The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-01-21
HIDDEN TREASURE
SHOWN TO WOMAN
IN VIVID DREAM
Miss AlVord Gets Direc-
tons in Vision; Finds
$4,000 in Gold.

NEW YORK. Jan. I.-AIiss Lucy Al
word, Of Taylortown, n. J.. told her
brother Claude on Sunday morning that
nert grandfather. who died in 1887. came
10 her in dream the night before,
appearing so natural that. although she
had never seen picture OF him. she
recognized him from her mothers de-
scTiption. He was middle aged and
wore a beard. In the dream he seemed
10 shake Miss Alvord and arouse her.
She stared at him and was about to
speak, but he indicated silence and mo-
toned her TO follow him.
She followed him into the kitchen Of
the house. a wing that was built long
before the Revolution. The house itself
Eas been occupied by the Alvord family
Tor I'VE generations.
Poured Gold on the Table.
Stepping 70 the north side of the,great
room tho man opened the iron door of
the brick oven alongside the fireplace.
He stepped inside the big oven and re-
appeared with a stone jar which he
set on the table in the middle OF the
room. He then seemed oblivious TO the
presence Of Miss Alvord, and TO her, in
the dream. his conduct seemed perfect
~ natural He dug his hands into the
crock and brought them out filled with
gold pieces. He empued the crock on
The table and began TO stack and count
the money. He made separate stacks
OF English and American coins and of
the different denominations. He made
figures on a slip of paper. which he
totaled and put in his pocket.
Then the visitor put the money back
into the crock and crawled into the
oven. Miss Alvord peered in and saw
him wall Up the crock with bricks and
mortar which were waiting. The oven
IS six feet deep and the new wall was
scarcely noticeable in the great depth.
When all had been secured the man
closed and locked the iron door. Then
Miss Alvord woke up.
When she met her brother at break
fast she told him the story. The vivid
ness Of her dream had frightened her.
Eut she insisted that her brother attack
TIE wall OF the oven. She was conf
dent that he would find the stone crock
and the treasure. He laughed at her.
but 10 hJmOr her went at the wall with
crowbar. The first light blow went
through the wall A few blows demol-
lshed IL, and there lay a crock such
as the woman had seen in her dream.
$4,000 in Gold in the Crock.
The excitement of the sister ard
brother. knew no bounds. They dragged
cut the crock and opened ii, and before
cir eyes lay gold. They emptied il
on the kitchen table-a table made gen
erations ago out of a slab OF pine They
counted the money.
In the heap of gold was 5000 and
some odd dollars. The stacks weighed
eighteen pounds on a gTocer's scales.
The hoard belonged 10 SIlas AIvord.
the grandfather, in all probability He
vas the last Of the family 20 work an
iron forge on the place. He made
anchors, anchor chains and other i'm
p.eulents. When he died. I'm 1887. il
vas thought he had a fortune ApDar-
emily, however, he left nothing but the
farm. valuable in itself. Then his reIa-
tives thought he had lost mis- money in
wildcat banks
Miss AIvOrd's story OF the strange
dream and Of the finding Of the hoard
OF gold was told about the countryside.
and all day yesterday neighbOrs heard
her repeat it and looked in the oven
and saw where the bricks had been
removed.