New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-13
Young Woman Too Close
" Swallowed to Go to
Hiding Place.
RACK IN SAVANNAH
TO REGAIN TREASURE
Secret Service Men Search Five
Months for Buried Cash and
Jewels Worth $4,000.

Savannah, July 12.-Defying the
agents Of the United States 20 wrest
from her the secret Of the hiding place
Ct $4,000 worth of loot amesscd by
her yeggman husband and buried near
Savannah, Mrs Charles {. Craven.
twenty years old. has returned TO
Georgia determined 20 regain the
treasure for herself, but afraid TO
claim il under the eyes Of Uncle Sans
men.
Craven. one Of the most notorious
cracksmen the South has ever known
was killed at Wildwood, Fla, i've
months ago by a railroad special agent
aftef a running battle on top OF
moving freight train. The cracEsman'
through a series OF postoihce ana Tram
robberies in Georgia. Alabama and
Florida had smassed S3S. 900 in cash
erd $4,000 worth Of jewels. when ne
took 10 Savannah and buried near a
station on a suburban car line, telling
the secret Of its location to none out
his wife.
After his death the young widow was
arrested and held for several weeks
while government agents tried 20 eX-
tract from her the secret OF the loca-
ton OF the buried treasure. After her
release the federal agents BEGAN 10
shadow her. Wherever she went she
was followed. in the hope that she
would make an attempt TO unear'h the
treasure. Mrs. Craven declares she
will never divulge 10 the government
the location of the treasure.
will Never Tell, She Says.
Charlie paid the penalty for his
wrongdoings with his life she SAID.
"He risked his life TO get the money
and the Jewels for me. and they are
mine. | will die before | viii tell
where they are hidden"
When she married the craftsman,
eighteen months ago, in Norfolk, Va
she thought he was business man
After a honeymoon OF three weeks
thew came to Savannah, and here
Craven told her ne was yeggm2n.
hut the news did not shake her love
for him. and she followed HIM wher-
ever he wished.
I'VE went all over the South" she
said. Last summer we were IN Mem
phis for a while. Il was seldom that
he left home without returning elth-
teen or twenty-four hours later wlth
$500 or so. He seldom told me what ne
had done or any of the circumstances
surrounding his operations. dld not
ask. But lived N constant fear that
he would be arrested or killed.
"ln November we went 70 chicago,
but did not stay long. Ny husband
carried more than $4,000 through ine
streets one day there. He spent his
f. ba 4 Hp was
very liberal with his pals. lie was
never without a considerable fund with
which to pay the travelling expenses
Of himself and the members Of his
gang.
South. At Greensboro, Ky, my nus,
band blew a safe in a postotiice and
cot several thousand dollars. Then we
came to Atlanta. We got there on the
right of December p. 1913, and
walked down Peachtree St, carrying
quart of nitroglycerine in a satchel'
From Atlanta Charlie went to Augusta
and came 10 Savannah Later he
Joined me in Savannah, but few days
thereafter he went 20 Southern
Florida. Shortly afterward ne came
back TO Savannah with the s3S,OOO IN
cash and Jewels worth $4,000, which
he went out one night and buried
Betrayed by a Letter.
Charlie did not stay long in Sa-
vannah after burying the money. Then
ran short Of money and wrote to him
"a ask il il would be all right to take
some of the hidden money TO live on:
That letter never reached him. 1t fell
into the hands of the government au.
thorities, and that is how they learned
OF the buried treasure.
"T was arrested, but no charge could
be made against me, as l had not re-
ceived the stolen goods. After | got
out Of Jail was besieged by people
whom I knew in Savannah TO tell the
location of the hidden money. Some of
them searched for il themselves until
thew dug up a bottle of nitroglycerine,
which we had also hidden. That fright
ened them s. badly that they gave
IL up"
Since Mrs. Craven has returned 20
Georgia for the second time-she IS
now in Atlanta-she has received nu-
merous letters Of threatening nature
from people in Savannah. stating that
il would be best for her in the end II
she told the hiding place OF the money
and jewels One of these she received
a day or two ago 1t was signed by a