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Dutch Schultz's Treasure

Buried ~1935, Catskill Mts, near Phoenicia, NY
COLD TRAIL
Evidence status: Historical tradition. no documented source (historical tradition); legal status unknown (manual verification recommended). This account is presented as historical tradition, not verified fact. Manual verification recommended. Repository evidence: 0 sources · 0 timeline events · 0 media items · legal unknown · view on the Map Evidence on file: historical tradition

Dutch Schultz's Treasure: still unexplained.

$5 to 7M (claimed)

The subject
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The manifest
$5 to 7M (claimed)
The account

With the tax men closing in, the gangster packed a steel box, cash, bonds, diamonds, seven million by the telling, and drove it into the Catskills with his bodyguard. Weeks later, both men were gunned down in a New Jersey chophouse. Schultz lingered a full day, delirious, spilling half-clues to a police stenographer: don't let Satan draw you too fast. The box has never surfaced. The transcript reads like a treasure map written in fever.

Leads, where the trail points now
  • Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the legend centers on Catskill Mts, near Phoenicia, NY.
  • What you are chasing is $5 to 7M (claimed). Work the documented record of Dutch Schultz's Treasure back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Catskill Mts, near Phoenicia, NY and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
What the record holds

What remains open

  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
What we know, and what we don't
Established

No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.

Still open
  • No period map of the site has surfaced.
  • No contemporary press coverage has been found.
The evidence room

No documentary or visual exhibits have been located yet. The trail below and the open leads are where this dossier grows next — every exhibit that enters here carries a source.

Where the trail points now
  • Pin down the most specific last-known position in the record before going; the legend centers on Catskill Mts, near Phoenicia, NY.
  • What you are chasing is $5 to 7M (claimed). Work the documented record of Dutch Schultz's Treasure back to primary sources and separate what is attested from folklore before you commit time or money.
  • Confirm who owns and governs Catskill Mts, near Phoenicia, NY and get written permission before any search; treat protected or archaeological ground as off limits.
  • Search Library of Congress + DPLA (IIIF) for period cartography of the site.
  • Run Chronicling America for dated newspaper mentions.
  • Query NARA for archival records tied to the site.

Have a source, a map, or a clipping? Add a lead and it enters the record with its citation.

Sources and the record

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Latest Word From the Newswire

Context, not proof. The dossier's own sources remain the evidence record.

Checking the wire…

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