Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1893 — Digging for Treasures. [ARTICLE]

Digging for Treasures.

The attention paid to St. Luke’s Hospital, tho institution in which the Vanderbilts are interested, is doubtless responsible for the revival of stories concerning the burial of treasure, decades ago, on the sight of that granite pile. Gold, silver, and jewelry that would make a Monte Cristo feel poor in comparison figure in the narrative of those who place faith in these legends. A hospital patron, who is very near the Vanderbilts, gives this account of it all: "The treasure story originated years since, owing to the find of misers’ hoards near the hospital lot. So far from there being a wish to dig for treasure on tho grounds, I doubt if there has been the remotest whisper of such a thing. Indeed, most of the officers and patrons of St. Luke’s do not know that treasure was even supposed to be buried near the hospital. There is absolutely no foundation for the story.” “What of the report that Sft. Luke’s people repudiate the treasurelstory so as to get it themselves?” “Well, if anyone think 3 there is a fortune under»the ground, let him buy the property and begin digging.”—New York special.