Gilpin observer., 1912-06-06

them at apy time. One night when the fires OF
the advancing band OF marauders could be seen
from the tops of the towers the pope directed
two of his secretaries and the captain Of his guard
to detail body Of men and inter the hoard In
some safe spot outside the walls. This done.
and with the dawn the castle was surrounded by
the bands of the free company.
1t was over three years, according to the papa
records before 1t deemed wise to dig up the
hidden wealth and bring it within the walls. and
them to the CONSERVATION Of the pope and his
court 1t could not be found! When the return OF
the holy see to Rome effected. the treasure
was left behind, and there 1t remains today.
There has lived man in France who has
surpassed all others in his interest and effort Tn
the search for buried and sunken treasures. and
that was NJ. Du Case. Night and day. over
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 as Nj. Ormond.
though he had a number Of other names at vari-
ous times due to the peculiar life he led. was
man of Inferior intellectual equipment, compared
to the great master-searcher. But M. Ormoud
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 known trove in the ruined
Abbey of ST Bavon, in Ghent.. In 1858. French
Jew by the of Broise fled from Guada
loupe in the West Indies to Amsterdam. taking
with him large quantity of gold, jewels anu
plate, which he had obtained in the West Indies
by Illicit means, just what the records do
not show. His peculiar conduct caused him 10
be questioned as a spy and, being cowardly sort
of man, he fed to Client, taking with him dig
black West Indian negro, who accompanied nm
as man-servant. The night of his arrival ne
left the inn in which he had quartered himself
he and the negro, bearing each large sack of
gold and jewels. 1t is known that they hid these
somewhere in the ruined portion of the abbey
The next day Brosel rearrested as spy
and was deported. wealthy man of Client pro
tected the negro and made plans to return the
unfortunate black to his home in the islands OF
the Caribbean. The ship on which Broisel was
placed crossing to Hull. and on board
were a number of rufans who. finding that Broi-
sci was Jew, maltreated him SO severely that
he died. On being informed of his death. the
negro told his benefactor of the existence OF the
trove and of it's burial In the ruins
With party of peasants the two went there VI
daylight and the negro tried to point out where
his late master had hidden the sacks he was
unable 10 do So owing to his first visits having
been made in the dark, and to his superstitious
fears having obscured the accuracy of his per
ceptions Further search terminated by the
abbe who scoffed at the whole proposition and
forbade any digging. This injunction was
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 will
unearth enough wealth to buy score of such es
tates, no one has yet made the attempt
1t is impossible in this consideration to enter
into details concerning some two or three hum
dred other treasures on the Continent and only
few of the more interesting can be mentioned
and that very briefly.
Somewhere in the morasses in the hinterland
of verlande the queer little lowland tract above
Hamburg there is concealed in tanked barge
great store of gold ornaments, jewels and gold
pieces hidden by the Lowlanders fleeing before
the Spaniards in the sixteenth century.
The most enticing of the ancient quests is the
one concerning which there has been 80 much
speculation and on which no work whatsoever has
been done. In the years before his death Attila
the Hun became acquistive and assembled
treasure vast to stagger the imagination
This he hid in cave in Hungary not far from
the spot where he died. All the traditions say
that he was buried at the mouth Of the narrow
tunnel leading to the cave. for he believed h<
would come to life again and would need the
treasure to regain his power. Who will do the
necessary delving among the old records and 10
cate the grave OF Attila and the enormous wealth
concealed near 1t?
en- wealth concerning the location and existence
OF which there is no speculation whatsoever. lI
the harbor Of Vigo, Spain. lay forty gaeons. ona
fair day some centuries ago, many Of them fresh
ly arrived from Mexico and South America sew
eral known to have several million dollars eaci
in gold and silver bars. dust and coin aboard ant
others destined for other ports that had put intl
Vigo to escape the common enemy, the Englisl
sea.rovers. Admiral Sir Francis Drake appea re,
and gave battle Now Frenchman or Spaniar,
would have had q 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 over them and then hoate
with an observation chamber from which graz
pling.hooks and shoves could be directed. but hi
project is at standstil discussed this situatio
in Vigo Bay with superintendent OF n larg
American wrecking company He looked owe
the chart Of the harbor and his hard blue eye
shone as he said
Il Wish somebody would sic me on that job
1t IL q cinch for us Americana holy cinchi"