The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30
Nd. l.--san.a Anna. the erIaand:

| penalty OF personal Imprisonment and for
feiture OF their estates. There was a Mr..
German, a German banker In the City ot
Mexico desiring 70 leave who went to
Santa Anna in person. and requested him
to detail a guard for the diligence" he
proposed TO take with his treasure OF over
100000 to Vera Cruz, for which he pro.
posed to make compensation, Santa Anna
eheerfully complied With his request, aud
designated his private secretary to take
charge OF the guard to accompany the
diligence" There was u fellow passen.
ger who also had large amount OF money
aud TO guard against tfeachery they both
| provided themselves with a small arsenal.
In passing through n canon on bright
moonlight night. the diligence was at
tackled with firearms and the curtains
liddled with balls. The IRE was returned
| by the passengers, and several robbers
Killed; Finally the firing. ceased, and they
,eft the coach to view the fallen. ono "
the first OF the dead they encountered was
Santa Annals private secretary thus re
veallng 10 them that they bad been betray-
cd. and an effort made 10 XIII and rob
| them by their guard. 10 Disguise himself
the private secretary had worn mask.
the removal Of which from his dead body
revealed his Identity,
These facts were learned from brother
of Mr.. German by The writer, who was
Mississippi at Natchcz, from which point
he was purchasing and shipping cotton to
old Mexico.
Another and more remarkable case OF
Santa Annals perndty near the same time
occurred about this wise: There We're
/ eleven OF the Ostraclscd foreigners making
their way to Vera Cruz, frelghting their
| treasure on pack animals. When Within
! about seventy miles Of Vera Cruz. fuding
! they were pursued by robbers, they con
Guided to bury their treasure and separate.
| II was agreed that meridian survey
should he made and their treasure mostly
/ gold coiu, bc buried, under an agreement
| that II should only be icsurrected by all
! the survivors, aud cqually divided amoug
| them. Each member OF the party was pro
| vided with copy of the survey.
! 1t SO happened that those open lands were
on hacienda owned by Santa Anna. and
as he was at the time soionrnng there,
1 they sought and obtained his permission
/ 70 make the deposit, the only condition at
tached BY him being that they should
/ leave the ground in It's normal condition
free from holes, etc They buried the
/ treasure and separated, travelling singly
/ to the coast faling the prccautiUu before
/ leaving OF removing all evidences of the
/ excavation covering the surface with
/ cactus. stones, etc. They shipped from
4 Vern Cruz to different foreign countries,
! Keeping track Of each other as well as
/ they could. Time passed and In the pro-
( gress of years several OF the party died
writer's home in Natche2. He was OF
/ French descent, and a remarkable person
age In appearance, tall and attenuatcd,
/ with full suit of hair MS white as driven
snow, and a piercing gray eve Late one
evening lie came 10 the writer's Office,
I seeking 4 confidential interview which
was granted II lasted during the greater
part OF the night, and was OF the most
thrilling and romantic character, lie gave
all the details of the exodus OF the coterie
rs described; and the frultless Efforts he
! had made to discover the locality of his
confederates. Despairlng, finally, he made
| the proposal TO substitute me In bis place.
of the hidden treasure, When urged TO
give valid reason for not doing II him
I self, he replied his footsteps had been dog
ged, and frequent efforts made to poison
! Not seeking wealth through qulxodcal
means declined his ofrer, Going to New
orleans soon after the Trenchnan was
taken sick al the house Of friend, ana
died within the next ninety days, AS a re-
/ ward for the kindness OF his host he gave
A.. him the survey OF the hidden treasure,
with authority 10 recover II. His friend,
soon after his demise, arranged a party
of thirteen to 20 out to Mexico 10 recover
the treasure. They made the trip; and,
! as before. found Santa Anna on his ha-
/ cienda. Permission was asked ana giveh
] !nf NlHglDE Tor inc treasure, WITH the con-
dition formerly attached for its deposit,
but with expressions OF ncredulty IN the
/ success az the undertaking. The first day &
( survey and digging was fruitless Of re-
suits, hut On a aectiAcation of their sur
yoy they struck the hidden wealth Santa
Anna, with the aid of q held glass, saw
that they We're successful. and sent a
troop OF lancers for their arrest and SELF
ure 0f the booty. They were marched on
20 the. Castle of Perote and Imprisoned
In its lowest dungeon; and a bulletin was
. Duhttglp1 Inv fnp president m tho RNufful.
stating that body Of culprts seeking his
assasslnation at his hacienda had been
supreme head OF the State. Meantime tho
old brgand had poeketed the spolls.
In the victorious march OF the American
army from Vera Cruz on the CITY of Mex,
leo, Major General John A. ouitman re-
ported that at the capture az Perote
where, by the way. Santa Anna lost his
almost TO skeleton the only survivor OF
the New Orleans party sent to that dun
geon by Santa Anna.
~
No. 2.--OId Hickory and Santa Anna.
Judge Hutchinson, was the author OF Q
code OF laws IN Mississippi; from thence
ne moved to Texas, and was made judge
Of the district court at San Antonio. Santa
Anna. In one OF his raids ia Western Texas
invaded that city took the Judge u prison
! er and marched him Oh foot to the cts
OF Mexico, HIS shoes gave out, uud lnl
probably over half the way his footprint
were marked With blood. lie was then pu
ON the bali and chain gang. aud worket
on the streets of the capital city Hon
Powhattan Ellis. who had been on the
federal bench. a United States senator
from Mississippi was then the American
minister at the Mexican court. Importun
ate appeals were made to him from botl
OF the states mentioned. 10 ntercede VIII
santa Anna for Judge Hutchinson's re-
lease Our advlces from him were 10 thu
effect that Santa Anna WIS obdurate. an'
his efforts an absolute failure. 1t thel
occurred TO his friends IN those states a.
last resort, 70 look 10 the IMAM OF TN
Hermitage then private citizen, for re
lief. General jackson wrote "A private let
ter TO Santa Anna, demanding the lmme
diate release OF Judge Hutchinson, aul
scoring Santa Anna bitterly for the out
raeeous abuse of the judge When TN
advice came 10 hand, and Santa Anna real
lied the source from which the demand
WAS made he ala not hesitate 70 make al
instant order for Judge Hutchinsons re
Tease and return to the states
The old wretch doubtless tremDied Ia Al
boots at the coneequenees Of rcfusa
10 one OF General Jackspn'g houndlcSs ih
6uence Ia the American republic He saw
t In the refusal, no doubt, resistleEs armies
iad ,. Tho st1nnu Of destiny 10 the glaugiit