Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-01-09 | Page 1 | Hidden Treasure Found Buried under Historic Old New York Mansion

HIDDEI ! TREASURE FOUND BURIt D UNDER HISTORIC OLD SEW YORK MANSION NEW YORK, Ja? -A tale of recovered re-covered hidden tret jure amounting: to 1150,00 has become Juhttc to ornament the histories of said Jen wealth In the recent Bronx real esfate boom. In an old' brick va.ilt underneath the site where once stcxjl the Theodore M. May . mansion, . wortrnen are said to have found a ruBtri iron-bound cheat containing; .enough gnoney to pay for the modern apartme t house that Is to be erected. The ct tt . is now In the home of the owner if the ground. The Mar mansloti with the single exception of a clubb luse. was the last of the many colonial homes that once ornamented what is low the Bronx. The house was situated at Longwood and Prospect avenues, and was sold a short time ago to the present owner. The old mansion was at once torn down, and .a few weeks ago workmen began excavating for the foundations of the new house. One of the men suddenly sud-denly broke through Into an old vault and the owner, with a friend investigated investi-gated the hole. Great Quantities- of rubbish were found and finally the chest was uncovered.. It was hauled to the owner's home and examined. The fortunate for-tunate Individual refuses to disclose the exact value, but Is said to have admitted ad-mitted .it is ample to pay for the big apartment bouse. ' Theodore M. May, who once owned the old house, died about seven years ago. leaving an estate valued at several million dollars.