The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-07

whether he was sure OF il or not, Yes,
SIR, he aid instantly and emphatic
ally 4 WI! ay my hand cn the Bible
al! make oath ~ =. ani 80 will Coro-
n~r Emmouds. = ho threw the dir. owe,
=, and John and Gavin Cooper aud
Ho"ard Thompson. though hear be 5
a.t-4a enolgh 10 say COW he NIGH, be
mistaken
u ia: sort Of 8 locking box was it =
1t vas about two feet square. and
the top consisted Of two pieces groovci
together, with the line as plain as that
nose Of yours. sl:ch nobody can help
seeing tell yoa that box is there. :
At the time this box was discovered.
Mr. Bray and Brandt were about hun
dred yards distant Newman stopped
down 10 grasp the treasure. but Em-
mons caught his arm and drew him
back, saying that no one but Brav
should open II. At the same time Em
m lis threw several shovessful Of dirt
upou it, and then yelled for Bray to
hurry up The Caroinian is heavy
man, and wears his trowsers s:icked III.
t. a pair of boots whose tops reach
nearly to his waist; but when he heard
that cry lie started OH dead run, lead
irg the frantic crowd at his heels. In
that brief period the box vanished.
Seve' al undisputed facts point to the
presence Of money In these parts. On
the 10Th of January John o. Her bert
picked up coin a short distance be-
low Coffin Island A few days ago the
daughter of r. : Newman found what
seemed to be q curious looking stone.
near the mouth of Shark River. Her
father alter rubbing aud polishing it,
brought to light a piece Of money fully
two hundred years OLD. II. II. Yard.
the surveyor, has offered liberal price
for the entire island, but his proposition
was SO Indignantly rejected that he has
been IN the sulks ever since. 1t was
even asserted that new hotel soon TO
be erected will be built from the funds
that once belonged to Captain Kidd.
There is digging also going on at Goose
Creek, about two miles to the moth
ward, but no success has as yet attend
ed their labor
The golden prospects which have set
half the country wild naturally inspire
envy in the adjoining villages and
towns The journals at Long Branch
and Ashbury Park have contained more
than one slur upon the money diggers.
who, III the serene faith which swells
the'r bosoms, can we'll afford to treat
these i'll uatured iiings with silent con-
tempt
Even Mt Farmingdale, Il dozen miles
away, Joseph Britain has veracious
account of a Sunday visit be made TO
the island with shovel only to be
warned hy sepulchral voice that the
n j,inl ght hour was the time TO delve
Going again at that solemn period, ac-
cumpan.ed by his son. they were both so
t~,...~l ~ a. shnstlr sights aud
voices that they reached home more
dead than alive - the youngster SO
shocked that be has not grown any
since.
The association is perfect in its or
ga,ization. and only awaiting the ap-
proach of mild weather to riddle Coffin
Island from stein - stern. X i. Mil
Ter, the signal officer. seems somewhat
worn and emaciated from his midnight
vigil, hut he Is more determined than
ever. After dark he becomes u peram
buiating argus-eyed arsenal, ready TO
blow of the head Of any skulking visi-
tor to the soil he Is guarding.