AN ANCIENT MASSACRE GIVES A "SCOOP" TO PAPERS IN NEW MEXICO A Tragedy Three Hundred Years Olfl at Last Finds Its Way Into PrintSanta Fa, N. M., May 20.— K. Gallegos oi Las Vegas, and a number of boys have discovered a cave in the foothills six miles from Las Vegas, which contained a plain tablet in the wall. The boys removed the tabiet and found that it had protected a uichie In the wail in w liich there was a stone box. In this box were found Latin and Spanish manuscripts. F. O. Kih'jberg, a Spanish and Latin scholar, deciphered the manuscripts. They stated that 300 jears ago a of Spanish and French colonists from Mexico, were attacked by Indians near the locality, and all of the party except four were billed. Subsequently one of the survivors died and was buried close to the cave in which the documents were stored. The three survivors feared that they would never reach their country nor see their fellow countrymen again, and gave certain directions to be observed by the finders of the documents. The documents stated that at a certain distance from the cave, the grave of the man who died would be found. A certain quantity of gold and silver in bars and bullion, and the shaft to a gd.d mine were to be found in the same locality. It was also requested that the finders of the treasure should forward half of it to the heirs of the cojonists. Gallegos found the grave as indicated, it being covered with a biack slab with handcarving that is no longer readable. Under it was foundi the skeleton of a man. The treasure has not been found thus far, but a thorough search has been instituted. Kihlbcrg offered $300 for the maunscript, and Hon. T. B. Calron $500 for it. —Associated Press.
