Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1908-11-20
CASKS OF treasure.
Stranger Here with Tale of Glitter
ing Jewels.

Stranger Here with Tale of Glitter
ing Jewels.
CHEST OF GOLDEN ORNAMENTS-HUN-
GARIAN AT NEW WILLARD, SUR
ROUNDED BY ORNAMENTS AND
CURIOS WROUGHT OF VIRGIN GOLD,
TELLS OF WEALTH TO BE FOUND IN
| ANCIENT INDIAN GRAVES IN COSTA
| RIGA
Washington Herald.)
A stranger came to town yesterday,
and he had strange tale. 1t was a
tale of mountains of gold, of curios, and
of glittering jewels and precious stones.
He divulged his secret only after much
persuasion and an assurance that he
alone should remain the sole possessor
of the knowledge of the spot where his
Arabian Nights treasure chamber is
located.
But it was not only the tale which
the stranger recounted; he also proved
its truthfulness by showing to the
amazed eyes of his visitor casks filled
to the rim with idols, ornaments, and
curios, all wrought in virgin gold. An
other chest was choked to the lid with
specimens of gold, silver, and copper
ore, and other precious metals and
stones.
The stranger is Emil Mosonyi, and
he is at the New Willard. He arrived
yesterday, and is registered from San
Jose, Costa Rica. He is, however, a
native of Hungary, dark, haired,
swarthy skinned, lustrous eyed, and
tall. A young man, with fierce
mustache as black as night.
TREASURE FROM TONES.
His native town is Budapest, by pro-
fession he is a civil and mining en-
gineer, and by inclination and practice
man who digs up graves of old Ind
ians in Costa Rica and extracts there
from gold ornaments, idols, and pieces
of pottery
The Hungarian tells strange tale.
His dark eyes light up with peculiar
fire when he talks of the great discov-
cries he has made in some parts of
Costa Rica. He talks Of tons of gold
and millions of dollars worth of curios
and objects of historic value. Mr..
Mosonyi does not only talk; he proves
the veracity of his tale. He shows
peculiarly wrought and oddly shaped
idols, ornaments, and curios, hammer
ed from virgin gold. They are solid
and heavy. He has not only one speci-
men; he has big alligator satchel full.
In another case he has specimens of
gold, silver, copper, and mica ore. The
son of the pussta said that he knew of
place in Costa Rica where the earth
contained mountains of these pracious
metals and where the most interesting
finds could be made of objects of histor-
ical value.
NEfSI1 AbLE ALADDIN 'S LAMP.
81 have been carrying on ethnolog-
ical and archaeological explorations on
my own account for years in Costa
Rica, and after trip to England and
my native country 1 will return to
Costa Rica to continue in my search
for these hidden treasures. Saying
this, he picked up bundle of papers,
documents, and maps which lay hidden
at the bottom of one of his strong
trunks, and Continued ''This is-oh,
no; cannot say tit is something
that will astenish the world-a veri-
table Aladdin's lamp.
There were only three Indian tribes
in Costa Rica which before the advent
of the Spaniards looked for gold, which
was to be found in large quantities In
their countries. 1t is only in the graves
of these Indians objects of gold can be
found. Besides gold, there are some
times pieces of pottery and coins.
81 have special permit from the
Costa Rican government to carry on
my work. Germany has sent an ex-
pedition under DR.. Walter Dehmann,
of the chronological Museum of Berlin,
to Costa Rica to also carry on explora-
ton work; but nobody knows where
my treasures are hidden because there
is nothing to show on the surface
where Indians may be buried.
LIKED BY THE NATIVES.
III have studied the history of these
Indians thoroughly, and l am on ex-
cellent terms with the natives, which
enables me to prosecute my work with
out encountering any troubles"
Mr.. Mosonyi said he could not wait
until the Hungarian government inter
ested itself in the enterprise; that they
are too slow to move in the matter,
and that he would prefer to have some
live American business men or the
government take up the matter with
him.
The Hungarian will call on the dir
ector of the Smithsonian Institution
to-day and will show him his finds.
with the object of interesting this in
stitution in the matter.
Seven Years of Proof.
II have had seven years of proof that
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