Milford chronicle., 1910-02-04
CAPTAIN KIDD'S
TREASURE FOUND
Wild Excitement at SOmSTS
Point, Near Atlantic City,
DISCOVERED IN A CAVE

flinders Of Treasure Believed to Have
Removed It-Visitors View Cavern,
Which Had Been 5ricked Up With
Walls Two Feet Thick.
Atlantic City. Feb. 2-Somers Point.
near here. is wildly excited because
Il Is believed that the tabled treasure
Of Captain Kidd. of bucraneer fame,
has been found The excitement is no
less because of the fact that the sup.
posed discoverers of the loot made
away with IT, Old inhabitants who
really credit the belief that something
Of value has been discovered and made
away with think II is possible that
the treasure trOve may have been
plate and coin buried by residents OF
the ancient seaport when the British
war vessels showed up during the
Revolutionary war. but the more rO-
mantle choose to believe that tha
treasure was really the Kidd deposit
which had been searched for during
the past half century along this por-
tion of the coast.
The supposed recoverers of the
treasure are believed to have carted It
away during the heavy storm of Sat J.
urday night last. They left as clues an I
old cave within a few hundred yards
of the home Of County Judge Higbee ]
and hundreds of curious townsfolk Wis
ited the spot.
The uncovered cave had been brick
ed up with walls over two feet in
thickness. which show the greatest
care in construction. The top is GOV
cred with slabs of red and stone of a
quality unknown I'm this locality and
believed to have been brought here
along with the supposed treasure bur.
led by Captain Kidd or others who
ought its Concealment. The bricks
are of style similar to those known
to have been brought here from Eng
land during Colonial days, and both
stone and brick are so old that they
erumble to blows OF picks now being
used to discover the real extent Of the
cave.
So far as can be learned from the
formal examination made by Mayor
John Campbell the cave is at least $50
years old. When the first discovery
was made the signs left by the mys
terious visitors showed that the cave
had been opened and that the diggers
had continued their work until they
uncovered what is supposed to have
been a chest or box square and about
six feet long by two feet wide The
box had been dredged to a wagon.
whose wheels marks were plainly visi-
BILE but trace OF the vehicle was lost
after II had taken the main road lead
ing to Pleasantville. The cave lies in
direct line with an aged cedar tree
and a stump of another tree which are
believed to have been the marks by {
which the strangers found the spot.
The strangers had evidently carried
their digging for about ten feet. but
stopped as soon as they found the SUPP
posed chest Further digging disclosed
the fact that the cave runs back for
about twelve feet and has two other
entrances both bricked in the same {
style as the one uncovered.
Captain Mark Doughty one Of the I
oldest residents of the resort. believes
that the cave held valuables belonging
to people Of Somers Point and sur
rounding country. left there during the
war Of the Revolution.
Captain Van SAINT. who is also one Of
the oldest residents Of Somers Point ;
recalled the fact that for years past =
visitors. many Of whom we're armed :
with maps. have been digging in the :
of the city in search of the q
fabled treasure Of Captain Kidd Mosi 4
Of the strangers carried cryptic charts :
and carried ont their searches in Sc. a
cret. 4
Residents Of the city have already z
started on the work Of digging out the n
entire interior of the cave in the hope 3
of finding more treasure and Mayor
Campbell is considering the swearing
In of special policemen to guard the
spot TO prevent the CARRYING away Of e
any other ysluables which may se h
'nnnd there. Il