The Lost Dutchman
The story of the lost Dutchman was believed to be a fairy tale while others believed in it so much that they have risked and lost their lives searching for the infamous treasure. The rumored gold mine was discovered in the 1840’s in the Superstition Mountains of central Arizona. A family worked the mine and shipped the gold back to Mexico until a group of Apaches slaughtered them. In the 1870’s, a German immigrant, Jacob “The Dutchman” Waltz was said to have discovered the mine with the help of a descendant of the original family. He was also rumored to have stored caches throughout the Superstitions and his partner was soon killed either by the Apaches or Waltz himself.
Victoria’s Parliamentary Mace
The Parliamentary Mace was a symbol of the Office of the Speaker and the constitutional rights of the people of Victoria but I vanished on October 9, 1891. Parliamentary engineer Thomas Jeffrey was seen running from the building that afternoon carrying a package that matched the description of the artifact. They accused him of robbery but he was able to avoid jail for lack of evidence.
