HIDDEN TREASURE IN ALLAHABAD.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2259, 21 October 1889, Page 2

HIDDEN TREASURE IN ALLAHABAD.

•■■ - •■■ — : — ♦— The "AlUhahftd p»pars reoaivol by the last mall described a ou'louj aearob. for ; treasaro Jjailoved to ba bnrlel m the ; '"'al'erd Park la that towa. It saema that booh years refore the Mafclny th-j 'hei Prime Minister of the King of D.dh< resigned his appointment and brough his family and word y posseaiiooa to A-lUh^bid, whore he bail!; » large house and an aadorgroand chamber t) keep ht« j-ivniln and treasure. This latter Is e&ld to have Ino'uq'ad r lakh of gojd mohura, of the klni now v»luod at twenty eight rapaes e»oh. Shortly before the Matlny be died, »nd, daring the d'sturbanoe, bin family fled, covering up ihe chamber •■ b tat they ooold, When order was restored a Hrn of barraoka was oqnefcrcoted, by order of Lord Canning on the site of the village la whioh the ex-Premier's house Win ballt and the existence of the underground ohambar was: forgotten by «U ex oapt looie relatives who on trying to reach it on one oco aion, were so stung}by horaota woioh they had dlatarbed that it wis taken as a f-ign that it was God's will that it should bo reserved for a future generation. Tn course of time the barraoki were also demolished, and the present park hid out. Recently the existence of the treasure was brought to the attention of Captain Hatnllt n, an old resident of Allaha»ad, who had helped to prepare the cite for the barraoka. He obtained as much inforaution as could be go> from the existing relatives, and obtained from tbe collector permission to dig and a polioe esoort. On May 22 about sixty ooolles were set to work, and they rook came upon some masonry ; but unfort«natelF ; ay iiug Cobra was unearthed just (hen, and the men refuaei to work any more, believing that the treasure was guarded by cobras, and that it was an act of sacrilege to dig for It. The exoavations, however, were going on wheo tha mail left.