Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-11-02
MORE BURIED TREAsURE.
This Time Located in Argentine Ropub-
lic-Its Lengthv mIstory.


there is 93jO,0OO for the man who is
fortunate enough to find it,
When the civil war broke out in
Chilli President Balmgceda, realizing
the Importance of navy in such
conflict, commissioned Colonel Pinto
one of his most 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 exchange on Several
London banks to pay for the cruisers
and he lost no time in starting on
his mission, says the San Francisco
Chronicle.
Tho only possible way he could
get to England was by taking pass
age on one of the steamers running
between Valparaiso and Liverpool;
and, as he had to go via Magellan's
straits and up the Atlantic, the voy-
age took considerable time, especial
ly as the steamer had to call at
Montevideo, Buenos Ayres and Rio
de .Janero.
Before Colonel Pinto could reach
England and secure the cruisers he
needed, Balmaceda saw how things
were going, and realizing that lots
of ready cash would be a good thing
to assist him out of the country In
case he was forced to leave, he tele-
graphed Pinto to let the cruisers go
and hurry back to Valparaiso with
! H., TO- 1,
Pinto took the precaution of
changing the bills OF exchange into
Bank of England notes, and with the
$3.50, 600 safely slowed away in a
steel box in his big trunk he started
on his trip back
When the steamer reached Monte
video the news of Balmaceda's down
fall reached him and he concluded
| that the Argentine Republic would
be more pleasant place to reside in
for a while at least, as he was known
to be n personal friend of the de-
throned dictator Pinto took up his
residence in La Plata, and during his
residence there formed the acquaint-
ance of a gentleman named Parry.
After the excitement caused by
the war had died down Pinto CON
Guided to revisit Chilli, but he did not
want the money to fall into the hands
of his enemies He was afraid to
place it in any of the banks for fear
the victorious insurgents would put
in claim for it, so one night when
everything was quiet he took the
precious box out and buried it.
This done he went back to Chill
with a light heart, but no sooner had
he set foot in Valparaiso than he
was arrested and thrown into dun
geon and told that when he got
ready to turn the money over to the
government he would be released
and not before. Some of Pinto's
friends, however, told him that 81
long as he kept the money out of the
hands of his enemies he was safe, but
as soon as he turneu 1t over to the
government he would be taken Out
and shot as traitor.
Pinto is native of Buenos Ayres
and he concluded 70 use part of the
money in effecting mis- release if pos
sible. With this object in view he
wrote to Mr.. Paray telling him how
matters stood and Offering him one
fourth if he would induce the Argen
tine government to take up his cast
and demand his release. The loca
ton of the buried treasure was no
given in the letter, but would be
sent to Mr., Parry if he concluded t.
accept the proposition.
Mr.. Parry by accident lost the let
ter, and the finder soon made know
the fact that the big fortune in Banl
of England notes was buried som,
where near the town, and the resul
is that about every man that can Sc
cure spade is now out digging TO
the treasure and leaving everythin,
, else to take care of itself.
To Croaa tha Atlantic with Erasb EInwars