The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-07-29
MACRAE'S EXPEDITION
For the Tabled Treasure of Captain
Kidd.

Another expedition is to search for the
tabled treasure of Captain Kidd, and this
time it is DR.. Major D. MacRae of this city
who is the originator of the movement and
is in possession of positive information in
regard to large amount of money buried by
the pirate king ON the coast of Labrador.
Major MacRae states that the old captain
''as he sailed, sailed as.the duly authorized
agent of corporation in which no less a
person than King George the Third of
England was the principal stakeholder 1t
seems that George organized a stock COM
pany, taking twenty shares for himself and
kindly giving each of $50 noblemen ten
shares upon payment of EGO per share.
The corporation employed Captain Kidd
and all went smoothly until the bold com
mander got into quarrel with one of the
noble stockholders who was on board the
ship. The captain, in his wrath, picked up
an iron bucket and Herewith smote the no.
bleman, who retaliated by promptly kicking
the bucket and getting the agent of the COM
pany into no end of difficulty. Captain Kidd
being afraid to appear before the directors
after this affair, was fain to bury his treas
ure and for part of it selected spot in
Labrador. OF this spot DIR. MacRae claims
to have positive knowledge and also pos
sesses chart drawn by Kidd himself The
doctor visited the place last fall and finding
the landmarks as set down on the chart,
dug until he came to big stone vault nine
feet in length 1t is this vault which con-
tains the treasure the remainder being sunk
in thn saa ot q short dictanoa FROM, fba s,,o+
The present expedition will be headed by
Doctor MacRae and will sail from this port
in schooner on the 18th day of August
They will take with them a complete outfit
of tools and expect to be gone about six
weeks. MaeRae is positive that there is
gold in the vault but on his last expedition
he got nothing but valuable information, and
broken leg The party will be composed of
four men beside MacRae, three of whom
Paul c. Merriman of Harpswel, DR.. George
d. Adams of Garland, Mass, and Captain
Reed of Bailey's Island,-have already en-
listed. There will also be the crew of the
schooner
In regard to the legends of treasure buried
on the northern coast of Long Island N. Y,
DIR. MacRae says that they are founded in
fact and that forty-seven miles to the east
ward of Oak Island, where Captain Kidd's
descendants have unsuccessfully dug nine
times, they buried 100000 of gold dollars
The expedition from Maine which visited
this region twenty years ago was supplied
with definite information and readily found
the burial place of the money but as they
were digging hideous looking object APP
peared in the darkness of the night and so
frightened them that they dared not dig
again. But last August Capt James Duff, who
was with the party, died in NewYork city and
in his last illness he was attended by
Doctor MacRae to whom he impaired the
information regarding the burial place of the
treasure which was afterwards verified by
MacRae. This deposit would require an
pense of $4,000 in the recovery and in order
to make good the claim of the finders it
would be necessary to buy property valued
at $4,000 with its owner in ignorance of the
money, and at an unknown figure if he
should be apprised of the treasures on his do
main.
MacRae is entirely confident of success in
his expedition and he says that on his re-
turn he will publish full particulars of the
corporation headed by King George and
served by Capt William Kidd.