The Washington times., 1904-11-17
UNRE Uniting HUNT
FOR BLACK ARROW
Search Continues for Two
Unclaimed Envelopes.
CITY RAKED WITH FINE COMB
Thousands Eagel for Easy Money
Spend Time in Capitol Park and
on Pennsylvania Avenue.
CITY RAKED WITH FINE COMB

No one has -et claimed the Black
Arrow money which will be paid TO the
lucky persons finding the two envelopes
which were hidden on Pennsylvania
Avenue northwest, and in the north
west section Of the Capitol Grounds.
The search continues in the big park
and along the broad thorOughfare with
undated eagerness, and with as much
earnestness Of purpose as when the en-
Velopes bearing the broad Black Arrow
were first placed IN their hiding places.
Two of the envelopes have been found
OF those hidden last Monday. and two
still await a claimant.
Damp grass and cold weather make
no difference TO hunters after money.
They are after the black arrow, and
nothing else matters.
Early Morning Hunt.
Early in the morning most of the
searchers are miG1le-aged men, usually
staid and respectable, but now excited
and eager. At s so they leave for their
work. and their places are taken BY
messenger boys and boys who have
stayed away from school in order 90
join in the search: girls. young ladies,
IN short every description Of people;
each hoping that he or she viii be the
lucky one.
Almost from the start, the grotto at
the Capitol Park has been the center Of
interest. few daily give their atten-
ton 10 the inside but more are con-
WINGED that the money Is seCreted in the
vines or dense shrubbeTy IN the neigh
bOrhOOd As a result, the Waterman Is
kept busy preventing oVerzealous
seaTchers from climbing the fence sur
rounding the grOttO, and Drying into
the bushes, or raking over the leaves.
Several times, as the shuDbery bears
witness. he has been eluded. but usually
ne is IN the immediate vicinity OF the
grotto, his eye on every searcher-
Law Troublesome.
This fact seems TO convince the for
tune hunters they have discovered the
hiding place, and all assure one another
that were they allowed 10 violate the
trespass law for only a few minutes. the
money would speedily be found.
Among the persistent searchers in the
Capitol grounds is an old woman ac-
companied by two little children a boy
and girl. They are all three ARMED
with sticks and may be seen pOklng in
dustriously here and there in the shrub
berry. Seven O'Clock in the morning finds
them hard at IL and they poke away un-
I'll the shades of evening fan
The men employed 10 keep the grounds
clean are also eager participants In the
money hunt, Armed with their long
rakes. they leave nothing undisturbed
and the Street Cleaning Department
freely admits. that never before have
the park grounds been so thoroughly
Oyerraked. and consequently kept in
good condition.
Faithful Workers.
There are three youngsters who ar,
particularly persistent in their efforts
TO obtain some OF the easy money had
den on Pennsylvania avenue. They have
formed what they term the BLACK Ar
rOr Partnership" and spend every spar,
moment IN a systematic search Al
three are fitted with long steel wires
One gives his individual attention 10 "a,
sidewalk trees. another Fakes benin,
every sign with his wire, ard the thir,
inspects the Easements, loose boards
and rubbish
AS soon as one of the envelopes ha.
been presented, announcement II TIT
fact, together with the name o. the md
er. will be posted on the Times bul
letin board