The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-02-07
JERSEY FOLK TO
SEEK SUNKEN GOLD
: OF CAPTAIN KIDD
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Chest of Treasure TrOve Be-
Iieved to Be in the Del
@! aware River.
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EFFORTS TO LOCATE 1T LONG
AGO BALKED BY DIVERS
MT. Holly Man Now Seeks to
q Form Company-Science
to Aid. .
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MOUNT HOLLY, Feb. If plans
enlade by William Anderson, of this
city. are successfully carried out, there
swill be further efforts made to re-
Slover Captain Kidd's gold, which GER
tain parties claim to have located in
J4he Delaware River. Those who are
Interested in the secret will make an
other effort to bring to h surface the
copper-bound chest containing the
precious metal. That money might be
obtained for the purpose, it is the de-
Sire Of Mr.. Anderson to secure financial
aid by the formation of a company Of
Interested persons.
The reasure-seekers who eight years
ago spent time and money on this
project were DIR. Samuel Galley, de-
chased. of Mount Holly; Albert and
Charles Holding. Charles Yeanans and
Samuel Morgan. of Bristol, Pa. Not
outstanding the annoyance to which
they were subjected because of the
publicity given at that time, work was
i-pusiied rapidly in the hope of fishing
up the old pirates Spanish doubloons,
- WI dl0SSh AItGNllIly Oh ilC pat VI
34he divers employed brought matters
10 a %standstill.
~ Those who first engaged in this
&Gearch thought they had reason to be-
4 1jeve that they We're on the track of
ga veritable Klondike, and they ceased
Z their work without being in the least
discouraged.
ES When it was first learned that this
%sEold was buried in the river, its loca-
<tion was traced by a scientific instru-
IFlent. the invention of Mr.. Anderson,
(Which has a great affinity for gold,
FNnd tests made of its wonderful power
Areadily brought the assistance of sew
THral wealthy gentlemen, who became
xfrmly convinced that the scheme was
%pot a wild-cat one.
Sunk by Kidd.
o. When the work TO recover this chest
of gold was abandoned the promoters
%leclared that it would not be healthy
= Tor any n to attempt to disturb it,
wfor the reason that a quantity of deadly
explosives had been placed nearby,
switch could be discharged by an cleo
4 trio spark. 1t is declared that the
ascheIne failed, because the divers were
Eonly receiving $3.50 per day. which was
MO inducemert for them to bring up the
Etreasure. which lies in thirty feet OF
Esyater, and which Captain Kidd put
esthere on his last trip up the Delaware,
s@-beng compelled to abandon his vessel.
Members of the crew took an overland
Trip and werc caught near New York,
@ffnprisoned on Bellows Island, where
they were subsequently hung.
The chest containing this precious
metal WIS discovered by Albert Holding
while making his way up tho river in
1869. He dropped anchor in the chan
mel, opposite Eddington, to wait for a
change of tide. When he went II
weigh anchor it took three men to pull
it up, They found that one of the
tlukes of the anchor had passed through
an iron ring on the top of a brass
bound chest. which they brought to the
surface. When Holding let go thJ
anchor ROPE to aid in making the chest
fast to the boat. it's weight was Sc
great that the other men were unable t.
hold it. and it sank again to the bottom
Before Mr.. Holding died he confded thu
matter to his sons, and through theil
efforts the divers reported that tn,
chest vas there.
Mr.. Anderson, who has located gold il
tNorth Carolina and in the Western
States. besides a liberal quantity in New
jersey, feels that he will be amply re.
kpaid if he can get this chest on DIR,
land, as his delicate instrument has Z
stronger affinity for that spot than for
any of the banks in that section. Thi
Equantity of gold contained in the ches
~enabled him to locate it eight mile
away.