The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1877-11-01
7 THE PIRATES TREASURE.


The MlddlcDury correspondent of the
Waterbury, Con-, Americdn, tells the
following remarkable story:
divers rumors have circulated of
late in this vicinity relative to the al
legged fndingof buried treasures on Long
Island by Ebenezcr Wooster, of this
town. As there seems to exist in the
public mind considerable eincreduilty re-
specting these rumors, / beg leave to
subioin the following statement, which
| have reason to believe is the solid, nm
vanished truth: About dusk one
evening in midsummer, Just previous to
the breaking out of the war of 1872, a
pirate ship lay at anchor of the coast of
Long Island, at point known us Deep
River Bay. This ship from cruising in
both English and American waters, and
capturing numerousrrizes, had on board
n large amount of money, chiefly in
Spanish gold and silver coin. At the
time alluded to she was closely pursued
by an English vessel, and was in immi-
nent danger of capture. Hastily col
lecting the treasure, her crew placed it
in the long boat, deserted the ship, and
pulled toward the shore with Il view to
coaceal the money and escape. The
crew numbered twelve, six of whom
manned the oars. The remaining six.
possessed of inordinatc cupidity, hastily
agreed among themselves to massacre
the oarsmen, and so double the allot-
ment of the spoil The diabolical plan
was soon executed when three of the
survivors, reasoning that the principle
would hold good carried still further,
fell upon the other three and quickly
1 dispatched them.
Two men now took to the oars, while
the other sat in the stern and managed
the rudder. As they nearcd the shore
the tworowers, bymutual consent, sprang
upon the hclmsman, and quickly he was
food for sharks The stronger of the
two then, by mighty blow, brought
himself into sole possession of the gilt
tcring cargo. The boat was Just enter
ing Deep river. BY means of Il pole
this doughty pirate pushed up the river
| for about two miles, secured us much of
the treasure on his person as he could
carry and buried the balance deep nm
der the ground marking the place and
taking necessary nges, he floatcd the
boat down the river and left it to be
carried out to sea by the cbbing tide
He went to New York, thence to Bos-
ton, was disowncd by his former friends
and acquaintanccs, led aroving dissOutc
life, and in lS7l lay on his death-bcd in
Boston. Realizing that his end was
near, he summoned clergyman and
made to him the statement above re-
corded. Evidently the clergyman con-
sidered the story n fabrication, or he
was by conscientious scruples OF other
wise deferred from making search.
From being handed around from one to
another the story finally reached thceMs
of Mr.. Wooster. Making inquiries to
satisfy himself that it was not wholly
mythical, Mr.. Wooster, accompanied by
his son and another gentleman, pro-
ceeded to Deep river, followed two
miles up, procured ranges, and by the
use of metallic rods were convinced that
gold was near, They began to dig. Soon
broad, flat stone was uncovered was
overturned, and underneath appeared Il
canvas bag. The action of the air
crumblcd it into dust and revealed vcri
table yellow coins, numbering about 1j0,
of foreign stamp and unknown value,
In another place adjacent they found
six Mexican silver dollars Evidences
were seen convincing them that they were
not the first who had searched for and
doubtless found money in the same
locality The gold coin was forwarded
to New York to be assayed.
4 New ILLUSTRATION in wisconsin OF thr
Historic Rule Of Eight to Seven.
From the Green Bay Advocate.
Among the curiosities the division OF
this city into wards is the looseness with
which the boundaries are manipulated.
In some cases the linesrun through city
lots, and in one instance, ut least, n hne
separating two wards runs through Il
house and divides bed, so that the two
occupants find themselves sleeping in
seperatc wards. This was n scene ut Il
recent sitting of the Registry Board:
"Do you wish to register?" blandly
said one of the board to Il sedatc indi-
vidual who stood before him.
"Yes."
What is your name?"
John Doe"
Where do you live?"
in the First and Second Wards"
This is the Second Ward, and if you
live in the First Ward, you can't vote
here"
Il said in the First and Second; the
ward line runs through the middle of
my house"
Which side of the house do you
sleep?"
"ln the middle"
"In which side of the bed do you
sleep?"
Back side; my wife will have the
front side
(which side of the ward line is the
back side?"
Both sides
Are you Republican ora Demo
crat?"
"A Democrat
you can't vote in this ward.
"My wife is Republican"
"And makes you sleep on the back
side? You can vote in this ward"
"Thank you. My wife is Hayes
Republican, and am Hayes Demo-
crat."
"You can't vote in this ward.
II want to vote somewhere