Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1891-04-29
AN EXPENSIVE BURIAL.
\ SEARCH FOR A VALUABLE
TREASURE.

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1t is On the Marianne Islands near
Peru.
Information has come to light snow
ing that an expedition is being equip
ped in San Francisco harbor to 90 in
search of the treasures said to be bur-
led on the Marianne Islands. In the
year 1928, during the dark days of the
,errible revolution in Peru, a number
IF the wealthiest residents of Lima
met the leading fathers OF the Church
At a monastery to devise plan where
Oy some of their wealth might be
saved. The brig Ell Ciudad, living in
lhe harbor, was bought. During the
night and under the guise of merchan-
iise the treasures were hastily convey
ed on board. 1t is said her cargo
amounted to over $50, 900, 900 in coin
and melted plate, besides an inesti-
mable amount of Jewels.
Unluckily for the owners, Winton
Somers, an adventurous Englishman,
serving as Lieutenant in the Peru
Wan navy, learned of the whole plan
through a maid in the service of wife
Of millionaire with whom he was
CARRYING on a little love affair. He
soon succeeded in gaining the services
If band OF kindred spirits, who
were ready for any plan that promised
fortune. On the night before the
sailing of the vessel they waylaid a
party taking the last of the Jewels
lboard. The bearers were killed, and
wo of the heaviest caskets turned over
20 the keeping of the maid, who
promised to meet Somers in foreign
and. Boats were manned, the pirates
boarded the brig and killed the guards
They threw out the proper signals,
which Somers, as an officer in the
Peruvian navy, was acquainted with,
picked their way among the guarding
ships, and struck out boldly into the
Pacific. After some discussion, and
more disputing, the pirates made for
the Marianne Islands and buried the
treasure.
A course was then shaped for Homo
lulu. Before reaching that port,
however, the old dispute sprsng up
about division of the spoils and the
method of disposing of them. One
night one side attempted to extermi-
nate the other. Somers, three officers
and cabin boy, soon found them
selves penned in the cabin, the others
If their party having been killed and
)itched overheard. The victors cele-
Jrated the event in wild orgy. The
tour men in the cabin took advan-
age of their condition, fought a clear
passage to one of the boats, provisioned
It, and put off, after first setting fire
20 the ship. While on the ocean in
desperate straits, small cask of whis-
key caused a fight between two of
the officers. One was killed outright.
rhe other badly wounded, was soon
after sacrificed to save the rapidly
diminishing provisions.
At Honolulu, Somers, Pedro, Ravelo
and the cabin boy represented them
selves as the survivors of a shipwreck
Their story touched the sympathy of
a merchant. who provided them with
passes to San Francisco. Somer's
first business was to try to get posses
sion of the jewels left in Lima in
charge of his sweetheart, in order to
realize on them, and fit out an expedi-
ion for the Marianne Islands. The
three raked and scraped together every
cent possible. 1t was given in charge
Of Ravelo and the boy, who were to
20 to Lima, and bring back the maid
and the jewels. Somers, being afraid
% show his face anywhere near the
Peruvian line, for obvious reasons, re-
nained in this city. At the same time
he proposed to do what he regarded as
neat little stroke of business. The
treasure on the islands was large, but
The fewer there were to share it the
larger it would be. After the style of
the trick praetised upon Bellerophon, he
despatched an epistle by Ravelo aud
the boy urging the maid to see that The
messengers were killed. The messel-
gers reached Lima, delivered their le:.
ters, and were cordially received b.
the former love of Somers.
Time and the revolution had changed
her lot, however, thanks to the jewels
intrusted to her care On the night OF
Somer's great coup of the Peruvian
treasures. She was the wife of
great official. She coolly informed
the messengers that she didn't propose
TO go with them, and that she didn't
take any stock In their story relating to
the treasures being safely buried and
Somers waiting to guide her to them.
The messengers threatened her with
the exposure of her connection with
he piracy. She temporized with
them to no purpose. At last she
fou..l no escape but to follow the ad-
vice of Somers's letter. The two were
waylaid by assassins, but they made
ootch of the business. Ravelo escaped
with a scratch, but the boy was NOR
.allT wounded. As he lay gasping
away his life he confessed the whole
story 10 the authorities. The woman
was arrested. tried, and executed.
After suffering untold privations
Ravelo escaped from Peru and made
his way to Somers. The two survivors
now began to devise ways to reach the
buried treasure. AT last they found
Capt. Thompson and told such q good
story that be consented to fill out his
schooner Swallow and have try at the
heaps of gold and jewels Somers,
however, TO protect himself, would
not divulge the island which held them,
but insisted that the charter for the
vessel should include the whole group.
One evening before they reached
their destination, Somers and the Perue
Wan were sitting chatting on the le-
rail, and looking over the plat giving
the position of the treasures. The ex-
plantations were on the margin and all
In Spanish. Suddenly the lookout