Dutch Schultz's Treasure
Dutch Schultz's Treasure: still unexplained.
$5 to 7M (claimed)
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.
- 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 remains open
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
No documentary claim is yet established. The account rests on tradition.
- No period map of the site has surfaced.
- No contemporary press coverage has been found.
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.
- 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.
- Dutch Schultz's Treasure · archive record · tertiary · encyclopedia
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