Foreign News: South Africa

The fortune of Paul Kruger, one-time President of the Transvaal, has been exhumed, according to reports from Cape Town. A young man by the name of Pritchard says that he has located the spot where the treasure was buried in the Sable game reserve, North Transvaal. Mounted police have been despatched to the scene to keep law and order.

Rumor has it that the lost fortune is anything from $1,250,000 to $2,500,000. All that is definitely known about the late President's wealth is that he left an estate valued at $3,750,000.

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, born...

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