The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-09
CONC AETER 500. OnO. Don.
Capt. Gisicr Sails Away In n Yacht, sad
Her Name Is Nny-ccd

fTon ", SIN Fdneiarp fh,onic'S.
The yacht Hnysccd. under tho command az
Capt. August Gislcr. snilcd from STOCKTON on
SUNDAY. bound Tor Cocos Island. 400 miles
ss9igtnwcst 81 rSnamN; hG object Of Cart
coins, nlate, and lcwelrv to tho alleged value
OF soo.oNO.oW were buried by pirates nearly
Cant Gisler cxpec.s TO reach hIs destination
his stay at The island viii DEPEND upon the
work uniotthSen Iho island VIII INST 10
who owns considerable property on the places
Tho buried treasure will hc hunted for on .
secret plan In the Captains , 'sses.ion,
and during TINT time M l1c vigorous search
Tor the gold, lie Is confident Of success. and
Is lis TN k t RS 81 rRs h w
last In May. $50. On that visit he and three
companions sVbsstcd for i've months on Wild
vessel sent 70 Valparaiso for slnrlcs.
r, The CAPTAIN has made contract with tho
Costa Rican Government t. populate the bar.
ron island within i've year.. and he PROPOSES
TO- DE- THIS work IN connection With the search
tor eS hidden t wHsn a So he sS wn
TO have,a, gold indicator by which the pres.
q The EnJSd s" I'm he
vcrably and made an agreement under which
Niertong VIII accoplnny him TO Cpcos Island.
Retnc blac is,ni,h:, John Hamin, IN Eng.
ishman and IN old sailor, who will he the
coos. and Hndrcw johnson. an able Seaman.
Those men. with the exception OF Rcine. have
accompanied Capt Gisler to Cocos Island on
they viii he succcas'ul. and are willing
to make the trip without u dollar Of wages
and take chances on unrarthing the gold.
Tho cook We!stc. is 80 certain OF success that
h "S the scs1yY c ss
Gisler , %ns orsaniz'ns company. Gnd t2
When he arrived in this port he was told w
the German. Consul that Gisler was in Stock
the Hayseed. Two men Who rI1ld not DO an-
S2 pm, on the yacht VII g. by the Pacific
niss IL Hur.h@@s,ed ,. Sosk,1n about 1000
and other articles 4 lot Of Supplies will hs
SHIPPED by steamer to Costa Flea to be sent
IIayscei aud supplying Capt. Gislcr with u
small furM 20 deposit in Costa ltica was
s29,Qi, The sXpenso WIS divided am?pE
the COMPANY Wien Cart Gl.ier left Stockton u,
certain Of llndng the treasure. lie gives hs
time the same as the rest OF his marty and
The story r Of the Hurled tSsasnra has been
told many times and in many tongues. The
treasure was buried By pirnte' who Vpcrat d
in tn brig R1!ampaEo in lS22. tocoS Island
was selected as til" treasure repository after
III, piratc, ship had been driven int" the Pa
ENC. ms lSlanl Is ABOUT 1OuT mites across.
and contains lj.OO) acres OF rocky and rolling
land well watarcd Tho pirates; after captl".
ing q number "f. Spanish GALLONS. buried
On the northeast end OF tho island the pirate
crew burirt 40 tons OF silver dollars. At AN
We're deposited In a laird excavation they
deposited Sl5.OOo.0OO worth "t gold bricks.
cmeraids diamonds. ruhia.. aud pearls. Tho
whole treasure. placed in various vaults in tho
sandstone and hidden ia II" sand. Is estimated.
lils
ratica! crew. amounting in value to
m9rr thnn SiO.OlO.oDO. Tho rirntas were
I-iand. aud tho st !ry of their nu-ied riches
came from Two In Sli~hmcn who Were the only
men let 10 tel Of tho hlin! place Of many
millions Of stolen gold. wucir stories came
out rs Death bed confessions.