HUNT FOR TREASURE
BURGLARS IN PALACE
ANCIENT MYTH REVIVED
LONDON, Nov. f
Still fascinated by the tradition that Henry Vn. buried a huge personal fortune in a tunnel under Richmond Palace, raiders again attempted to discover the treasure immediately the night watch was abandoned. They were unsuccessful. The present leaseholder of the palace, Mr. J. L. Middleton. believes that Henry VHI. found the treasure. Henry VII., he says, was a careful man and would ha\e kept records of any treasure secreted anywhere, and these documents would ievert to Henry VIII.
More than a week ago burglars broke into the untenanted palace and spent a busy but profitless night. Obviously they were familiar with the building because, after forcing an entry, they went straight to a secret door beside the fireplace in Queen Elizabeth's room, opened a trapdoor, descended a well, and reopened the mouth of a bricked-up tunnel by shifting more than a ton of earth. Then they weia disturbed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21342, 17 November 1932, Page 11
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