New-York tribune., 1906-06-24

| handed down from father TO for more than
/ two hundred years past, and which has been in a
measure corroborated by documentary re-
| searches-the treasure lies buried somewhere in
the neighborhood of the little town of Triel, not
/ very far from St. German. There James pur-
chased, through a third party, small chateau
known as the Chateau des Lions. and it is
averred that somewhere in the park by which
IT was inclosed he entombed. IN deep well or
subterranean chamber. his crown and his other
valuables. In order to understand why II
was that James should have died without re-
vealing to HIS son. the Old Pretender, the hid
ing place. and, indeed the existence or all this
wealth. it must be recalled that very grave
doubts exist TO this very day as 10 whether
Charles Stuart the Old Pretender. was really
the offspring OF James II or of his consort. HIS
tory furnishes many arguments in support OF the
story TO the effect that he was in reality sup
positions child, and certainly the complste lack
OF sisterly regard the part of Queen Mary
and Queen Anne. the marked absence Of any
affection by King James and by his Queen. and
the exed rulers pronounced preference for his
illegitimate son, the gallant Duke Of Berwick.
ancestor of the Spanish Duke Of Alva, and Of the
French Duke of Fitz James, go far to confirm the
popular belief that the Old Pretender was merely
a bogus prince.
Subsequent to the Old Pretenders day. how
Triel for this buried treasure Of King James,
some of which served to reveal the existence of
several mysterious tunnels. mile or two in
length which enabled people to reach the
Chateau des Lions unseen Lord Palmerston.
the famous English Prime Minister, was enc of
the most level headed and matter Of fact states
men OF the Victorian era, yet, as the result OF
documentary evidence placed in his hands as to
the existence of this Stuart hoard, somewhere in
the neighborhood OF Triel, he was moved to
spend about $4,000 IN exploring certain bits OF
territory, which he had purchased for the pur-
pose, in the TrieI district His Investigations
however were without fruit Subsequently a |
foreign lady who STYLED herself Nine. Devtlle, |
arrived at Triel and purchased an estate in the |
neigh borhood, which had belonged to an ancient |
monastery not far from the Chateau des Lions /
and for thirty years carried series Of subter-
ranean explorations. concerning which neither |
she the people whom she employed would !
furnish any information. At her death not long |
ago the property was purchased by an Ameri- |
can, whose name have been requested not TO
mention. and who. possessed OF extensive means.
is still continuing the search. I may state that a
statue Of the Virgin. in massive gold, Is inches
in height, as well as number Of gold pieces Of
English mintage and dated of the sixteenth
and seventeenth centuries, have recently been
unearthed II might, therefore, seem as If we
were on the eve OF the discovery Of the missing
crown of James II and Of all those Jewels and
gold which, IN all probability, he concealed IN
the grounds of the old monastery, which he
could have reached by means of a subterranean
passage from the Chateau des Lions.
King Edwards Scottish crown which comes to
him from King Robert Bruce. would have shared
the fate of the English regalia and would have
been destroyed by Oliver Cromwell had it not
been for the cleverness Of Sir John Keith When
Cromwell crossed the Scottish border the crown
and sceptre were despatched for safety TO Dun
ottar Castle, on the North Sea coast No sooner,
however. had they reached the castle than Sir
John who was in command thereof. caused them
10 be taken from the castle. and to he buried
deep in the churchyard of the parish kirk of
Kinnef, and then, just as the Parliamentary
general, Lambert, was about to invest the castle
he escaped 10 France The castle. after a siege
General Lambert found that Sir John Keith had
got away safely 10 France he Immediately as
sumed that he had carried off the crown with
him. and abandoned ali further search for 1t.
II remained buried in Kinneff churchyard until
after the Restoration when it returned by
Sir John Keith TO King Charles, who, in recog
milton Of his deed, raised the canny knight to
the peerage as Earl Of Kintore.
The crowns Of Spain and Of Holland have both
been buried in this country, and that, too, with
in the last hundred years. When King Joseph
BonapaTte of Spain fed TO the New World after