The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-14
ruEY FOUND THE MONEY.
rne Curious Sequel to Sailors Death
in an Indiana Tavern.
From the Neio York sun.

From the NelC York Sun.
o,a dismal. rainy evening in the fall OF
,ss7 q Wavfarer entered a country inn in
,,4iana A i'd secured lodgings for the night.
o. was a sailor, he said, and was on his
- m \ town twenty-five miles distant,
'.Lora he had relatives He was stout
WI WI rngced-looking fellow, but next
VuIrring be was found deal in bed. The
- facts were clearly established, but a
aur,ain other fact could only be surmised
~ was sent to the dead mans relatives
- Coroner took charge of the remains
III oil nersopal effects were turned over
~ tbe remains. The deceased had a few
Soilors in money and few trinkets, but the
.,Jative, at once claimed that he had been
r,ht ed of valuable papers
The proprietor of the inn YVES veritable
vaniIea. including hawk bill nose and the
LEGENDARY twang, and MS wife was his
nt5nnt4rpart He was known to be sharper
tbor STEEL in a horse trade, and he ever put
o,,I dol.ar that he did not get big inter
~. hut no one believed he had ritled the
Esd mans baggage. When the relatives
s,ora asked about the nature of the alleged
..srueble papers, they refused to answer,
I'D This evasion threw doub on their allie
zion In "a few weeks the affair blew
ersr and in about three months the land
Iori and wife began feel lonesome for the
bIs of old New Hampshire. This was an
eycllse for Offering all their property for
sale and six months after the death of the
Stranger in the hotel the place passed into
other hands.
The next scene opened in New Orleans. /
was then employed by Blank and Blank,
vreckerS, as general manager of the bust
ness We had three vessels, steam pumps,
divers. and all other uecessar apparatus.
was called into the private office one day
and there found Jonas Stebbins, t; o hook
rosed Yankee who had sold out his hotel in
Indiana He had something to say, but be
lesjtated TO say it. 1t was half an hour be-
fore we could bring HIM to the point, and
then only after the three of Us had placed
orr hands on a small Bible, which Stebbins
never TO reveal his secret. Then he brought
forth two letters and a map, and we saw
that another buried-treaSure crank had
struck The city. Sucn incidents were not
uncommon. In the five years | had been
manager we had encountered a full dozsu
Of these c ankS, and ON two occasions the
firm had lost heavily by entering into part
nerships which failed to pan out. A soon
as Mr.. Stsbbins unfolied himself he got the
cold shoulder. but he would not take II that
wav.
1IOOh uSlTs ls Seilu dS He llIUEu us CUdlI
back, do you take me for fool"
We'll, partly"
do you think want a partnership IN
It'll
Don't youw
Not By a jugful. want to hire &
schooner and crew and divers by the week
FIR so many weeks. All are to be under my
orders. and / am to have all that's found.
Partnership, No. Stree! What's your
lowest figure"
He rad shown lis roughly drawn map
OF the Bahama Islands, one executed with
pen ana ink by som sailor. He wanted a
schooner to proceed to one of the ISLANDS
All the apparatus he wanted was grapneiS
aud divers. He might want us three weeks,
but probably not over two. 1t was finally
agreed trat he shou hire by the day
He beat us down IS on the figure just
named. and an lron-clad agreement was
drawn up and signed, and he counted out
$1,000 in gold A sum sufficient to pay us
for three weeks was deposited with bank
er. and we at once began preparations for
the trip 1t had been stipulated at Mrs.
Stebbi IS was to go along, and we had a
state-room fitted up for her.
This was the first time any treasure hun
ter had put down his own money for an ex-
petition, and we could not doubt that Mr.
Stebbins had what seemed to him straight
clew. It was not our business to throw cold
water on his plans, even though We were
firmly convinced that he would return
empty handed. The firm deciled that |
should 60 out in charge of operations, and
g couple of days after the contract was
signed we were off for the Gulf. | expect
ed the StebbinSes to be nervous and flus-
trated, but there was not a sign OF it. They
were as cool as if going on a visit to a rela-
As cnit1cr dOxuu tho ri
said to MIN:
Now that the contract is signed and we
are under way, suppose you had as soon
tell me about your treasurer
''Wall, neo," he drawled. You might
leave the schooner somewhere and try tc
cut in ahead of me, or we may be wrecked
before we get there. tank you are hon.
est and straight, but can't give you the
exact location"
mo, indeed, we can't" added Mrs. Steb-
bins.
You see, it has taken every dollar we
could rake and scrape, and if we don't get
tina treasure we'll be busted"
But you seem to be certain OF getting
il.
"Oh, yes" they replied in chorus.
rs the amount larger
They looked at each other a moment, anc
then Mrs. Steb ms replied:
Jonas, thi we can safely tell hin
some few things, for he seems to wish u
well.n
Yes, l guess So"
We'll then, we expect to get about
$1,000, more or less, in gold and silver"
Yes, that's about the fgger," added
Stebbins, land as we are both getting along
in years it will come in handy. If you had
that much money, Mr.. Marvin, would you
buy farm or move into city"
They seemed so firmly convinced of the
existence of the treasure that | felt it my
duty to warn them of possible disappoint-
ment.
eyes, we might possibly fail, but faint at
all likely" he replied "We amt the sort
OF people to put up our last dollar on an
uncertainty
mo, Jonas, we amt. :" added the wife.
WAS this treasure deposited years ago?
] asked.
Yes, good many years ago."
"On landp
They looked from me to each other, and
smile In knowing way.
Because" | continued, there can't be
rod of any Of the Bahamas, nor bay,
nor cove on the shores, but what has been
explored over and over"
Exactly, replied Stebbins, as he arose
TO spit over the rail- IF anybody has
tba .,l,o orafi