The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-04-20
PIRATES GREAT TREASURE
Hidden on DesoIate Island in the
Atlantic Ocean.
A STALWART GERMANS STORY
Carl Badenbach's'S Strange Account of
How He Was Engaged in Search
for 1t ain Trinidad. Pirates
Buried It," Estimated to Be
Worth 100000.

uis saie anu coinPlsAion saTorlng strong
, ay of tho sea, told the story of great
hidden treasure that lies in an uninhab-
tied island of the south Atlantic
The man is Carl Bndendiok. now n
prosperous inhabitnnt of Jersey CITY.
BaGendiell's story may be told in his
pwn words:
"In May, 1850, 1 shipped on the
ssrkentine John for Santos, in Brazil.
After loaying Santos tho crew believed
that the shipwas bound for Bull River,
NC.
"Atsthe end of eight days we arrived
pr ma island which turned out to he
Trinidad. Captain Pyper told us that
we had been steering east instead OF
north. lie told us that tho owners of
tho ship had information that a great
quantity of money and valuables was
hidden On this island
Among those on tho ship was pas
senger, young man whose name was
Polly, as we'll as 1 can remember it. 1t
turnea out that no was TO take lead
ing part in the search for the treasure
[ There was q heavy wind, and when
Sye ncared tho shoreiwo found that
laundering surf made an attempt to
Hand the same thing as, suicide.
we made another unsuccessful at
ffmpt to land>in tho boat on tho second
Day. Then young Polly asked tho cap
salp&to take him as near shore rs posi-
Die in.a boat and let. him swim ashore.
+ THE captain had orders from tho
owners fathe ship that Polly should
not be put ashore alone and told him
~ Ea asked thn
willing to swim ashore with Polly, and
MCCARTHY and l volunteered.
On the third day We were taken in
a boat to the southeast bay When wo
had got as near as was ,snfe Polly
jumped overheard, and we followed
him. All of us reached ahoro safely.
1t was dark when we reached tho
highland, and young Polly told Inc il
would bo useless to look for the marks
which were to lead us to the treasure
till morning. We wandered about tho
island all night.
J. Ihe place where the treasure was
said TO be hidden was the Sugar Loaf.
a high poiHted cliff on tho southwest
'pay. 1t was not moro than six miles
ACROSS the island at this place and we
got. 10 tho base Of tho Sugar, Loaf early
III the morning.
south OF the Sugar Loaf there is "A
Nueep, dry gully which leads some dis
rance ITO the island. Polly told us that
Me were TO follow this for q certain
distance, looking for marks described
an papers which no possessed. We
should at last como to holo leading
four feet into tho base of the Sugar
Loaf. The treasure would be found
buried three feet deep at thesend of the
hole.
I'VE followed Polly some'way into
fhe guilyand found all tho marks as he
'sald'they would be. AT last we camo
20 place where n large part of tho
GIN had, given way and fallen into the
gully. Poh.y said he believed that this
covered tho entrance to tho hole. We
Had no toals, and there was'nothing to
dc but toy go back
The ship put off asboat, but she
could NOT get near shore So we swan
out to u rock in the bay with young
FOLLY and were,taken off by the help of
a cable.
The captain oonsnlted.us about con-
llhu1ng the searoh, and we told him it
~ould thke good force Of mon, with
plenty OF tools and provisions, aud that
they ought to remain ashore at least
TWO weeks. He decided tlrat he could
not afford tho time and tho risk. There
was no safety for the ship as long as
ehe remained near the island
For three days after returning to
the ship young Polly was very sick.
When he got better. he told low Ms he
was connected with the enterprise.
bis father, about 1877, was captain
or the ship Auren and went to Callao.
IN Peru On the return voyage he ship
ped sailor named John Smith. This
man was taken very sick. Captain Pol
~ had his young wife on board, and
she cared for the man.
He was grateful to her, and when
he felt sure that he was dying he gave
her some papers, which, he said, would
mako her and her husband the richest
people alive But she was not to look
at them until 19 hours after his death.
HE died. and 12 hours later Mrs.
Polly gave the papers to her husband.
One Of them told that Smith had been
one Of tho crew of pirate ship during
Che war between Chile and Peru. The
others on the ship were IS Spaniards
and another EngliBhman In IS41 they
Piundered Lima, the richest city in
South America, carrying of the plate
from the cathedral and Quantities of
Yalp6bleg which hnd haap etorod -