The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-09
He BURIED HIS TREASURES.
But WHEN HE LOOKED FOR THEM
THEY WERE MISSING.
\ Tacoma Man. Distrusting the
hanks, Pat His vnluabies I'm
box and Planted Thsm-Workmen
Make Repairs, and Money II Gone.

Special Dispatch to the Post-Inseiiigencer.
TACOMA. Feb. s.-syhaTles W. Snyder.
manager Of a local lumber journal. does
no; seem 10 have an abiding faith in
banks. and therein lies a story In which
his suspicious as 10 the safety OF such
repositories Is shown 10 have been rather
expensive. Mr.. Snyder and his family
reside at Ais North NJ street and within
the past few months either he or some
1lember OF his family concluded TO bury
certain valuable papers and 1eweiry, as
well as some gold coin in the cellar be-
Meath the residence. thereby avoiding all
chance Of failure Of banks, fires. earth
quskes. etc, which might result in loss
should the vaIua bles have been deposited
In an ordinary place Of safekeeping
Recently the owners OF the property in
question let contract FOR renewing the
foundation under the building and not
many days ago the contractors, Cornell
Bros. sent two Raen 10 the scene TO be-
gin excavating beneath the residence.
preparatory 10 making the Improvement
contracted for. These men are Martha
Patterson and another laborer named Pos
uer, a German. In the usual course CT
their duties. shoveiing and digging away
near the underpinning. the men came
across a tin box. neatly fastened. and ~
ing se as to show il had been buried from
the surface.
Their find was something ont OF the Gus
tonary run Of affairs in their line. and ac-
cording TO their sworn admissions they
opened the box. Inside they found a sec
ond box Of pasteb0ard containing papers
and quite 4 lot of valuable jewelry: also
a glass jar holding a lot of gold coins.
They say that after examining the
strange I'D they put ii back where they
found II, without taking as much as one
OF the shining gold pieces that giittered in
the jar and with TO attempt to make
away with either the jewelry or the
papers.
Now comes Mr.. Snyder with different
story, and If his version is correct he ia
loser Just $50 by the unexpected discov-
cry Of his hidden treasure. He says his
wife caused the box TO be placed under
ground beneath the house and that the
glass Jar contained just $50 in gold OF
which amount but one solitary so piece
was found remaining when Mr.. Snyder
uncarthed his treasure a day or two ago.
Aside from the gold coins nothing is miss
ing, and now the contractors are anxious
20 get at the facts. in order II possible.
to assist Mr.. Snyder In recovering his
buried treasure. The two wOrkmen
staunchly stand by their first story ar
declare they never touched a cent Of the
money In the jar or anything else In the
tin box
ne matter has not been formally re-
ported 10 the police and every effort has
Dee de to keep il sub rosa. but as such
stor usually do. the tale leaked out
The contractors have little 10 say about
II. although they Go not hesitate in recon-
meAding the two laborers I'm question as
steady. reliable men. They seem desiraus
OF helping Mr. Snyder TO recover his
money. -; as yet decline 70 charge their
employees with the theft. The case Is an
odd one. and TO all appearances as long as
the hhorers hang 10 their first story there
seems little chance of proving the con-
trary.