El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-01-13
Treasure Hunters Say They
Saw An Apparition.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Who Guards tho Site Of the Ancien
Aztec Temple In Mundy's Addition.
She Appeared At Midnight And
Warned Two Superstitious Mexi-
cans Not To Disturb the Secrets OF
the Alleged Treasure Vault.

About 1900 persons have visited
MundY's addition, on the outskirts Of
the city, to examine the excavations In
the hillside made by DR.. Berson, the
archeologist, since the facts as OBJ
tanned from Mr.. Stewart were publish
ed in the HERALD last Tuesday.
| People have been going and coming
each day since then and the larger
excavation was almost constantly sur
rounded by curious throng of persons
who crowded one another and craned
their necks to get view of the bottom
OF the hole dug by the scientist and
which he Gays exposed to view the pile
of cold masonry.
Sand has slid into the hole and
covered the bottom to depth of
several feet SO that 1t is now utterly
impossible to see anything OF the
ancient ruins. However several per-
sons dug into the sand with their
hands or with sticks and probed for the
solid walls of the treasure vault
beneath. of the existence of which DR..
Berson is so confident.
The Mexican population ais. has be.
come deeply interested in the excava-
tions, but the Mexicans confined their
visits to the mig hit time, mostly.
Tuesday night, after reading j. j.
Stewards account of the diggings, as
published exclusively in the HERALD
Tuesday afternoon, SERVING Jimenez
and Labrado Morales, who live near
the spot occupied by the buried rui ms,
visited the excavation armed with pick
and shovel. They intended doing q
little excavating themselves and max
ing Q careful search for the treasure
vault of the ancient Aztec temple.
Charley Stevens met the two men
yesterday, while out collecting his
rents. land they told<him their story.
The HERALD publishes 1t as told and
vouched for by him. The men said:
"We got to the spot just before mid.
night. It was intensely dark all
hillside could be discerned with diff |
1--WE wanted to dig to the vault.
open it and remove the treasure, which |
we know to be therein, If it lie an Aztec |
vault.
1--WE pitched our pick and shovels
into the hole and slid in after them and |
hold of them. 1t was so dark that we |
could not see to work and we lit q
candle. The wan light filled the hole
and showed us the bottom plainly.
I'VE picked up our tools and began
to dig. We had been digging but q
few moments wheo the faint echoes of
the cathedral chimes at Juarez reach
Oh u5, 8QuOuuCluR W TUG 6t0opluR
world that midnight had arrived.
Away off yonder, somewhere toward
the black mountains, q dog howled dis
mally. We shuddered and crossed our
selves.
"Just then q strange thing happen
ed; strong draft or gust of wind blew
put the candle leaving US in total dark
ness. OF q sudden q bright light ap-
peared between us and the stars at the
top of the hole.
1--WE both looked up and fell upon
our knees for in the center of q soft, but
brilliant light, the source of which was
not apparent, stood q beautiful woman,
dressed in black and wearing a white
veil. She stood looking at US q mo-
nent with her soft dark eyes, then slow
y lifted her arm and pointed toward
FL PasO and there was no mistaking the
of her gesture.
"The soft spectral light then slowly
AIDED out and the woman had vanish
I'd.
1--WE clambered out of the hole In
Iuch haste that our tools were forgot
len. We slid pell NELL down the hill and
kept on running, never pausing for
breath until we were five hundred
7ards away.
1--WE will not dig among the ruins
II any more temples at midnight-NO,
lot for all the gold of Montezuma."
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