The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-12-07

DR.. Samuel Galley, of Mount Holly, who
ls member of company organized for
the express purpose of securing a large
amount of treasure that is supposed to be
lying at the bottom of the Delaware River,
near Andalusis, firmly believes that the
company is on the track of veritable
Klondike While futile efforts have been
made to secure it, the men are not in the
least discouraged, and arrangements are
now in progress for further efforts in this
direction.
diver named Wolters, from PhiladeI-
phla, was recently employed to explore
the bottom of the river at this point, but
his work was not at all satisfactory and
negotiations are now in progress that will
perhaps bring about better results.
DIR. Galley is somewhat exercised over
what has been published concerning this
matter, and he voluntarily gave the facts
i'll the case to The News.
When it was first learned that this gold
was buried in the river, it location was
traced by a scientific instrument owned
by a colored gentleman living in Mount
| Holly. This instrument is like figures, it
won't lie, and its accuracy, developed by
number of recent tests, has caused the
doctor and his associates to firmly believe
in the theory to which they are now Civ
ing considerable attention. Three of the
members who compose this ompany re-
side in New Jersey, and the other three
live in Pennsylvania, two of whom are
quite wealthy.
When seen on Saturday, Dr. Galley said ::
1.-THE treasure is there beyond the shad-
ow of a doubt, and it is being closely guard
ed. 1t won't be healthy for any one to
attempt to disturb it, for the reason that
we have placed quantity of deadly ex-
ploslves near by. A wire is attached to
to this, and in case of necessity an cleo
trio spark will set it off, In addition to
this there is rich man living in Bristol
who would blow the brains out of any
man who should attempt to raise this
treasure.
1--WE were not treated fairly by the d-
yer. He had no inducement to bring up
the treasure, as he was only receiving So so
a day for his services Why did he want
to make US rich and himself poor on this
paltry salary? The engineer, a brother
of Herman Wolters, the boss, said the
diver didn't have sufficient inducements.
If we had known this we should have
made him an offer of per cent. The box
lies in thirty feet of water at high tide.
ITO show how we were deceived by the
diver | will illustrate; Here is the tail end
of scoW. We put 56 Id weight on the
end of d rope and threw this overheard
to mark the supposed location, and to
serve as guide to the diver Now we
bad flood tide and strong current coming
up the river. When we should believe
the diver was working at the end of
the scow, bubbles, indicating his presence,
came up 80 to so feet away This indi-
Gated to the company that he was not
where he ought to have been. The boss
diver tried to explain this away by say
ing that 1t was the tide carried the bub-
bles up stream.
''But look on the other hand we had
an ebb tide. We knew the diver was
working at the tail end of the scow by
the rope he had, because he couldn't 90
any further. and the bubbles came up
perpendicularly. At other times when
there was signal to come up, the bubbles
would appear directly over him.
I'VE have eight good reasons why the
money was not secured, but l don't care
to mention them all. In the first place
there were three different conversations
between the men in German, because they
didn't want us to know what they said !;
when the diver took off his mask there
was lie pictured on his countenance :;
conflicting stories were told as to the
character of the bottom of the river. He
gave US information that the treasure was
there and how it was located said he
thought be had his hand on it and then
afterward said he couldn't find it. FL
nally the diver said what he thought was
the box was large stone drilled full of
holes.
1--WE have reasons to believe that we
know who put that stone there, and it
tends to strengthen our belief in
this matter. History teaches US that
where such stone is found at the bottom
of a rives it was placed there as a mark,
giving knowledge that treasure had been
buried in the vicinity. This is evidently
one of Capt Kidd's treasures, believed to
have been put there on their last voyage
up the Delaware, they being compelled to
abandon their vessel below Bordentown.
In those days the river was more nav
igable than at the present time. They
took an overland trip and were caught
near New York and imprisoned on Bed
lows Island, where they were subsequent
ly hung. Their names were Wilcox,
Gibbs and Hennessy,
"This instrument will locate gold in
the Bristol bank, which is eight miles dis
tant. Anyone who doubts the Qualifica-
lions of this machine can have test for a
wager of $500. party using this instru-
ment, when blindfolded, located and dis
covered several gold watches that had
been buried mile away in the woods.
This same gentleman has also located gold
within ninety miles from Mount Holly
but not in paying quantities. 1t has been
assayed in Philadelphia and pronounced
of fine quality. The company is going to
explore this entire section for valuables.
This machine won't locate anything
but gold, and magnetic steel has no effect
upon it. There is no magic wand mystery
about it at all, nor any spiritualistic tom
foolery take no stock in spiritualism
whatever, although l have given that sub
ject some attention during the past two
years. have in my possnssion some ore
found within ten miles of Mount Holly,
which we believe contains gold. 1 shall
haye it examined in a few days. The
time for our next attempt to raise this
treasure will not be made known to the
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