The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-12-29
PIRATE HOARDS.
Enormous Wealth Conoealed on a
Pacific Island
Au Expedition from the Unitcd states
win Visit tho Island and Make nn
Extended Search for tho
Hidden Millions.

The yacht Hayseed, under the COM [
mand Of Capt. August Gisler, recently |
sailed from Stockton, bound for Cocos |
island, four hundred miles southwest of !
Panama. The object Of Capt. Gisler's ;
visit to the distant isle is to endeavor to |
discover the spot where gold and silver
coins, plate and jewelry to the alleged
value of sixty million dollars were ,
buried by pirates nearly seventy years
ago.
Capt Gisler, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, expects to reach his destina-
tion after thirty-two days sailing. The
length Of his stay at the island will de-
pend upon the work undertaken. The
island will first be surveyed under the
direction of Capt Gisler, who owns con-
siderable property on the place. The
buried treasure will be hunted for on {.
secret plan in the captains possession.
Capt. Gisler spent four years on the
island, and during that time made
vigorous search for the gold. He is con-
fident of success, and is determined to
keep up his search This will be his
fourth trip to the island. He left there
in May, 1890. On that visit he and three
companies subsisted for five months on
wild hogs, fish and sea birds while
awaiting the vessel sent to Valparaiso
for supplies.
The captain made a contract with the
Costa Rica government to populate the
barren island within five years, and he
proposes to do this work in connection
with the search for the hidden wealth.
A month ago he went to Stockton to
meet A. o. viertong, who claims to
have gold indicator" by which tho
presence OF the buried gold can be dis
covered. Capt. Gisler looked upon the
indicator favorably, and made an
agreement under which Viertong will
accompany him to Cocos island.
Capt. Gisler will have with him
Joseph Refine, Blacksmith; John
|, Hamlin, an Englishman,, and an old
sailor, who will be the mate of the
Hayseed; August Weiste, the cook, and
Andrew johnson, an able seaman. These
men, with the exception of Refine, have
accompanied Capt. Gisler to Cocos
island on several previous trips, and
they know what to expect on such an
expedition. They believe they will be
successful, and are willing to make the
trip without dollar Of wages and
take chances ON unearthing the gold.
The cook, Wciste, is SO certain Of sue
cess that he came a roundabout way
from Germany to join the treasure
seekers. He learned that Gisler was
organizing company, and TO reach
California he sailed to Australia, and
from there worked his passage to Cali
fornia. When he arrived in this port
hc was told by the German consul that
Gisler was in Stockton, and he found
the captain there ut work on the Hay
seed. Two men who could not be &C
oommodated on tho yacht will 60 BY
the Pacific mail steamer to Costa Rioa,
where the Hayseed will stop and pick
them up.
Gisler will carry about fifteen tons of
about two thousand pounds Of nour,
dried fruit and canned meats and other
articles. A lot of supplies will be
shipped by steamer to Costa Kca to be
sent for as required. The cost of fitting
out the Hayseed and supplying Capt.
! Gisler with small fund to deposit in
! Costa Rica was two thousand dollars.
The expense was divided among more
than twenty men, and consequently
| the speculation will not distress any
member of the company. When Capt.
Gisler left Stockton he was in a happy
mood and seemed almost certain of
finding the treasure. He gives his
time the same as the rest Of his party,
lDl1or
| ccssfu].
The story Of the buried treasure has
been told many times and in many
tongues. The treasure was buried by
| pirates who operated in the brig Relam-
pago in 1922. Cocos island was selected
as the treasure repository after the pi-
rate ship had been driven in the Pacific
The island is about four miles across
| and contains sixteen thousand acres of
rocky and rolling land, we'll wstered.
The pirates, after capturing q number
| Of Spanish galleons, buried church
| plate, Jewels and coin in two places. On
the northeast end Of the island tho pirate
crew buried one hundred and seventy
aye tons Of silver dollars. At smother
spot gOh-hilted and jcwsled swords
were deposited. In third excavation
they deposited hfteen million dollars
worth of gold bricks. The captain HIM
self buried large number Of emeralds,
diamonds. rubies and pearls. The
whole treasure, placed in various vaults
in the sandstone and hidden in the sand,
is estimated, according to the story Of
two Of the briggs piratical crew, As
amounting in value to more than sixty
million dollars. The pirates were
killed of before they could return to
Cocos island. and the story of their
buried riches came from two English
men who were the only men left to toll
OF the hiding place Of many millions Of
stolen gold. Their stories came out as
deathbed confessions.
| Dead Aan Living.