Richfield Reaper | 1931-06-11 | Page 9 | Still Hope to Locate Savage King's Treasure

still hope to locate savage kings treasure A kings treasure ivory raw gold british and kruger sovereigns and diamonds valued at lies hidden somewhere in tho the rhodesia Bho desla bush it Is the burled hoard of lobengula the zulu warrior who founded the matabele nation challenged the british might in 1892 1692 and met with defeat A johannesburg business man who has already made six attempts to trace the burled treasure will make a final attempt the story of the treasure has been told by john jacobs Loben gulas onetime secretary lobengula ordered that his ivory and two safes containing a store of diamonds and gold packed in una tins were to be rushed into the bush the leaders of the party were wera lobengula jacobs four indrunas native officers and 14 matabele Mata hele who dug the holes in the treasure was hidden one night on their return lobengula ordered the in dunas to slay all who had taken part in the burial all save jacobs and the indrunas were asseg aled