The sun., 1901-09-08
THE TREASt RI or THE GrELPHS
He" Faithful scr, ants sa,ed the House or
Hano,ers Jewels and Hoard Of Money.


The history OF the Duke Of Cu,uherlsnd.-
fortune has been Just related by H.rr Won
Ha~-ell. Hts father. George Y . had a narrow
escape OF finding himself both kinsdomI.~-
and pennil-ss. The state treasures of Han
over were only placed In safety a few hours
before Prussia declared war on tn. excellent
blind hing The person who saved tn.
financial part was Herr kl~nck. Chief secre-
tATy Of the ESch@qu-r He had 10 remov.
520.co thAl-rs In silver, 5000 crowns In gold
worth about Sa- each: Gss .Cpo In English
bank notes. fSs. 900 Ia PrisSisn thal-rs. $3.50
60 IA Hanover hanknote- and GisOOO
worth Of English, Dutch. French and other
Government bonds The gold crowns wrrr
packed IN seventy nine winetub-. the bonds
IN ten chests. the Hanover bank notes Ia
bales and the thslers in crates lined With tin.
Ihis variety In packing was To prevent notice
being taken AZ the railway or the Dor, Of en-
barksuon. where Prussian agents were re-
ported a. ON the lookout
Ihe~e barrels and bsl-- were taken by an
ordinary soods train 10 an outlying station
and then rapidly shifted 10 \ special train
hat Was 90 60 az full speed Go Geestemund.
II started ~ half past ~ NJ on June rs.
ises But they had for gotten 10 order sta ton
masters to keep the line lighted. aud the
engine men had 20 creep along IN moin.ntsry
issr OF an srsid"n, IN. train vas late for ~
England Tn. risk of taking II on board
a Lloyd. steamer. the Br-in q had To be-
run on the night of June L. hlensk grew
gray ~ the two Gays OF suspense Pru-slsn
men-of-war were hanging about near the
mouth Of the Elb" The Bremen entered
Southampton on June 10 and did not sight =
single Prus-iAn vessel on the way
Somehow the tidings that the Bremen had
on board all the gold and silver OF III. h ina of
Hanover had got out ther. before the vessel
arrived Doubtless II was tslesraphed from
,Tsr-,smqnar ,"s p"'s War nxs Srr:as mSd1 los,
no time 10 defeat them by hiring a special
train to London for the precious cargo u
Of England. All was transported 90 the cel-
lars there bv quarter rsSt 4. telegram IN
on. "Ir ssfs apPrl,ed ,s. King s.S 81 Han Han,
heRsArv The silver coins. sllowRnc. being
made for c,chansc. we're valued at fios..ls
thal-r- werr transferred 20 West End branch.
where b. had an account. and 10 hts credit
charge % the gold crowns and dcbentu ture..
but refused after b. had taken the advice of
counsel II wa hnally decided 60 leave them
wher. they were. at the Bank Of England.
II had been Impossible TO sead away the
plat. % the Crown of Hanover before war
value. spsrt from IT, intrinsic worth A. silver
The Grand Cha mberlain. Malortle. caused a
hole to be made. like an English coal hole,
palace I, ws- Scoopsd on, by workmsn
placed IN the cellar, wall Under the door
enough the .pis,s was packed in It In sand
and the vail rebuilt. The idea OF the sand
When the Prussian.. some days after, beat
with hammers the wall that masked the
hiding place u gave out 10 hollow sound. This
NAMED hidden until D-c"mber. issI, when
th" present German Emperor d-tsrmined q
act on the Treaty of isnsens1lzs; which
Not single article vas missing what -
mos, remarkable u that, though many per
IN. .-cr,r, they never bresihed ~ord %
what they knew. III. lat. kins G"orV- '.
Va ,nr va, o..So rbo .ryns,.d rno,s ~as ..p, .v
NAlorti- With th- crown jewel. N cah 81
the Queen ~ Hanover She Vas then stay,ns
m. t-rf.rtIv well knew whai vas entrusted
10 him and thas the Fri-sian. we're clos.
70 HanGyrT The Srsnd se.n,s.,lsin s,.,s ,,,,i hsd
safes ~ thu pslac- lie rightly judged that
Il he sent them With az or,-e msn merely
allssi With clothes cf th- Queen snd rr,nc--~es
1h"r" va, a sr.at gaAni,iy ~ Itp.l monsy.
some satin .hos- y hon Ne tell that the ewes
~ a s"rVsut whom he svsr~,t~d were watch.
ihF him
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