The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-12-25
THEY ARE AFTER It
Two WichitanS Are Hunting
for $4,000
BURIED IN KlNGMAN co.
Think They Have Located the
Exact Spot.

Two wichita men are confident that
there is gold in Kingman county within
300 feet Of the famous Nichols field in
Chicoskia county Not gold that miners
find, but gold in chest which is sup
posed to hive been buried near that
spring by an army paymaster in 1913. It
Is thought to be $4,000. These two men
are Captain J. A. MCGUIRE and J. W.
Ritter.
On December II the Eagle published
an article regarding the Kingman county
treasure, and these two men Immediate
ly went there to ascertain if there was
anything in it. Captain MCGUIRE return
ed yesterday and told Of his trip. 1t
seems that these men hired livery team
at Kingman and started out to find that
gold They had a. divining rod and with
infve miles Of the spot the rod indicated
that there was gold in the vicinity. The
rod told them in which direction to go.
and after considerable travel the men
located the spot according to the rod.
I'VE secured tools to dig with" said
Mr.. Mcclure, land we went to work
finding the gold buried there, but l am
as sure as I am standing here that there
is gold buried there. Instead Of being
three hundred rods from the spring, it is
three hundred feet. People watched US
closely and wanted 20 know what we
were finding. We made arrangements
with the owner of the farm, and he was
to receive a share of the find for watch
Ing the property for US. am confident
thai the gold is buried there, for have
demonstrated the thing so many times
that I cannot be mistaken OF course it
Is down a long way, tor the time has
been so long that it could not be other
wise.
Il can 80 into field and let you hide
gold and I will find it for you. You
would be surprised at the thing but I
have been doing these things and I know
what I am talking about
People may laugh at us for thinking
that $4,000 are buried at that point, but
I am positive a-bou the matter. We will
go back again to hunt for the money,
ana If I am not badly mistaken we will
find IT,"
The story in detail Is as follows:
"It Is said there was an iron chest
filed with gold hid within 300 rods of
the famous Nichols spring in Chicaskia
township about the year 1913 by an army
paymaster, who was being pursued by
Indians, and who together with his COM
panions, was either killed near by or car
ried into captivity. The only surviving
one was carried away, but sickened and
ever he managed to communicate with a
half-breed trapper and gave him a plat
Of the ground describing where the box
was hidden, but the trapper lost the
chart, and could only remember that it
was about 300 rods from the spring, yet
could not remember the direction, He
and others to whom he communicated
the secret made periodical trips to the
spring for years and made vain search
for the hidden treasure up until about
the year 1869, when search was aban-
doned.
1.-THE last survivor of those in the Sc
cret was named Samuel Robinson, one of
the early-day trappers in this section
and a companion of the Roubidouxs and
also an agent of the American Fur COM
Iowa, some three years since, and with
him, no doubt, died all chance of ever
finding the treasure. He was well &C
quainted with this part of the state and
four years ago he gave Mort Albaugh the
story and minute description as to the
lay of the land, each stream and branch
and watering place as it exists today, in
the closest detail, although ne had been
here but once since 1850, except when
passing through in 1857
1T was a supposition that the treasure
was hidden northeast Of the spring in
the neighborhood Of where John Ford's
house now stands, either in the swamps
about some Of his springs or in the
banks of the Chicaskia, south of his
house.
1T may never be found, and then,
again. some one may be so fortunate as
to unearth it some day. There were con-
ftctlng tales as to the amount Of the
treasure, but the general understanding
was that the sum was about $4,000"
Don't risk the little ones life: Group IS !
a dangerous disease. Mrs. II. Gregg. Dun