The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1911-03-04
CANNONS FILLED WITH GOLD.
A Fortune Is Believed Lying at BOT
tom of River.

Living some twelve or fourteen
feet below the surface of the water
of the San Antonio river at a point
approximately one hundred and fifty
feet north of the Crockett street
bridge, if tradition is to be believed,
are several sealed cannon filled with
hundreds and hundreds of gold
coins. The treasure is supposed to
consist of the old Spanish doubloons
circulated extensively in this part of
the country somewhere about con-
tury ago. but now practically all
gone.
To give color to the old story,
what is believed to be the cannon in
question have been located, lying on
| the bottom of the river at the point
| referred to. Men in the employ OF
| Frank Huntress ST., the city river
and ditch commissioner, in eXplor-
ing the bottom of the stream, bring
back reports that they came in con
tact with several objects which they
believe are cannon IT such be the
case, the old story, which was circu-
| lated among the MeXicans OF this city
many, many years ago, may ult1-
mately become a reality.
According to the old story hand
ed down, it is said that during the
period of delay, just prior to the
time Travis and Bowie assume
,harge of the old Alamo, some veal
thy Spaniards, fearing the confisca-
ton of their wealth, rather then per-
nit it to fall into the hands of the
Texans, filled some half dozen of the
cannon, such as they were in those
days, with their gold, sealed the
| mouth of the guns and one night
rolled them to the river and dumped
| them into it.
The stream in those days it is
said. was vastly different from what
is called a river today Then, it is
| said, it was deseTvedly entitled to the
name of river, for water flowed
swiftly along its course and at some
places the depth ranged from fifteen
to twenty feet. Tests of the river S
water only a few years ago, showed
AZ, 900 cubic feet of water passing
Iany given point every minute. How
sadly different today Such a vast
amount of water is not to be obtain
ed at the presnt time in a fortnight
Tradition has it that the treasure
laden cannon were buried in some
part of the river near the Alamo
The finding of the objects in the
bend of the river. just north of the
present Crockett street bridge, which
is the nearest point of the stream tC
the Alamo structure bias strength
ened the belief that these long-los
and valuable old guns are destined
to be brought to light in the very
future. Those who have given TIM
matter any consideration are prom,
to give crcdcnce to the theory tina
the treasure of long ago has beer
located and that it is now but mat
ter of time before the hidden golC
will again be in the hand of man.
1T was while my mon were 81
work in the river few days ago tina
the discovery was made" said Rive
and Ditch Commissioner Huntress
in speaking of the incident. '
pli'lls Ntol . as, iA'oi u ~ tiA' SUI ,
Of the capnon with the gold sealef
within them, being dumped into tn
river. The old MeMcans some tween
ty-fiye or thirty years ago spoke o
the hiding Of the gold by the span
iards just before the TcNans soi
charge of the Alamo
However, for a score Of yo2cs o
more nothing has been spoken of tn
cannon being thrown into the rive
Ihr the Spaniards Tho story would
have probably been forgotten but fo
The discovery made lately Daylla
The name of the river man who dis
covered wtct he believes to be The
common told me about bis f2ther ant
some of the other old-timc M"Xicani
having spoken of how the Spaniarl,
dumped the gold-fiIlcd cannon intC
the river to prevent it falliu2 int
possession of the Texans
4 Although not positive tnat tho