding place
in the thicket had seen the three soldiers
bury the boxes and baskets. Assisted by
her husband she dug up the treasure and
rebured It in one of the cultivated fields.
Her hus band was killed in battle and at
the close of the war. when bands of ma
tives were riding about and plundering
right and left. her hut was one day Wis
tied by a band of six scoundrels, who de-
maEded money In order to save her life
she told them of the treasure, and they
Were speedily In possession OF IL. They
decided 10 convey 1t down the Ganges by
boat 1t was taken to the river on horses
by night, but instead of purchasing a
craft they seized one by force and muir
dered the crew OF three men. This craft,
with the six robbers on board, was seen
by various people during the following
days, and though every effort was made
to discover what had become of the men
and their plumber, II was month before
the government obtained any reliable in
formation concerning it.
Then II was learned that the boat had
reached Allahabad. where two men had
gone ashore to purchase supplies, and she
was again seen thirty miles below the city.
Then all traces of her were lost. Every
seaport was watched and every dealer in
gems notified, but 1t was months before
any new developments took place. Then
a Misunderstanding native offered some
diamonds and rubies for sale in Bombay
and was arrested. He had on his person
about $1,000 worth of unset gems. For sew
but at length confessed that he was the
leader of the gang who obtained the
treasure from the woman. After passing
Allahabad they started to divide the treas
ure. AS all were grasping and avaricious
a quarrel arose, and in the highth of this
the boat ran upon a snag and received
such damages that she soon filled and
went down. Five of the men and all the
treasure except that found on this man
went to the bottom in forty feet of water.
The fellow stubbornly refused to name
the locality or to go with a party, and
after few weeks died in prison of fever.
A dozen different parties searched for the
wreck at much trouble and expense but
it had APPARENTLY been covered by mud or
sand and could not be found OF the vast
treasures of the rebel rajah, computed on
good authority at from "a 900, 600 to 60, 600 co.,
the tri1ing amount found on the robber
was alone recovered
AS already stated, the government made
a new attempt to discover the wreck not
long ago, but was again unsuccessful.
One gives sigh when one thinks that
such vast treasure has so successfully
eluded capture for over forty years. and 1t
seems likely to remain lost forever.