The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-28

Every thing of value was turned over TO him
to care for, and once in about every two
years he made division Of the spoils. This
treasure had to be zealously guarded, and in
this instanos IL was 40 carefully hidden that
no one but she treasurer could have found
IL. He had come in advance Of me to add
fresh plunder to the great store, and there
were jewels In his hands as he lay there a
bloody mass.
Some OF you may doubt what am going
to tell you. but there Is abundant proof In
the Royal Museum, in the old files of the
Times, and yei in my own possession. Tho
treasures Of that cave amounted to millions
upon millions Of dollars. It must have been
the bank Of thousand pirates, and II had
probably been several years since a division
was made. Many Of tho baskets and boxes
were Of European make, but there were
many Of native manufacture. The pirates
had not stored away silkA and velvets and
laces. They had no such common stuff as
that The treasure consisted of money
watches, diamonds, rings, bracelets, ear
rings watch chains, charms, and whatever
else could be called jewelry. There were
crosses and badges and medals by the score,
and no less than six jeweled hits Of swords
There were at least fifty gold chronometers,
and l verify believe the number Of gold
watches would have reached five hundred.
Unlettered and unlearned, and brought up
to look on ESQ note rs fortune, would
not have believed that the world held so
much money as found here There were
English, American, French, German, Rus
SLAMS, Swedish, Belgian, and all other sorts
OF paper money, and gold and silver was
heaped up until my eyes were ready to an
swer for hat pegs.
Strange how human nature works Be-
fore finding this wealth would have given
q year Of my life to know that could make
the next hundred miles in safety l had no
sooner got my eyes on the great wealth
than began to figure on how could keep
every last shilling of 1t. I would not go
without 1t. A quarter Of an hour ago was
alarmed at the slightest sound. Now 1
would have faced and fought the whole
pirate gang. never suspected had such
determination, or that would care so much
for money. 1t took me good while to cool
of and calm down, and then I found my
self in favor OF sticking right there. was
like two men arguing. There wasn't one
chance in a thousand Of my getting off with
tenth Of the plunder, and to remain there
was to invite discovery. Then the other
chap, as it were, argued that was fool to
leave such wealth behind, and that I had
any search that the pirates might make.
As result stayed. There was fresh
water at hand, plenty of wild fruits around
me, and the only unpleasant thing was the
corpse AS soon as my mind was made up to
stay Ipulled it out from under the stone and
buried 1t in the bank as well as could with
only a stick and my hands to work with.
There was no alarm that day, bat on the
next day l had no sooner eaten a hasty
breakfast and returned to the cave than I
heard men in the woods. From an hour
after sunrise to sunset the pirates were con.
stantly coming and going through the
ravine, calling to each other and tc the miss
ing man. It was the same for the next
three days, and the hunt was given up or
extended far beyond me. They may have
reasoned that the man had sailed away from
the island, and have no doubt that search
ing parties were started out by sea as well
as by land. had to lie quiet now, ard dur
ing the three days 1 suffered much from
hunger and thirst. l knew the fellows
would not give up as long as there was any
hope, and it was well that was over eau
tious. On the fifth day hundred or NOR.
of them were in the ravine for several
hours, pulling down rocks, uprooting
bushes, and passing so near the mouth of
the cave that l held my breath. This
minute search satisfied them and NO one
came near me again.
1t was two weeks to q day before I con-
tinued my journey. On the second day after
burying the body exhumed it and stripped
it of outside clothing, and when ready to go
l left my sailor togs behind me in place of
them. After handling every thing over and
over again fought down my avarice and
used Judgment in determining what to take.
l unset and took over eighty diamonds, up
ward of 916,000 in English paper money,
about 92, 600 in English and American gold,
and little over $1,000 in French notes.
The paper money was all bills of large de-
nomination. WANTED to load myself down,
but had sense enough to realize the tramp
before me. could not, however, resist Sc.
lecting three of the finest gold watches, one
of which can to this day be seen in the Roy al
Museum at London. 1t is of French make,
but has never been further identified.
It was terrible trip l undertook. For
six days lived on fruits and berries, and
was often without water, and in this time I
did not make ten miles in o straight line,
being constantly alarmed and paying no
heed to the compass points. On the sixth
night, about midnight, came to beach
and settlement. 1t may have been the
ono near which first landed, and probably
was. After making sure that no one was
about, approached the beach, hunted out
canoe-like craft which thought could
manage with paddle, and launched it
and put out into the Straits without raising
an alarm. Wind and tide were both in my
favor, and at sunrise next morning was
picked up by the Lord Nelson, an English
ship inward bound, fifteen miles below and
off the island. Two or three years later,
when we had the pirates on the run, !
headed a party to secure the rest of the
treasure, but we found only an empty cave.
Accident or search had at last revealed the
stOrehouse to others.-N. Y. Sun.
An Ancient Powder-Horn.
There has been presented to the JET
ferson County Historical Society a
nowd .horn whinh from the davicas