Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-11-13

S$A AuE ~NEN - =
aid. But il is there-eold. yeiloN'
glittering coin, buried for years be-
meath the dirt and mold Of Mexico, /
and traced BY the tireless patience q 4
the man who is soon 10 get out on MS
voyage TO return with this fortune. 4
There will be no dangers 70 overcome,
such as a Struggle with cold and famine,
but very quietly and pleasantly be will |
dig up the boxes in which lie the riches I
! that win make him wealthy man ior
1 life
The authority Cor this statement Is
Capt Alfred Mar. who Is al present
in this city. Capt. May asserted that
he has located the place where the
treasure was buried. and that as soon
as he can leave business he will set out
and procure the wealth which viii be
+ the result Of many months OF patient
search. The captain is German,
/ sea captain, and was one Of the old
\ forty-niners.
/ According % Capt May. the way he
/ came 10 get on the track Of the money
4 was this: He met here in 1898 an old
v
who told him that his son was married
TO the daughter Of an old veteran q
the Mexican war, living in Chicago
This veteran told Pennoyer that while
he was on a campaign in Mexico IN
ls4T he was present when money
boxes belonging to the government
were thrown out OF the wagon By the
breaking OF the wheel. and that the
coin had been buried by a companion
OF his. This companion. q sergeant.
was killed in a fight a few days after
burying the money. and the old vet
eran said nothing about il to his su-
perior officers. the breaking down Of
the wagon while crossing the river in
| storm being sufficient excuse for the
] loss.
After the war closed the veteran
went 70 California. where he was paid
, OF. and then returned 10 his wife in
Chicago On account Of his broken
health the woman would not let him
return. so the man waited for a son 70
grow large enough 10 go after the gold.
On the sons attaining manhood the old
man fitted him out and sent him on
the journey. but the lad went astray
: and. spending all the money, turned
: into a Ioafer. On the marriage OF the
daughter of the veteran with the son
of Pennoyer. the veteran told Penno.
= yer the whole history Of the affair and
e gave him plan Of the spot where tbs
e gold was buried, as well as full direc.
e tons how to locate the place.
= When Pennoyer told May the stor,
Il May offered 10 go and get the none,
n for share in the result So. equipped
9 with map and full history Of tn
event. he reached Vera Cruz. and Sc
out on his journey toward the direc
le ton Of Jalapa. He found that the de
n scription given by Pennoyer was cor
l. rect in the main. but there was a Sigh
r. error in bearings that at first puzzle,
lie him greatly. Pennoyer had made
u mistake in the placing Of landmark
4 but the general idea was right. and
n knowing the Spanish tongue perfectly
II May began to CLEAN information iron
! the Mexicans who lived at the place
= He found one old man who had live
y in the same adobe hut for years, an
i. who remembered distinctly the tim
that the American troops had crosse
the stream. He gave an accurate Dc
scription Of the event, spoke Of th
= breaking down Of the wagons, and sai
= that the Americans had lost SOM
stores, though none Of the Mexican
y understanding English, none wa
= aware that two boxes Of gold wel
Q among the things spilled, nor wouI
te hey ever have known Of their bein
u. buried there by the sergeant, even ha
they known the money tumbled gu
n From this old man May got such a
ch accurate account that, by putting
de with the one given him by Pennoye
be he was able to locate spot whose d
st scription Tailed in every respect wit
lie the story given by the veteran as II
r. place where the coin lay.
he He learned that the troops had Ie
n Vera Cruz for march north and &
az reaching the banks OF the GuadeIuy
va river the infantry had crossed over a
III ancient stone bridge while the ealval
90 and wagons went down one side
- cross by a ford. On the left hand
n the bridge on the south bank was
20 fort and on the right hand on the 9th
!. bank was another fort, while at sho
- distance stood hill. Pennoyer hs
= sad the wagons holding the money hi
! crossed the bridge and in this lay b
error The truth was that the hors
Z had been taken down about quart
Of mile from the bridge and crosse
- where the water was shallow. I'll
Mexican pointed out the ford where n
to wagon trail crossed and even the SD
In. where one wagon had broken DOWN al
en- lost a wheel.
,st On looking about May saw at on
IL that 1t was the very spot described
~ pennoyer.
,aI There was no doubt In Mays mil
TO- that ne had found the treasure at la
90 But one thing stopped himhe W
M watched For days there had be
~ men logging his footsteps, persons W
had evidently heard Of the object