The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-05
DIAMONDS IN THIS GRAVE.
THE Love SEARCH ron TIE HohRD
LEFT BIZ JACQUES DUPoNE.

In nhO WI00u1a q uIAA. EA-ARA
with Geld ana Gems-Thnt wa, in STso-
Luck or n Man who Was Mt tho Grave. |
M,s.nn,s Mo hoo. AZ, our,.,. 10.
yvortod In ,bo Maine ,o0uin, CO. -
tho .,ory ~ Jocoucs Dunont ,,d ~. -. ~.
NJ ol,,tor,r0 diamonds which Lo ~, -. a.
his douohtcr,s crave somoyvbcro o,an. ~ -,
w,tors ~ the Arooatoot Rivor T..-ss..
tnlc NJ cunning and covetousnoss - -, ~
residents NJ Maine and Canada lila o. ,o,, =
hundred veors ogo II was ro,,toa - - ~,
evcrv bodv believed II and 4, wns hoa.aS -
from ,ycnerotion In generation un,u 4, ,otoins
ali its youtbfpl vioor to.dov. rhn,,h Co. noo.
ple of tho prescnt generation ,,tc nrct stoo,,
in tho narrative Mt least ono a;omord ~ tho
hoard has been found within tycntv yeoro II
WINS taten IN n Roston ieyclIcr ,,ho oCorod
$500 for tho gem. but Jerry Horncr Tho man
who found a.. suspccted tho STONE ,yoo ,,orth
moro md cnrricd a. until bo Ind ,otcn , scyv
more plasses of liouor and then lott n In n Tro-
mont street barroom as security for Tho dr,pts
When he chilled lntor 70 recover bis nroncr,v
the bartender had pono and taken tho diamond
with him.
According IN all accou,ts-and tbcv agroo ~.
markedly well-Jacoues Dupont was n gem
merchant Of Paris who wont IN onsbcc about
1850 to sell diamonds and other nrocIons stones
N tho pronch arnr na,oors ~ ,hn rar.ison 10
pohA - aoig univ VI uiuhithhs, thhihb hb
!" ,a N so, T..a IL -, Vea s.a SKINS; wnien were Jus'
bringing more gems and q beautiful face, which
latter SGT all tho officers half wild with admira-
ton. 1t Is claimed that Gen. Wolfe would never
have climbed to the Plains Of Abraham In tho
darkness of u September morning in 1859 II the
oihcer oi INC guard hau hot oech asleep win an
overdose of wine. taken at a party given in
a.. AZ ,.n as 90. D ~ II.
Aiter inc iaii OF oueDec dupont TOOK hs
daughter and his iamonds and struck south
A,aats, ra.,a,,o.t- ~ go raIa 49,. a.
Acauiah sc',emohts al uraho FAILS ana ais
pose of the balance of his stock. Though the
woods werc fuI of naintcd and warlike Indians
ut the time. thew wor, Nil frienSlv to the
under an escort Of admirins savape,, All went
well until they reached Edmundston, where
Mile. Lucy was taken with smallpox. There
upon every reaskin turned upon the od man
and his daughter and drove them out of the
mooaa a,nnr .ho a,onatna,, pinon S,n miao,Ia
later Dupont came out to Grand Falls alone.
that bo had buriod ber In n stono tomb noor a
rna. = ~ : nel ~ " .oao .oi in1. e"la
coins, diamonds, and beaver skins. Soon after
this he returned to France, where he died.
wealth and the good things which money would
buy as we'll as people Who had more means.
II they could find Dupont's riches they would
be able to wear good clothes ind live in fine
the French:C anadians sent many expeditions
They explored the Aroostook and Aiiagosh
rivers and their tributaries, they hunted the
serve as tombs. They discovered the series of
caves in the hill on the side of Allagosh Lake,
ssw they aSyy,b nGyer , found Iod LnGyr iik ErS a G,s and never
BY this time the Maine woods were full of
logging camps. which were occupied by men OF
p pial Rat' TMo o Am tbrse tR WoedI lane t pset spread p%t t r.,
story into verses. which were sung around the
and Bangor When the iumberEnen We're re- p raGd'e of
and had a famous run in the boarding houses
Gaze Tor Dmpont's wealth and sent we'll.
equipped parties to ali portions of northern
Jerry Harnrr came here from Vow Rrrns,pict
in 1889. The men who knew Harpcr hest said
he wasn't very bright. He was a good man TO
balance Wheel they said. and was a i rsi rr mo
ting into debt or Trouble idts from which hi he Seldom
II Harpor's story can be credited, he found the |
diamonds by accident in the fall of 1885. He
the woods, telling him to be Mt the Old lov
bridge in Masardls at / o'clock in the afternoon
. fpev d ns he 'S Snd ex Imstean n "1 ,Rdi IN; 4 : whole whole
motionned for him TO- fall in behind an started
or at a brisk walk for the woods. The man
maid no attention to logging roads or natural
paths. but went due northwCs by comma a.
Tor Two DAYS. making no sion eyceni IN cat and
Jared Harner r. stnn md mn IN n ao no. m ~
as they had reached the end Of their joUr gmTp'
Long nftcr sunncr tho strange ,nnn ii"Sicd
a dark lantern "ate ' and predicting d i1rs" a long m" roP psH to!d
more, and came to n high ledgy hin which |
thew asccnded. On Ton of tho hill was n round
knob of ledge about four rods in diameter whirrb
was surmo1ntcd by a heavy fiat stone. though
the ledge was Of limestone. tho cnnstnne ,vou
clay slate. Indicating that il had becn brouo19 |
thiihcr at a later date. The man cmt n stomt
hornbeam stick md used IT to- prv I'm his
stone, while Harper chinked it In Mace bv
smaller stones, When it was half wav v M
the two men took hold of il with thcir bandps
and stood it on edge. The removal Of the
stone revealed n srnrn In the lcd pc ton foot
long and fomr to six feet wide Tbo sirone -
man then turned TO Harper and said: ~
'"Tic this line about Won and take tho Inn.
tern and III lower YOU down INV "0 "N
The hole proved to he not more tbon four
feet deep, so that no lima was needed Which LEA
Harper 10 believe that his comnaninn hoII
never seen the place before. ""N
Nov" said the man .nict. nm nil tbo br,ch. |
pieces OF glass and stone Which Won se "'i and