Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-25
ORGANIZING An EXPEDITION.
a SeH Captain will go in Search OF
Hidden Treasures.

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-Capt. Robert
Annett, known among his ssafaring
companions and friends as a
'JOnah,S a man whose adventures
would fill a dozen volumes, whose
body IeaTs marks OF tigers claws
aud whose hair In one night turned
from Jet black 70 snowy white from
fear, arrived in this city from Balti.
more today. He is here for the pur-
pose Of organizing another sSbedI-
ton in search Of the hidden
treasure.
The treasure which he proposes to
search for il supposed 10 have been
hidden by pirates on The island Of
santa Catalina, in the Caribbean
Sea. The island was formerly the
headquarters Of Captain Morgan,
the buccaneer, and lies in lati-
tude Of II degrees north. 1t is
mile in circumference, mountainous
and a network OF caverns. Accord
ing to tradition, Morgan, who was a
sanguinary pirate, buried al! his
wealth on the island. When final
~ he was captured by a British
man-Of-war he offered TO tell the To-
cation Of his buried treasure If his
life was spared. But his offer was
spurned, and when he was exc
cuted the secret died with him.
There are two men, Captlin An
nett says, who know all about the
treasure. One Of these is John Curry
OF Kingston, Jamaica, who found
$4,000 in Spanish. dOublOOns. He
landed from n Spanish vessel in
search Of food and water and acct
dentally discovered the cave. He
says there We're nine earthen jars.
each as high as a man, and filed TO
the top with Spanish dOuOl0ons.
lie took with him $40, 900 worth, all
he could conveniently carry. He
went To Jamaica, where he spent
the fortune in five years. When
his treasure was exhausted he re-
turned to the island, and was arrest
eli by the Indians OF old Fort Provi-
dence and taken TO Aspinwall.
where he was imprisoned. The
Spanish authorities tried 10 make
him tell wht re he got the money,
but he refused. Then Mr.. Comp
ton, British consul at Aspinwall,
interfered in his behalf and he was
released. For this favor Curry told
the consul Of his discovery and
showed him some jewels he had
found on his second visit before be-
ing arrested.
As result Compton sunk all his
fortune in fitting up an exhibition
TO search for the treasure, and Sc
cured the services OF a British man
of-war to protect those making the
search. Curry was with the txpe-
dltion, nut on reaching the Island
he refused to tell where the treasure
was hidden, claiming that he would
get none Of it when discovered
Then the crew Of the man-Of-war
searched for weeks, but could dis
cover nothing. Curry was threat
ened with lynching, but he re-
manned Obdurate, ard finally Consul
Compton, in despair, committed
suicide by blowing his brains out.
Annette has already led one
search party TO the island in quest
of the treasure, which met with
failure. 1t was on the yacht Maria.
which reached the island on Now
enter %, 1857. Permission was
obtained to visit the island for the |
purpose OF hunting, but the real |
nature Of the expedition having
been discovered, a Spanish man-of- |
war was sent TO investigate. The |
haTid sailed away from one side Of |
the island while the mAn-Of war |
was approaching the other. Five |
days after leaving Belize the yacht |
sprung a leak when fifty miles from /
land. The crew were rescued 10y |
the snip ATJsia Of Nova Scotia one |
hour before the yacht sank.