The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-19
S25,ooo,OOO or TREASURE.
1T Is HIDDEN AWAY ON a DESERT
ISLAND OF THE ATLANTIC.

] AAs
From the New York World
The other day a stalwart German, his
/ gait and complexion savoring strongly or
the sea. came TO the World Office and told
the story Of a great hidden treasure that
/ lies awaiting fortunate discoverer in
/ an uninhabited island in the South At
lantic.
The man who tells the present MARIA
tive is Carl Badendiek now a prosper
Gus inhabitant Of Jersey City. He was
many years sailor, and his last voyage
was in the year 1880 on the b2rkentine
John, from Sunderland, in England, for
Santos. Brazil, and Bull River. n. c.
Il was then that he first heard of the
hidden treasure and Unexpectedly found
himself engaged in a search for It. In
order to lend deeper interest to what
follows it is well 10 state that the value
of the treasure is estimated at S25 10000
It's hiding place is Trinidad, an island
far out in the South Atlantic which does
not support a single inhabitant and is al
most impossible Of access. 1t lies in lati-
tude 20 degrees 30 minutes south. and
longitude % degrees p minutes west. 1t
is about seven hundred miles from the
coast Of Brazil. 1t must not, of course,
be confused with the important British
colony of Trinidad in the West Indies.
This desert island of Trinidad is also
that upon which Baron Harden Hickey
has established an alleged principally.
AT present the principally only exists on
note paper. The Sunday World some
months ago told of the baron's career
and his ambition to reign over the island
of Trinidad. But no mention was then
made of the treasure. Badendieks idea
is that the baron is not aiming so much at
an empty sovereignty as at the possession
of the hidden hoard. The baron is married
to daughter of Mr.. John IL. Flagler, the
Standard Oil magnate
Badendiek story may here be told in
In May, 1850. / shipped on the bark
ehtine john belonging to j. FULLY, of Sun
dertandf with a cargo OF coal for Santos, in
Brazil After leaving Santos the crew be-
9seved mat the ship was bound Nor Bull
AT the end of eight days we arrived off
an island which turned out to be Trinidad
Capt. Piper called us aft and told us that
we had been steering east instead of north
lie told us that the owners of the ship,
the Tully firm of Sunderland, had infoi'ma-
ton that great quantity Of money and
valuables was hidden on this island The
captain was ordered to conceal this plan
from us lest any of the sailors going
ashore at Santos should talk about it
and put the government on our track.
-.N-aHAs 4 9It1A AOAl US lfldL II We were
willing to aid in the search we should
nave our proper share of the treasure if
II was discovered.
Among those on the ship was a pas
senger-a young man whose name was
Polly, as well as / can remember ii. He
was THE son Of a retired sea captain, lv-
ing ON the Isle Of Wight in England 1t
turned out that he was TO take a leading
part in the search for the treasure
June 10 was the day on which we ar
rived off Trinidad. The captain had been
informed that there "a nlapa n
chorage in the southwest bay, and he tried
this, but the wind was too soTtherly, to
make II possible.
THE ship kept under sail. while a party
was sent In lifeboat to attempt a land
ing on the island. The party consisted
of Capt, Piper, young Polly John Adj
am, Fred Sweeney, John Mccarthy and
myself. We took water and provisions.
rifles and lanterns
There was a heavy wind and when
we neared the. shore we found that a
laundering surf made an attempt to land
the same thing as suicide.
The island is surrounded by huge
rocky cliffs, which are in most places more
than 5000 feet high at the waters edge.
Ihere are only two small patches of beach
on the island, one in the southwest bay
and the other in the southeast bay. The
former Is guarded by a sprinkling OF
rocks and the surf was tremendous on
the southeast side when we went there
We made another unsuccessful attempt
TO land in the boat on the second day
Then young Polly asked the captain to
boat and let him swim ashore
The captain had orders from the own
ers of the ship that Polly should not be
put ashore alone and told him so. He
asked the crew if two men were willing
to swim ashore with Polly, and McCar-
thy and l volunteered.
ION the third day we were taken in a
boat to the southeast bay. When we
nae got as near as was safe Polly jumpec
overheard and we followed him. All OF
I'VE landed at o'clock Things were
not at all inviting. The shore was alive
with gigantic crabs and turtles Some
OF the turtles l believe weighed l,OOO
pounds.
THE sun had made the sand terribly
underclothing and We were obliged TO
! take this off and bind II round our feet
to protect them. The noise of the surf
/ was so great that you could not hear n
/ man speak five yards away,
It was dark when he reached the high
land, and young Polly told me it would
be useless to look for the marks which
! were to lead us to the treasure till morn
night. N' '''e 's'''''u al
Il can hardly tell how hard a. time we
/ had. We We're attacked continually by
/ huge birds and had to stay awake light
ing them Off with sticks A blow from
one OF their wings would knock a man
down. l believe they were albatrosses.
! Inc place where the treasure was
said to be hidden was the Sugar Loaf
a high-pointed cliff on the Southwest
bay. 1t was not more than six miles
across the island at this place and we
got to the base of the Sugar Loaf early
| in the morning.
South of the Sugar Loaf there is a
/ deep, dry gully which leads some dis
| tance into the island. Polly told us that
we were 10 follow this for a certain dis
| tance, looking for marks described in
papers which we possessed. We should
| at last come to a hole leading four feet
| into the base of the Sugar Loaf The
| treasure would be found buried three feet
| deep at the end of the hole
We followed Polly some way into the
| gully and found all the marks as he
said they would be. AT last we came
TO a place where a large part of the cliff
had given way and fallen into the gully,
| Polly said he believed that this covered
! the entrance to the hole We had no
tools and there was nothing to do but
| to go back.
AT O'Clock i'm the afternoon we sight
ed the ship from the Southwest bay.
| Polly was nearly dead He said he would
rather stay ashore and die than try to
swim out again.
THE ship put off a boat. but she could
not get near shore. So we swan out 10
/ rock in the bay with young Polly and
/ were taken off by the help of a cable.
| The captain consulted us about continu-
| ing the search and we told him II would
| take good force of men, with plenty of
/ tools and nrnNfgfong ha =