The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-07-24
HIS OWN row BOAT.


Il hsse yrxs s-sivea Ia scassse with sAe
kelses Of the sseaszer iassse. rasa lisa
ward, she submarines efwev yrstFrstAy.
II viii BE- se-sEznAeFca tnxs scnss sxu o.
three years xxc E&fs2sn swrenss fsrss rs
steamer, sss Esstfe. ~ Dse<rss0a Pass He
has hreaxAs hss sseaasex 70 SEATTLE fss< r.
pals sss4 go bis wsy - t1s tsatr So al
she struck ss~ck IN fsezrr<1ca pass. An
esass ass afterwards rsnsze . raise sas
stesEsr, which only rcsgise1 - turning
hsr upside aowa- kna splitting ee- ssszse-
oct walls y a. .ssenxxxn9 rs1E1rlusszas
- see Il could fat the whereabouts q
this. buSfez. and II ~, essdsayar 20 sse1yer
H. Alter locating the sssta. Al whieh the
steamer weEt down, pzss on my sszhsng
sfzfs aa2 sxzsk trip under stzz wnfer.
There l s0aut the baGi@r s-a 2senzsssfr
% ii ehai1 wbseh Mr. Bruszzss1
bad lost vhsle gysrHisns for ire ssszrasf-
red the etsev end to tbs xassaee. where
bad 5 wfBeizss Ny partner zsssi rnE<<d
raised the teilgr 70 the surface. AID ssssez-
ed il there securely. " sen the ts<ie re-
cedess. ze Hnafes. q raft as sessar iezs
which ne hsG mste. under Is. ssss Ns naf
cur rrise secured ! asked sseAsae~la
tasssafa shat he wouid eharSss 70 tc& the
rsis - seattle, aaa Ne said 50 Thas was
uknre useaey team cared about Investing
ia tEtg boat hire. and 50 got don bic ended
fishing nzaat. aud foxef the raft 80 seattle
tayseiE II TOOK me tive DAYS. ani Do Get
kaos h0w / cogld hsye sazste go Per day
any easier. The heller IL sonzias and good,
and expect % get fair price fas IL =
What are goa going after nsxf
sssssiss flsn. Sge went down 10 Lsssfr'ac-
sioz island, where the gossrnHneEt = gong
10 fsaiid a light hcssse the contract having
been ief 20 csrkeek BROTHERS. Of Seattle.
and there | made quite search fer sest
A - aaF> :.
bsfk Emily FavnhAm WAS lost ss this
island she was hoand for SsnaiHsss. and
had railroad iron On board. bat bow much
| have been unable 10 find cut some SAL
she had 600 t2ns aud others thai II ssss net
sxer twotonk However. l iosiad tae place
where she was host and instituted an inses.
tgSssoa. II did uos take me long 20 md
chat was iefi OF the old hulk she Is IN
not 10 exceed fftean feet of water ~ low
tide. The tren lies Just ~ though IL had
b1en placed there bf human hands. IL -
perfectly white. being covered with nsus-
cies and shells. | exploded dynamite
cartridge sn the rails to clean on the shells
and found the iron to be but little injured
by the action OF the water. am row ns-
uriag with several parties who are taking
Of putting up the necessary money 10 cna
bic me TO secure that iron.
~ a there never any effort made 10 re-
cover the cargo Of the Emily farnhansy
mo practical effort was ever made Capt
A. o. BENJAMIN. who is good man on dry
land httcd out the steamer Rnsfier Tor the
purpose Of recovering this iron. but when
he got her COM ple;ed he was afraid TO trasf
her outside the cape. He then traded her
for the tug Mastick. expecting 10 use her for
that purpose, but the underwriters refused
to iasffre a steamer To engage In such work.
and after loeating the whereabouts OF the
lron he gave up the Job. ard no enc has
cared 10 bother with 1t since
why are yea No anxious TO recover II
~ VIII tell you. Ny arst object Is 20 get
money II / have success there VIII be
several thousand dollars Ia the deal for me
as well as good round snsa for fhoss: assor
tiated with me The money which gel.
In case OF success will enable me % at
tempt work have been figuring en- for
many years, and that Is to locate the III
fated ship Brother Jonathan, which was
lost between Portland ans san Francisco
in the ffiias. with many human beings,
aud As have teen told Il, he0 coo on board
do not know az this figure IS correct but
all with whom | have talked agree that
she had a vast amount Of money on
board. II | had the time and money.
feel confident could not only locate the
point wherc the ship was lost, but recover
much uf the treasure that weaf to the bot
tom with her am getting tired Of vast
iag ssy time ia picking up cables and an
chsrs when there Il 50 much large game
almost in sight"