The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1898-01-08

y. SX0SNSE%6 - does not know
H. Sp@<gg& himself of his hid
L ,s&9zZiS2yZOs den treasure, says
l~ 'SMaASsSNN.1 the New York Her
Ald. But it is there-cold, Yellow
glittering coin, buried for years be-
meath the dirt and mold of Mexico,
and traced by the tireless patience OF,
.he man who is soon to get out on his
voyage to return with this fortune.
There will be no dangers to overcome,
such as a stuggle with cold and famine,
but very quietly and pleasantly he will
dig up the boxes in which lie the riches
that will make him wealthy man for
life. 4a1. .. ...as =
The authority for this statement is
Capt. Alfred May, who is at 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 will be
the result Of many months of patient
search. The captain is a German, a
sea captain, and was one of the old
torty-niners. ''' ~''
According to Capt. May, the way he
came to get on the track of the money
was this: He met here in 1893 an old
man from Illinois, Hiram Pennoyer,
who told him that his son was married
to- the. daughter Of an old veteran of
The Mexican war, living in. Chicago.
This veteran told Pennoyer that while
he was on campaign in Mexico in
1847 he was present: when money
boxes belonging to the. government
were thrown out sof the wagon by the
breaking Of the wheel. and that the
coin had been buried by IA companion
lsof his. This companion, a sergeant,
was killed in g fight a few days after
bury thes none and old yet
eran said not hing about 1t to his SUI
perior officers. the breaking down of
The wagon while crossing the river in
a storm being sufficient excuse for the
Joss.
After the war closed the veteran
went to California, where he was paid
off, and then returned to his wife in
Chicago. On account of his broken
health the woman wouiSs not let him
return, SO the man waited for a son to
grow large enough to 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 loafer. 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
gave him a plan of the spot where the
gold was buried. as well as full direc-
tions how to locate the place. >
When Pennoyer told May the story
May offered to go and get the money
for share in the result So, equipped
with map and full history. of the
event, he reached Vera Cruz, and set
out on his journey toward the direc-
tion of Jalapa. He found that the de-
scription given by Pennoyer was cor
rect in the main, but there was a slight
error in bearings that at first puzzled
him greatly. Pennoyer had made
mistake in the placing Of a landmark
but the general idea was right, and,
knowing the Spanish tongue perfectly,
May began to CLEAN information from
the Mexicans who lived at the place. a
He found one old man who had lived
| in the same adobe hut for years, and
who remembered distinctly the time
that the American troops had crossed
| the stream. He gave an accurate de-
scription of the event, spoke Of the
breaking down Of the wagons, and said
that the Americans had lost some
| stores, though none of the Mexicans
understanding English, none was
aware that two boxes of gold were
among the things spilled, nor would
They ever have known 4of their being
buried there by the sergeant, even had
they known the money tumbled out.
From this old man May got such an
accurate account that, by putting it
with the one given him by Pennoyer,
he was able to locate spot whose de-
scription tailed in every respect with
the story given by the veteran as the
place where the coin lay.
He learned that the troops had left
Vera Cruz for a march north and on
reaching the banks of the Guadalupe
liver the infantry had crossed over an
Ilncient stone bridge while the calvary
and wagons went down one side to
ross by a ford. On the left hand Of
The bridge on the south bank was a
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