Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-26

quite undisturbed--a village cow found It, but
she did not appreciate her advantages and could
not have told her master If she had.
1t is a wellknown fact that when certain forms
of stomach trouble affect cows dogs and otier
animals, they seek metal oxides and will swallow
nails, rusty iron. and bits of jeyalry. This rAr-
ucuar COW was so troubled Her grazing-grornd
included part of the general locality in which
the treasure Is known to lie. She was noticed
licking the rusty hinges of the pasture gates,
licking an old plowshare, and some weeks later
she gave evidences of being in great pain The
wiseacres OF the village were called in council
and decided that she had swallowed something
that disagreed with her, and, partly out of GU
riosity and partly through desire to save the
beef by killing her before she died. the owner
had an end put TO her misery and an autopsy
was held Imagine the excitement when the
butchers opened the stomach and, amid nails, bits
of iron, and copper, found number of goldpieces
of the Cavalier treasure and small latch-lock of
the type of which there must have been several
on every one of the treasure chests. The soil
had been washed had been plowed over the
treasure, and the had found it and absorbed
her mortal end The wisacres then told the own
that If he had but kept the cow alive till she
returned to the spot where she had found the
treasure he might have watched her snd soon dis
covered 1t. He worried over his folly till he
grew respondent that he hanged himself
The square face of Gibraltar, made so familiar
in America by use in advertising in reality fronts
the landward side. Between the Rock and the
mainland runs a fiat sandy strip that is neither
British Spanish Gibraltar has always been
a great haunt of smugglers and the neutral strip
has always been their greatest danger-ground.
In 1870 the dangerous Theron band desisted
from smuggling long enough to run some carg0es
of arms into Spain for the of Don Carlos
and his army. After securing some $450000 they
set out to effect retirement from Gibraltar, and
made their way to Jaen, where a wealthy mer
chant was known to have some 100000, collected
in readiness for use in the Carlist cause. Under
pretext that they had instructions to deliver
shipload of munitions to him at Malaga, and dis
playing the documentary evidences of their late
deal with Don Carlos. they persuaded the mer
chant TO accompany them on the road to Malaga
When a fitting opportunity came they murdered
him. threw his body into dry ravine, and with
their weight of wealth in gold and English notes
set out for Gibraltar The body found sooner
than they had expected and they We're pursued
Some ten miles from the neutral ground they
were overtaken, and a running fight occurred in
which Gasprey. one of the outlaws, was killed in
a most spectacular manner.
Four Of the outlaws crouched among the rocks
and held the pursuers at bay, anMously awaiting
Therons return. But when the dawn came they
found that he had buried the treasure turned the
mules lose and making his way back to them
when a bullet had stretched him out dead on the
sand
Seeing this the four now tried to retreat to-
ward the Rock, one after the other, but they were
shot down
When it was found that there had been over
million dollars in booty with the party, careful
search begun, but the drifting sand had
obterated the necessary traces and IL bias never
been recovered.
The wind is constantly carrying away the sand
on this zone, and the Gitani and others who fire.
quent il keep sharp eye out for the rusted cor.
ner of steel box. Some day the money win be
found in fact, search with a magnetic inslru-
ment could disclose il today il some one on the
spot only tnSs2sSs IS 2r:ch device