Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-08-26
4 Buried Treasure,

xfom the San Francisco Chronicle
~, mere 1s fortune buried near the town
OF La Plata In the Argentine Republic
anu the people down there are going crazy
over II, The money is all in Bank OF Eng
the man who is fortunate enough 10 find IN
Mnen the civil war broke out in Chile
I prssioent Balmaceda, realizing the i'm
missioned Col. Pinto, one OF his mos,
trusted friends TO proceed to England and
purchase or build a couple Of fast cruisers,
Which were to be manned by picked crews
and sent out to Valparaiso as fast as steam
could carry them. Pinto was given bills
OF eSchange on several London banks to
pay Tor the cruisers. and he lost no time In
starting on his mission
me only possible way he could get to
I'm rbnei ana Was by taking passage on one OF
the steamers running between Ealparaiso
ana Liverpool; and as she had TO 20 via
Mag MSgeilan straits and up the Atlantic. the
as the steamer had TO call at Monterideo
Buenos Ayres and Rio de Janeiro.
before Col; Pinto could reach England
ana secure the cruisers he needed Balma-
ceda saw how things were going and, real
lzlng mat lots OF ready cash would be a
good thing TO assist him out of the coun-
Try IN case he was forced to leave ne tel
egraphed to Pinto to let the cruisers 40
ana hurry back to Valparaiso with the
money as fast as he could.
Pinto took the precaution OF changing the
bills OF exchange into Bank of England
notes, and with the S5oy0oo pounds safely
he started on his trip back.
When the steamer reached Montevideo the
news OF Balmaceda's downfall reached him.
and he concluded that the Argentine he
public would be a more pleasant place to
reside In for a while at least, as ne was
known to be a personal friend Of the de-
throned dictator. Pinto took up his resi-
dence In La Plata, and during his residence
there FORMED the acquaintance OF a gentle
man named Parry
After the excitement caused by the war
had died down Pinto concluded to revisit
Chile. but he did not want the money 10
fall into the hands of his enemies. He was
afraid to place IL In any Of the banks for
fear the victorious insurgents would put
| In a claim for II, 50 one night, when every
thing was quiet he took the precious box
out and buried II.
This done he went back to Chile with a
light heart, but no sooner had he set foot
on shore In Valparaiso than he was ar
rested and thrown into dungeon, and told
that when he got ready to hand the money
over TO the government he would be re-
friends. however. told him that so long as
he kept the money out of the hands of his
enemies he was safe, but soon as ne
turned 1T over to the government he would
be taken out and shot q traitor.
Pinto is a native of Buenos Ayres and
he concluded TO use part OF the money In
erecting his escape IL possible. With this
object In view he wrote to Mr. Parry fell
him one-fourth of the money II he would in
duce the Argentine government to take up
his case and demand his release. The To-
cation OF the buried treasure was not given
in the letter. but would be sent 10 Mr.
Parry If he concluded to accept the PROPOSE
ton.
Mr. Parry by accident lost the letter.
and the finder soon made known the facts
that the big fortune in Bank of England
notes was buried somewhere near the
town. and the result is that about every
digging for the treasure and leaving every
thing else to take care OF itself