The tower is a shambles, as if someone has been systematically tearing it apart. Fenton spots a shadowy figure and gives chase, finally catching the man in the garden.
The tower is a shambles, as if someone has been systematically tearing it apart. Fenton spots a shadowy figure and gives chase, finally catching the man in the garden.
Joe speculates they could prove Boles did the digging by taking a cast of his shoes, the boys find the note. It reads "hid in the wall - the old tower wall", a clue to the location of the missing treasure.
Joe speculates they could prove Boles did the digging by taking a cast of his shoes, the boys find the note. It reads "hid in the wall - the old tower wall", a clue to the location of the missing treasure.
The second note was written by a man named Jenkins, who was arrested shortly after the treasure disappeared, and the boys turn it over to the police. Word of the note gets around town .. show full overview
The second note was written by a man named Jenkins, who was arrested shortly after the treasure disappeared, and the boys turn it over to the police. Word of the note gets around town and a horde of greedy searchers descends on Applegate's house, ready to tear it apart to find the gold. The police keep them outside and begin their own search, but the doubloons are nowhere inside the tower.
Frank and Joe, vowing not to give up, follow Boles when he's released on bail and trailing him back to his rooming house. While they wait outside, Boles is attacked by Jackley, who used .. show full overview
Frank and Joe, vowing not to give up, follow Boles when he's released on bail and trailing him back to his rooming house. While they wait outside, Boles is attacked by Jackley, who used to be Jenkins' cellmate. He tries to force Boles to reveal where the gold is hidden but he is unsuccessful. Meanwhile, Joe suspects the coins may be in another tower, so when Frank spots a rundown railroad water tower, the boys decide to search it.
Joe's theory is right, for the gold is hidden inside. Jackley spots them and rushes there pretending to help, but he reveals his true nature and the boys fight him off.
Joe's theory is right, for the gold is hidden inside. Jackley spots them and rushes there pretending to help, but he reveals his true nature and the boys fight him off.
