The Elbert County tribune., 1912-06-07


two of his secretaries and the captain Of his guard
to detail a body OF men and inter the hoard In
some safe spot outside the walls This was done.
and with the dawn the castle was surrounded by
the bands of the free company.
1t was over three years. according to the papal
records before 1t was deemed wise to dig up the
hidden wealth and bring II within the walls. and
then, to the CONSERVATION of the pope and his
court It could not be foundi When the return of
the holy see to Rome effected. the treasure
was left behind. and there 1t remains today
There has lived one man In France who has
surpassed all others in his interest and effort iu
the search for buried and sunken treasures. and
that was NJ Du Case Night and day. a
period OF some thirty years. he followed the mad
pursuit and though he found much gold he spent
1t all in the search of others. dying poor but CON
tent with the wonderfully interesting life that he
had lived. His cousin. known NJ ormond
though he had number of other names at varf
Gus times due to the peculiar life he led was a
man of inferior Intellectual equipment. compared
to the great master-searcher. But M. ormond
inherited the records and notes of Du Case and
the bulk OF them now in the hands OF Or
mond's heirs. family living in the French por
ton of Quebec. Canada
Among the most interesting of these records
is the story of the little in the ruined
Abbey OF St Bavon. in Ghent. In 1883. French
Jew, by the name OF Broisel. fled from Guada
loupe In the West Indies, to Amsterdam. taking
with him a large quantity OF gold. jewels and
plate, which he had obtained in the West Indies
by some Illicit means just what the records dc
not show. His peculiar conduct caused him &c
be questioned as spy and. being cowardly sor'
of man. he fed to Client, taking with him pig
black West Indian negro. who accompanied MIN
as man-servant The night of his arrival he
left the inn in which he had quartered himself
he and the negro. bearing each large sack o
gold and jewels. II is known that they hid thest
somewhere in the ruined portion Of the abbey
The next day Broisel rearrested sp,
and was deported wealthy man of Ghent pro
tected the negro and made plans to return thu
unfortunate black to his home In the Islands o
the Caribbean. The ship which Broisel wal
placed crossing to Hull and on boar'
number of ruffians who. finding that Broi
sci was Jew, maltreated him so severely tina
he died. On being informed OF his death. tn'
negro told his benefactor of the existence OF tbs
trove and of its burial in the ruins.
With party of peasants the two went there VI
daylight and the negro tried to point out wher'
his late master had hidden the sacks He wal
unable do SO, owing to his first visits. havinI
been made in the dark. and to his superstition
fears having obscured the accuracy OF his per
ceptions Further search was terminated by th'
able, who scoffed at the whole proposition ant
forbade any more digging. This Injunction wa
made permanent and while 1t is reasonably Ger
tain that any man who succeeds in getting per
mission to go through the ruins of st. Bavon viii
unearth enough wealth to buy score OF such es
tates, has yet made the attempt
1t is impossible in this consideration to ente
into details concerning some two three hun
dred other treasures the Continent and only
few of the more interesting be mentione.
and that very briefly.
Somewhere in the morasses in the hinterlan,
of vierlande. the queer little lowland tract abov
Hamburg there is concealed in tanked barge
great store of gold ornaments. jewels and gold
pieces hidden by the Lowlanders fleeing befor
the Spaniards in the sixteenth century.
The most enticing of the ancient quests Is tn
one concerning which there has been mucl
speculation and on which no work whatsoever ha
been done. In the years before his death Atti
the Hun became acqutstive and assembled
treasure vast as to stagger the imagination
This he hid in cave in Hungary not far from
the spot where he died All the traditions sa
that he was buried at the mouth OF the marrow
tunnel leading to the cave, for he believed b
would come to life again and would need th
treasure to regain his power. Who will do th
necessary delving among the old records and 10
cate the grave OF Attila and the enormous wealtl
concealed near II?
In conclusion let me cite great mass OF sunk
en- wealth concerning the location and existenc
OF which there is no speculation whatsoever. Ii
the harbor OF vigo, Spain, lay forty galeons on.
fair day some centuries ago, many OF them fresh
ly arrived from Mexico and South America sew
eral known to have several million dollars eacl
in gold and silver bars. dust and coin aboard an,
others, destined for other ports that had put Int
Vigo to escape the common enemy, the Englis
sea-rovers Admiral Sir Francis Drake appeare,
and gave battle. Now Frenchman or Spaniar,
would have had Keen eye to the treasure bu
Drake did not, for he sank everything In sight
On the bottom OF the harbor. the greatest dept
of which is sixty fathoms. these rich old hulks Ii
awaiting delivery of their wealth Cavalier d
Pima OF Genoa has invented circular steel towe
which could be sunk them and then 1oate
with an observation chamber from which graz
pling hooks and shovels could be directed but hi
project is a standstll discussed this situatio
In vigo Bay with superintendent of a larg
American wrecking company. He looked owe
,b.r ~ fho hor rf1nro
shone as he said:
Il wish somebody would sic me on that job
1t u cinch for us Americans-s holy cinchl"