The evening world., 1889-09-13
Alfred Horne Dies on His Way to a
Treasure Island.
$1.5O0,O00 OF Pirate Gold Be-
meath TurnefTe Cay Sands.
Skeletons Guard It and II May Never
Be Disturbed by Man.

buried ON Turnefe Cny, of Belize, British
Honduras. has persisted in n second attempt
to recover the mythical riches. ,"~
His story of the unsuccessful expedition
was told in THE EVENING WORLD last Janu.
airy, when lie was engaged in an attempt TO
organize another. which, at the time, met with
no success.
Last Spring he succeeded in interesting
Mr.. Clarence Finch, OF Rlchford, TioSa
County, N. v, in the enterprise, and to-
gether they started for tie treasure island.
MR.. HORNE DIES on THE VOYAGE.
MIR. Horne contracted n fever on the voyage,
died and was buried nj sea. e..
His secret died with him and Mr.. Finch has
returned to his home. leaving the treasure, if
treasure there il, still buried in the Central
American sands.
Mr.. Horne WAS n practical civil engineer
and was at one time an assistant engineer on
the new AQueduct.
He was induced to accompany the first ex-
petition n the representative OF Charles ).
Beardslcy. the well-known lawyer and County
Democracy polite an # this city, who had
helped fit out the yacht Maria for the purpose.
THE MApIA's FATETUL VOYAGE.
His story of this treasure island and the
Peck expedition. Gs told by himself, WINS in
effect ~ followb:
Seven years ago Judge John NJ. Davidson,
of San Francisco, then residing at Honolulu,
Ind taken passage ON q sailing vessel from
Tahiti for Callao, Peru. He was interested
in some mining enterprise i'll the land of the
Incas.
On the same ship, as a passenger, was an
old English sailor named Ward. The old fel
low was in very poor health, and had en-
listed the sympathy of the captain, who gave
him free passage.
Ward was intent on getting to Belize.
IA. I-..l -, A1A ANlAuAIa aDaaN ~
Central America, but 10 no one did he confde
the object of his journey until a few days be-
fore making port.
SAILORS SECRET.
ITO this old derelict on life's ocean, who
had been floating hitler md thither up and
down tho world ns the current, of tate had
borne him. and who was soon to be no longer
designated on life's chart, Judge Davidson
took O great fancy.
About Ave days out of Callao the old fell
low called Davidson to him and told him this
I'm the '3Os, n mere lad, he WINS an APP
prentice on board an English merchantmen.
While on a voyage from a Mexican port TO
England, laden with specie. the ship was
o~vcrhnuled bya pirate and captured. All of
who had not been killed in the engagement
were made to walk the plank with the ex-
ception of Ward and another youngster.
They were impressed into the pirates
service and remained with him four years,
during which time he took many rich prizes.
Having his ambition for wealth satisfied.
the pirate captain determined to disband his
crew and divide the spoIls which had accu.
mulated for years, until there were millions
of specie on board.
TIE PIRATE SEEKS SHELTER.
He accordingly shaped his vessels course
for his favorite nde yous-the coral island!
which abound oil the coast of Belize. Here
they would ~renounce their life of plllage anC
plumber and try to become honest citizens.
with the assistance of the money they haC
stolen.
out. One morning the pirate was sighted by
an English frlgate, which gave chase. The
man. of war was too fast for the pirate tC
hope to escape by superior sailing. and after
keeping up II running fight all day., in which
the pirate lost two men and was considerably
disabled, her captain, put into shoal watel
among the numerous keys, where the frigatI
with her deeper draught could not follow.
1t was nighttall when the pirate anchored
at Tuneffe Cay. He was safe for the mo
ment, but it was only q respite to q con
demned murderer. He knew that he woult
be attacked in boats by a superior force frou
the frigate as soon as the rising sun discov
cred where he lay.
Preparation was Immediately made there
fore, for the security of the plumber il
event of their capture IN the morning.
The pirate captain caused all but a very
small portion of the gold specie to be PLACED
in casks and removed on shore. All the sill
yer-an immense Rmount of money ant
plate--and q little gold was left on the vessel
BuIYINa THE TREASURE.
THAT which was taken ashore amounted
in ynlue to about 81, 500, 900. About $780, 0
of this was buried III the sand of the key
and u short distance away the major portion
of the gold was similarly inferred, the bodie
of the two pirates who had been killed il
the days action being placed on top of tn
casks.
"The idea OF the buccaneer was that
should he be taken. his captars would b
satisfied with the money they found Aboar'
the vessel.
IF not, and they went ashore to ascertain
if any had been buried, they would first rui
across the mall plant.
Then, II they should disturb the othe
thew would find the dead bodies and con
clude that II was only a grave. In this wa
he hoped to preserve the bulk of his plum
He was successful. but he never live
10 enjoy it. As had been expected, the boat
from the trigate came up with the first CLEAR
OF morning light and engaged the pirates.
THE PIRATE SHIP DESTROYED.
They fought desperately, and many wer
killed, The captain and the remrant o hi
crew were put in irons, and his vessel wa
looted and then burned.
"Neithor of the plants of specie on shor
was disturbed.
The captured pirates were taken to Pol
ROYAL. Jamaica, where all were tlied, col
demned and executed, with the exception {
Ward and the other lad, who had bee
pressed into the pirates service against the
will.
The boys shipped on board the frigat
aud were eventually discharged in England
There the other lad died, and Ward ha
tioRted IRON port to port. and on every ocear
as u seaman, hoping for the time to con
when he might tit out an expedition TO recovt
the million bright gold pieces which repose
beneath the sands of Turneife Cay.
Luck was always against him, howeve
He never had been able to accomplish h
object, and here lac was dying and his seer
would perish with him. That gold might d
somebody good and he resolved to tell JUDI
Davidson his story.
. DEATH OF THE OLD SAILOR.
r There Is an old ruined coral structure c
/. minute directions how 10 find the treasnT,
0 taking his measurements from this as q star