The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1914-01-17
BURIED
| TREASURE FOUND.
Night Diggers are Supposed
to Have Uncovered a Pot
Of Gold.

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! On last Saturday morning there
was q surprise for the people ol
the western portion Of this city In
the shape Of . large hole in the
ground whore there WAS no hole
the night before. Tho hole Il
quite six test deep and quite
long. 10 was dug during the
night and no effort was made to
iill 1t again when the quest waa
ended. On the dump the next
morning Was found o pot of peca.
liar design, made Of iron, bottom
gone, which seems to have come
down to THE day and generation
from remote times. It IL suppOs.
cd to have contained buried treas.
ure and that tho night diggers
were rewarded in this effort TO I'M.
cover gold.
The hole was dug at q point
well between the soap factory and
the knitting mill and would rest
in Railroad Avenue II tie latter
were extended in q south westerly
direction TO that point. What
landmarks the diggers had for 10.
eating the exact point 1T which to
dig seems to be a part OF their Sc
cret, but IL current stories are to
be credited there were other e.
forts made to recover the treas
ure, and probably by other par
ties.
According to one Of the stories
. band Of gypsies osmped In this
neigbborhood some years ago.
They came during the night and
the morning light found them at
home. Ono Of the larger tents
was pitched over the exact point
where the last hole was dug. IL
was then noticed chat the ground
had been disturbed, but no one
seems to have had curiosity
enough to Investigate why. Tho
gypsiss may have located the
treasure BY the employment of =
divining rod, and consequently
their digging. On the other
hand, they must have done the
burying Of ill.gotton treasure
which Il may have beon deeme.i
inadvisable to retain In their pos
session at that particular time
expecting to return at some later
date and recover IT,. This may
account for the great depth st
which Il Was buried.
Some years after the departure
Of the gypsies one morning . hole
was found at the same spot where
the tent had stood and whore this
last hole was found on last Satur-
day morning. II was probably
four or more feet deep and about
the Same length - the last one.
No one seemed to know who had
done the digging. lt had been
done In the night and the toilers
had decamped before tho dawn.
There was nothing left to indicate
why the hole hsd been dug. And
thus the mystery remained un.
solved, 10 be recalled by the last
incident.
II 10 also recalled, % the story
goes. that someone having the
carcas Of y horse to dispose Of,
avail0d themselves Of the hole,
dumped the old horse into Il and
gave It decent burial. In the dig.
ging of the last hole tho bones Of
the old horse were brought TO-
light again and appeared ~ the
dump.
II may have been that the first
diggars after tho departure Of tho
gypsies were : part Of tho band
returned 70 reclaim the booty.
There msy have beon some fault
Ii their insfructions about the dig.
ging ana they 0t0 NOT olg 0e0p
enough IN this effort. Thus the
second effort after years. the re-
oovery Of the old style pot, the
leaving Of the open hole sgain,
the coming by night and the 60.
ing before dawn, the using Of no
other light than that of tho moon
-all these facts point TO the same
parties o the workers IN both In.
stances.
The property on whicli the dig.
ging was done % now owned By
Mr.. Louis Iudost, Sr.