The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-31
CdCLFIELD, ABLE SEAMAN
hiS STORY or Hidden Troa sure oa leland
In the Pacific.

CdULFIELD, ABLE SEAMAN
iiis story OF Hidden Treas sure on m leland
In the Pacific.
Robert CaulHed Of GOT Lorimer street.
Greenpoint. is trying to organize an expedi-
ton to find the buried treasure Of a pirate
king on Cocos Island. several hundred miles
southwest OF Panama. in the Pacific. 1t
amounts to S35OO,O00 in gold and plate. he
says and he asserts that he knows the exact
spot where the treasure was buried, He got
tho secret from an old Spanish woman Madre
Aqua Dente. with whom he lived In TumbeZ.
Peru. She Gavo him q diagram Of the spot.
which he studied until no never could forget
it If the tree. with its peculiar marks on tho
bark. stands. he says. he is positive OF sue
cess. He would have tried n expedition long
ago II it hadn't been for his wife. She died
sixteen months ago and he has nothing to re-
main in Greenpcint for any longer
Cauldeld has been an able bodied ssaman for
nearly half century. He made his first trip
before tho mast with Capt J. W. Burns Of the
brig Sarah Nost OF Boston. Capt Burns is liv-
ing at Sailors Snug Harbor. now. Caulfleld
SAYS. at the ago Of 80 or more In October.
1852. Caulleld sailed out Of San Francisco In
the bark Rio Grande. She cruised down the
coast to hunt sea elephant Off Santa barbara
Island. From there Capt. Scammon headed
the bark for Cocos Island. and when she an
chored off the island to wait for sea elephantto
come that way Cau!held rowed ashore. He
landed in small bay, where he was
surprised to find two young boys In
yawl poking In the water with long poles.
They told him that they were looking for
money which their father had buried there
-S3.5O0.U0O in gold and plate. Their father
was drowned in Panama Bay. and the koy TO
Tho trae G n ra down Wit I'm, No 49,
said they had come from Panama in the open
yawl Cauliield wasn't surprised at that. how
ever. because the water is smooth generally
down there. he says. When Caulfeld returned
to the bark the story OF the boys set him to
thinking. Ho decided to stir UP q mutiny.
The bark carried a crew Of twenty men before
tho mast. Caulhed was the only American.
Tho others were Portuguese. He talked to
them in spanish and told them Of the buried
treasure. All agreed to desert the bark.
Caulfleld didn't think the time was ripe,
however. He waited until the bark had
weighed anchor and was bound for the Gala,
pages Islands Then he began to put his plan
in operation. Every night he threw some of
the provisions overheard. but he saved enough
to stock q boat BY the time the bark was of
Tumbcz. Peru. Capt. S.ammon discovered that
tho bnrk was out Of provisions and water.
and water came the order from Cart Scam
mon; That was the 81 gnal for the mutlny.
My months up" shouted Caulleld think
Arrest that man" Capt Bcammon ordered,
and every ono of the seamen obeyed. much to
An officers boat was sent ashore. and before
Caullield realized 1t two boat loads OF soldiers
te apd eSt 6 as sEs H.
Its dated March 30 1883. and has been pasted
on a linen back for preservation.
Cuulilelu remained In TumheZ eight weeka
He lived with the old Spanish woman Madre
captured by pirates. who sailed the Pacific i in
q small smart vessel. and carried to sea. The
Peruvian Government sent war ship from
consisted Of a dozen men, Tho old woman
pirates visited Cocos Island to bury their cargo
OF treasures. she said. She saw them dig
deep hole at the foot q n certain tree and pour
her that S:i,SOOOoO was buried there. Caul-
field remembered that the boys he saw at
long poes whn 20 vards OF tns t spot
described by the old spansh, woman.
GauI!leld E lnis Tu n,aa on the whaling bark
stafford, arriving in. New, Bedford two years
expected to 1T out an expedition right away
to return to C9cos, but no married. and talked
constantly to his wife about it, but she did not
want him to leave her. Since then he has had
taulil.la is not tho only man who, thinks no
knows Of the treasure on Cocos Island. Only
n few weeks age CAPT, August Gisier sailed
from Sto;skttop Ca in tHs yacht ilayseed q
in possession OF secret plan with which he
hopes to lind the buried trensure. Capt Gisler
a afs Se I sFs pr sG G9s sy
On that visit he and three com panions sub.
sisted for Ave months on Wild hogs fish, and
MADE conraet MIX tho Costa Slcsn s aove @n.
iato the barren island within Ave years and
he purposes to no that In connection with the
search for the hidlen wealth month q SO
which the presence Of the buried gold can be
%hish tiert@ng @pnnied him to a roeos
Island. Capt; Gislor. however; estimates the
Wien tauaeid was told ofthat he s" was some
II don't believe that thore is another man
ys S"R IS f said Rssre ma as
think they do hqs hSy d"n This won't pre-
10 on one can accuse CaulIeld OF borrowing
the idea. because there are several prominent
in to whom he the
it, however. merely as a scamen's dream.
The story Of ths ne, buried treasure on Cocos
ass'as sad 10000 .oSi
TGr atss "% the @ %s w he ed stoas
EDes. after capturing ~ number of Spanish
gaIltons in 1892. huried church plate. Jewels.
a in wG 1Gss on s the end
silver dollars. At another spot gold -hited
and iewolied swords wero deposllcd IN. q
worth Of gold bricks. Tho Captain buried a
large number, Of epsraids, diamonds, rubies.
I,incad in various vaults In the sandstone and
hidden in tho sand. IL estimated. according to
tho story, to hc more than SGO,O0O.O00
When that oli-tima tale was related to Caul-
field he said "Wel. / don't know nothing
about that, All | knows u what learned from
tie pirate king when ] see EN- on Cocos In ,53,
and Madre Aqua Dentc. And cai'iato that