Is There Buried Treasure in Mullica??

In the late 1700's, bandit Joe Mullinen and his gang of 100 outlaws ran a Robin Hood operation out of the Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey. They gave only part of the money away; the rest they buried.
Joe Mullinen spent the American Revolution robbing and burning farms and kidnapping maidens. A kind of colonial terrorist, he hid out in his 100,000 acre retreat, which consisted of woods and swamps. There, it is said, he buried much of his loot.

A boozer and womanizer, he liked to go to parties, and it was at a barn dance in New Columbia (now Nesco) that he was captured by Indian fighter Captain Baylin and his men. The rest of the gang was taken later in a battle at Hemlock Swamp. In August of 1781, Mullinen was hanged for robbery and high treason.

Local New Jerseyites have been searching for Mullinen's loot since the 18th century. Try looking around Nesco, off Route 30, and in Mordecai, Cold Spring and Hemlock Swamps. Good Luck!

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