The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-15
SEARCHERS LOCATE
MORE OF MONEY
Black ArrGW Envelopes
Yield Sky Dollars Cash.
CROWDS TAKE PART IN HUNT
Lafayette Square the Scene of Mueh
Excitement-Three Amounts
Still Hidden.

Continued effort and indomiuable per
severance has al last unearthed the SIS
hidden according 10 last weeks install
ment of the Black Arrow serial In The
Sunday Times.
William G, Worthington, l5l9 Ihlrty-
first Street northwest. an employe at
the Washington Loan and Trust COM
pany last night. after "a long search Tor
the hidden Black Arrow, pulled the COW
eted and valuable envelope from un-
derneath an iron stairway leading INTO
a basement next 70 the Wyatt Building
on Fourteenth and + Streets.
Mr.. Worthington did not happen acci-
dentany upon the prize, his success
being the result of a continued effort
Twice ne had tTamped up and down the
street looking in every conceivable place
for the secreted money
AFTER 1 had gone through the street
twice looking for the envelope, which
had gone so long Unbound said he, Il
decided that it must be put away in
some unusual place, which was very
well hidden
Under the Stairs.
Accordingly, / began looking under
meath the stairways leading into the
basement up and down + Street Be
ginning al the Treasury Department /
went down the street. L had looked un-
der one or two of the iron stairs when
] struck the right one. There was a
bunch of rubbish in there. but I liz "a
match and poked around q little Bit and
then the Black Arrow showed up"
The search for the money hidden on
f Street was long, arduOus and exciting.
The money was hidden more than a
week ago.
else who has been lucky or industrious
enough 10 find "A prize In saying that 10
Is not hard and that he intends @
continue searching Tor the prizes.
Carpenters Luck.
The first of the coveted Black Arrow
envelopes 10 be found from last sun
days clues was picked from behind
a tim display sign on Ninth Street be-
tween d and + Streets northwest. by
Henry Hamilton, whose home is al
Twenty-second and X Streets northwest
Mr.. Hamilton is a carpenter p} udut
and his reward of So iu the envelope
was the result OF systematic search
up and down Ninth Street, where DE-
was sure the money was hidden Judging
from the clues printed IN The Sunday
Times.
NJ. Hamilton brought the order and
received mis- money yesterday afternoon
as impatient 10 get away 80 thai
AID again be on the hunt Tor the
money
times did Mr.. Hamilton make his
p ana down Ninth Street in search
envelope. In every nook and
he looked until he was rnauy
led. The envelope was tightly
up and tucked behind the sign.
Other SeaTchers.
were other searchers there. too
ng 10 Hamilton. and the police
ere very pleasant, and knew al
TAT Hamilton was on the searef
Black Arrow
ard about the BIZ ok Arrow from
all carriers said be- aud SO
I'd got a Times. 1 uead Che sJory
carefully. and had no troubl,
ing OHt the place where IN,
was hidden. IL was between
somewhere / walked up on,
be- street and back on the other
NTH trip back i finally l1OktS
he sign and there ] found thI
III only takes a little perseverance {,
nnd the orders, and i intend 10 hun
some more"
Nothing could be more indicative o
the great interest and enthusiasm takeI