The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-03-07
Buried Booty.
Prom the Ssw Y9rk warl.l

digging IL CoFin Island y. ! + -r,s.ter
tha1 c.sr. The &---csa-i9a .4ss b, n
streDg;he 20 Dy :be addition uf several
name among y bora = " II II Il 'cA-
inso3 Of Philadelphia. p gentleman
largely Interested in Ia u4at~rI4! pro-
perity ii Ocean Beach The recent mild
weather gave promise ot tuaw. an / !
meeting Of the ASSOCIATION was - have
been held Ia B,tner Hall OH Friday even
ing, bit Investigation proving th.t the
ground was not III tn. best condition su
Adjournment was made until Friday.
March 81. when, no doubt, systematic
work will begin.
The principal excavations have bee ,
made Oh the we-tcrit side Of the island
but since then IL smaller pit n the pre-
else shape OF a grave has been discov-
cred in the centre Of the plot. BY
whom this vas dug cannot be deter
mined Mr X. b. Miller, the signal
officer. who keeps sti ct surveillance
over the property, admits that be fsed
uDon a man whom be discovered clan
destinely digging some nights aao, and
be simply states that be disappeared
and will probably never / heard If
again.
The cargo Of the Norwegian ship
Rluken, wrecked some weeks ago Oh
this coast, was purchased by James l.
Algor, President of the Association,
who thus came into po session Of two
brass cannons, one Of which has beeA
presented to thu company. with the
understanding that if it becomes neces-
sary it shall be used to rake the island
from end 10 end, This fact : made
known for the benefit If those who are
contemplating Il raid in force upon the
sacred soil
One OF the most earnest nen Oh the
ground is Samuel Carhaft. Surveyor
General He has associated with him
H. H. Yard. the civil cngint cr, Who sur
veyed aud laid out Ocean Beach Mr..
Carhart says that while surveying near
the mouth If Shark River some days
ago, he approached pro;ubcrance. said
to be the remains Of a pine tree fully
two hundred years old. \ sudden dip
ping OF the needle arrested his attention
aud upon bringing it 10 the stamp the
instrumen, pointed directly do onward
toward the earth. Supposing power
iut magnet must be lying beneath the
sod. he was about 70 dig for it, when his
companion canght his arm anil whis-
pcred:
Don't YOU ID it; this is one Of the
places whore Captain Kidd burIei his
money.
The surveyor complied with the ear
nest request, thougi as may be sup
posed. the information vas calculated
l., make him do otherwise Inquiry Id
- the discovery that his companion
had repeated tradition a century old
Within - radius of one hundred yards
more than fifty holes have been dug
during the recollection Of the Oldest
residents Mr. Carhart deemed that
tins stump. with the lAnd immediately
surrounding il, should he considered a
part If the property Of the as> >ciatlon,
and he i carefully guarding 1t against
disturbance. \ pccuiiarity attached to-
ward tins particular spot is that search
shall be made only at midnight, IN
the full o. the moon aud the 21th ii
the present month has been fixed upon
for a careful anil thorough exploration
OF what may be called the new vcia
Until then it will b. useless for any in
trudcys to vsnture near the spot.
Meantime every one concerned has
settled into thc conviction that serious
business Is before them, and they do
rot mean that any outsiders shall step
in and share the profits CT the eleventh
hour. Considerable dissatisfaction Is
expressed over the action Of one OF the
members, James y. Bregcn, who has
been visiting a score or mare CT friends
AMI relatives in Monmouth. all Of
whom. of course, lave heard of the
buried treasures Mr.. Bregen was
treated with such bolJdlcss hospitality
that when his relatives advanced the
theory that their kinshlp entitled them
10 a place il the aur,t,rous distribution
he consented. and ~ouder,d Why in the
mischief h. had hot thaaght d: the
same thing before. Still more appali-
ins /, tie assertion of another gro pc,
that they have lately found d,rumeu-
tary proof of their lIncal descent from
captain kidd--a genealogical "A iIirNe-
mert. v hich il - safe 10 say, would
never have been male except uu,lcr the
spur ot the present gold LHnt. OF
cosF.e these parties Viii Cla theiT
share ia the estate lel( Dy the free
boo.sr. "as he sailed. a. b. sailed. and
il is feared that trouble viii arise from
the Threatened complications Nearly J
two centuries have passed s'nce the
holl buccaneer. loaded down with
chains. was swung off ist) eternity ,
/ ami as the party Of the fr>g pat !
/ lnowl II have iscn careless iu his
/ family records. n1t lDg s3ott ri Pie're
f r,ent'S ms,;iun wlil Zee able II knlt NJ
+ the rsNellci GcneAlo4Y. IhuS L "lt
+ - seen that ,be giGor"l, measure. IA
/ .fiiutcsi ~ the ass.xlai3ou ale more than
+ justified a. save the lsi~td tsom beng
! shoss!e,i aud carried away l. l. ba'
t,ir also 10 gas, clei., 'o Mr. i i Mil
lrr. veteran AZ lAa l@,s w..y. y ho
make> j, n rule - TIRE u}on aug man
that looks iNe a. igtssloIcr II tucrt
j. anv mistake he saw. SIS time
enough 10 invest gate It at'crwsrd
Just now Shark rigfr ss paris op ned
bd, the ics prevents err reaching '@f'
I.tSu.I IL . boa; AM y : quite a tramp
fro.n the .iisa-a Attsg i"il ' >I'.t'
tion oi the spot sestasa3, t-e H"--
ret,ar.er >otg gat oat ;he Vrip.Bgt.. pas:'e.
and fo..nl mosi 81; them v}.iias t- az
>wer quesilsas
NJ Thomas " n,ay. ih sasf'u
,endeut al lhe association. i. '@'
f.hxr ~.~.h 4.r-3 man r. ..5s4{ 5