Show SEARCH FOR BURIED TREASURE anton s lifelong life long but quest for thirty years he kept up a ous search according to ane story Told Was an ancie of loiter william glasmann of the standard ano thinks the story a hoax the following story was published in ho salt lake herald this morning as a special dispatch from denver the anton glasmann mentioned was an uncle of william glasmann editor of the standard who expresses himself as inclined to the belief that the lost riches part of the story Is one born in the fertile imagination of a reporter who was probably suffering from an over attack of new years denver jan 2 an interesting story of the search tor burled treasure consisting at gold dust and coins amounting to came to light today with ane death of anton GIa amaan of pine grovo glasmann has been known as the hermit of elko creek tor a score of years ho was 74 years old and feeling that he had not long to live came tb town today to transfer his ranch where the treasure Is supposed to be buried to a detective nothing was found in his pockets to indicate where any relatives live and he had never talked about family affairs before the notary had time to put pen to the paper glasmann dropped dead the treasure was cached in by a gang known as the reynolds gang headed by jim and john reynolds two of the worst desperadoes that ever held up and murdered the reynolds brothers claimed to hold a commission under the confederacy they carried the hag of the richmond government and had organized nearly men all well known and desperate characters in texas in 64 from texas they marched to new mexico on their way to colorado planning to capture the state or wage a disastrous guerrilla warfare taking up men of the same stamp on their way whose oua dispositions would lead them to join the invading forces the first outrage was the holding up of a mexican train on the sania fe trail the guerrillas secured go d dust and government bonds to the amount ot CO and the first betase raid was stained by blood several 01 the wounded were left behind thus weakened the force came north to colorado and where colorado springs la now struck into the mountains for the south park many had deserted and the command was reduced to scarcely more than a score it was winter and the sufferings the desperadoes experienced in crossing the mountains stilla more reduced the ranks they were a bare dozen when near fairplay they held up a stage coach and robbed tho mall sacks the passengers and chopped the stage to pieces proceeding across the park and into canyon they held up another stage colonel chivington led troops from denver to run down the guerrillas in their aurry to escape tho confederates buried the treasure in a cave near ithe headwaters of elko creek they went south but at a battle near geneva gulch they were surround eil and finally surrendered on abo pretext that they attempted to escape on the journey to fort lyon they were lined up aad shot by the sergeant of the company the massacre occurred on cherry creek not far from denver when jim reynolds the sole survivor of the only attempt ever made to wrest the territory from the union was dying ho told a pal of hla where the money was hidden and drew a diagram tho man with the map in bis possession organized a party to search for the treasure but when they got into the vicinity they found that a forest fire had swept over the district soon after tho treasure had been buried destroying all marks they told the story afterwards this Is the treasure which giesmann GI asmann has been seeking the farmer heard the story and bought the place quietly this was early in the and since than he has lived there almost in solitude with one thought one religion growing more and more feeble shut fling when he moved with lambs and scarcely able to drive his horses to pine grove for the mail recently giesmann GI asmann told acquaintances imbat be found the treasure and exhibited the proof but no one waa shown where it came from and the sf cre if he found it died with him |