The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1910-02-04
CAPTrIN klDU'5
TREASURE FOUND
Wild Excitement al SOnGTS
Point, Near Atlantic City.
DISCOVERED II A CAVE

Finders Of Treasure Believed to Have
Removed lt-Visitors View Cavern,
Which Had Been Bricked Up With
Walls Two Feet Thick.
Atlantic City Feb 2-Somers Point.
near here. is wildly excited because
II is believed that the tabled treasure
of Captain Kidd. Of buccaneer fame.
has been round The excitement is mo-
less because of the fact that the sup
aosed discoyerers Of the loot made
away with IL. Old inhabitants Who
really credit the belief that something
of value has been discovered and made
away with think Il is possible that
the treasure trove may have heenl
plate and coin buried By residents oi
the ancient seaport when the BRUSH
war vessels showed up during the
Revolutionary war. but the more 70
mantle choose to believe that thel
treasure was really the Kidd deposit
which had been searched for duringl
the past half century along this por1
/ ton Of the coast.
The supposed recoverers Of thel
treasure are believed to have csried III
away during the heavy storm OF Sat1
urday night last. They left as clues AM
old cave within few hundred yardsl
of the home of County Judge HlgDeel
and hundreds OF curious townsfolk WIS.,
tied the spot.
The uncovered cave had been brick
cd up with walls over two feet IL
thickness. which show the greatest
care in construction The top is COW
cred with slabs OF red and stone OF
onalitv unknown In this locality ana
believed to have been brought here
along With the supposed treasure bur
led by Captain Kidd OF others who
night its concealment. The bricks
ere of a STYLE similar to those known
10 have been brought here from Eng
land during Colonial DAYS, and both
; stone and brick are so old that tney
|, crnmble to blows Of picks now being
need 10 discover the real extent OF the
cave.
Go far AS can be learned from tfe
/ formal examination made by Mayor
I John Campbell he cave is at le17' ''
q wears old. When the first discovery
$ was made the stems left by the mys'
2 torious visitors showed that rho 80 %
had been opened and that the dissers
had continued their work until they
uncovered what is supposed 10 nave
g been chest or box. square and ABOUT
@ six feet long b. two feet wide me
j. box had been dredged to a wagon
G whose wheels marks were plainly yisi'
~ ble but trace Of the vehicle was ios'
L after n had taken the main road lead
n ing 10 Pleasantville. The cave lies III
n direct line with an aged cedar tree
II and q stump OF another tree which are
N believed to have been the marks D.
d which the strangers found the spot
10 Tho strangers had evidently carried
,e their digging for about ten ieeI Du
,e Stoned as soon as they found the sup
n- nosed chest Further digging disclosed
~ the fact that the cave runs back Io
o.. about twelve feet and has Two otpe
IN entrances both bricked in me same
N STYLE as the one uncovered.
he CAPTAIN Mark Doughty, one OF III
r. oldest residents of the resort. believe
pa that the cave held yaluables belons'n
TO people Of Somers Poin' ana SUI
rounding country. left there during ''
war of the Revolution.
es CAPTAIN Van SAINT who IS also ono r
M the oldest residents of Somers Poin
pr. recalled the fact that for years pas
m visitors. many of whom We're arme
C.. with maps have been digging ia Oh
,is vicinity Of the city in search OF th
a tabled treasure of Captain Kidd. Mos
a Of the strangers carried cryptic chart
no and carried out their searches iu Sc
ne cret
Am Residents of the city have alraad
~ started on the work Of digging ont ih
os entire interior of the cave in the hop
"a Of finding more treasure and Mayo
~ Campbell IS considering the swearin
- in of special policemen TO guard III
-. spot to prevent the carrying away q
" any other yaluables which may b
found there