Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-04-28
FOUND
BURIED
TREASURE

! A dispatch from Pilot Rock Monday
says:
Eleven thousand dollars in gold and
currency is stated to have been un-
earthed in an old cellar here by J. H.
Anderson, who was accompanied BY an
elderly woman and young woman.
said to be Anderson's s daughter.
The money is said to have beer buried
~ years ago in the cellar Of the old
Wilson home. TIE walls had eaved and
the place was grass grown.
old-timers here. and there are many
of them still living, say they knew the
Wilson's. Among theses NAV be named
S. L. Moore. ex-United States deputy
marehal; Edward Byrd, Dave Wright
and Justice Of the Peace Abe Miller.
These men al remember the Wilson
family.
4. The old gentleman is said TO have
been 8 good citizen, coming here about
1851. but his sons were a terror 10 the
country. Two Of them served terms
in the Oregon penitentiary, one. Bill
Wilson, was hanged by vigilantes, or
shot, and still another mysteriously
disappeared. Emmet Wilson, one Of the
two remaining male members Of the
family, is in Arizona.
The elderly woman who aeeompa.
MED Anderson here is said 10 be Viii
son. and was about 10 years Of age at
the time Of the burial Of the treasure.
Anderson is spoken Of as an excellent
man. and that he had talked over the
prospects Of finding the treasure with /
a resident Of this town two years ago.
Information Quite Exact.
Anderson, it seems, placed but little |
confidence in the story Of the cache. and
it is believed reluctantly agreed 10
make the search. His information a.
TO its whereabouts, however, must have ,
been obtained from some one who saw
the money buried. and knew the exact ,
spot, as there was very little unneees-
ssry work executed BY Anderson. the
only doubt apparently being as to
which end Of the old cellar the money
was buried in. In the second hole the
hidden gold and greenbaeks were
reached at depth Of three feet.
Anderson secured accommodations at
one Of the hotels for Tuesday night
here. but afterwards changed his mind
over night with a Mr..
Hemphill. who lives two miles below
town. To Mr.. Hemphill he said 10;
4 word concerning the object Of his
search, and departed for Perdle;on
earlE next morning. II is said the
reasure found exceeded $1,000.
Bishop J. W. Bashford Of the Meth.
dist Episcopal church, who has beer
stationed al Shanghai for two years, -e
urned or the steamship Mongolia wes
erdsy and Is az the Occidental hotel :
ie was appointed 10 Shanghai station '
Y the general conference held at Los
angeles, succeeding Bishop Moore $
'ishop Bradford is now on the way 70 a
ttend the semi-annuA meeting Of the v
card Of bishops 10 be held il Chiea 20 O
4 May. Before hi sappoin,meEt TO Z
hanghai he was for Is years president +
the Wesleyan college in Ohio. IL c
Z interview yesterday he said: 7
"The Chinese are more friendly 70. !!
ard US than usual II a talk with Z
onsul General Roberts recently be tol5 a
e that the boycott against American |.
oo2s had beer broken so far ss Shang.
81 was concerned. But j, Is not
nown what feeling will exist if con
ress Adjourns without taking action
Z our exclusion laws or matters close
: pertaining 70 them. Minister Rock.
III al Peking tells me that he has re
eiveS al least 1000 letters from mer-
hants throughout China asking him if
Is true that President Roosevelt, the
aeretary Of state. and other high Of