The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-09-26

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. disappointed sutton Of his mothers she
having beee ferced a@iast her will 20 give
her hsad = anohlenlnn Of Kent Welsh' q
father. With him WAS taken little girl
his playfellow Eliza, now his wife
Youne Well We incprporaesd into thu
peats crew. I'm capatas sAip became
the terror Of the West Indian seas, and its
success emboldened the captain to more
and more enterprising measures. In 1878,
when the South American Republic threw
of the yoke Of Spain, he doubled Cape
Horn and lay in wait for the Spanish Gal.
Icons traversing the Pacific with the gold
Of Peru. The pirate brig carried one hun
dred and sixty men from the British Isl
ands, and eight guns. From time to time
the captain made recruib from the coast
of Chilli and Peru, and made friendly con.
nections with the people in those parts. in
order to keep up his knowledge of the
Spanish maritime movements. His cap
tured treasures became Il last % large that
he sought place where to deposit 1t, and
discovered
TIE Cocos leland,
situated in the Pacific Ocean, 5,S5 N. lati
tude, and about three hundred nautical
miles West of Panama Here was . hin
Of moderate height and inside it cavern,
where the treasure was carefully slowed
away. After counting the amount over,
and covering the spot from observation,
the buccaneers returned to their trsde-
The whole marduding party, with the ex.
ception of Welsh and Eliza, who got of
in boat, were surprised and cut to pieces
when laying their plaas for an attack on
one Of the richest cities on the coast Of
South America. Thirty years after-in the
year l65O-Welsh and Eliza turn up in
san Francisco. They tell this tale. and
add that in the interval they have been
living ia New York, in New Zealand, and
elsewhere. In 1855 they actually persuad-
ed some adventures in san Francisco to
start in search Of the Cocos Island. The
expedition proved fruitless. But in 1867
company WAS formed for the discovery of
the hidden treasure and Welsh was plac-
ed in command Of schooner named the
Petrol sgsn m Fa
Aseia thacsserpriss proved atortivc.--
WelSA IA si,st ! conspiracy was formed
against his life and thaa o. his wife, and
that he therefore sssercd the ship 10 Pana
ma and omitted H. Those who weat with
him declared that he proved himself utter
" incapable Of managing the vessel, and
had to run into Panama for safety The
whole story Of the Cocos Island treasure
was monstrous swindle, people now pro
clainlcsi. And yet "hope springs eternal I
In Che human breast" and We find that in
1870 Welsh WAS taken on board ~ a pas
senger and guide by party Of discovery
sent out under the suspiccs Of the Govern
ment 1T Costa Rica; and this time il is
avcred that they reached
THE IDENTICAL ISLAND,
and landed on ii, and came 10 the foot Of
the Hill. and were only prevented from
getting the treasure by the impossiblity Of
finding the opening and Welsh's obstins-
cy in refusing to point il out-a refusal
which he defended on the plea that his
companions had determined to take his
life rather than give him his covcnsn,ed
share Of the spoil. After returning to San
Francisco, Welsh's wife took up the trade
Of magnetic medium. and prophesied ell
sorts Of wonders about the Cocos Island
treasure, and found an audience credu.
ious enough to accept her stories, anc rich
enough to form new company and n, ii
out for the recovery Of the
mythal hoard. This time Welsh and !
Eliza have gone forth ~ conductors of
the brig Laura, STIMULATING for as much Of
the treasure Is shall exceed 90, 600 900 rs
their share; for nothing At all. should the
prove less.