Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-09-11
AFTER HIDDEN GOLD.
ANOTHER QUEST FOR JEAN LAFITTEs
BURIED TREASURES.
stories Of Ills riraticai E1pioits-served
the United States Honorabiy In the
Defense OF New Orleans Before
lie Became Smuggicr.

l 4slA
fcW daVs thpre ami then ieft in their
schooG"T as myst@riousiy rii as they came.
Leaving behind them in the sand ~, q
hing up and carried it away. From this,
search Tor Jean Iaitte's buried treasures,
and is wondering as 10 whether or not the
same was t fouhd' dug u up and i carried away.
saSoIa rie9r sr5i,nd to he polnt of Yiica-
crooked waterway in ali that country but
has It's dark tale of Laiitte, the pirate, and
his hidden treasures
this Solithern cduntry. ANY of The coast
PSSP6 srs IN cs Gafs eG9 o h ynots M te as you
pirate while iiving, and AS a ghost after his
iicuiar when YOU let Your mind run upon
them in the silence Of ihe night and the se-
VsG4 % y2GT Seg2mof n f6unG Then tba Ss Sh
Mites life are singularly Well known lie
ilo was tho suprGtne ana unauestioned
leader OF men, over whom leadership meant
both mental ana physical superiority lie
fH FOR doStn pirate bra ehefs But but he Was no
little of the a seoun3pe o t n his s's mokeup @ In
one instance he served the United States
n 50 y %s.l ana h0nqT@5s m2nasT g n he
that for that service alone his memory de-
serves a clearing away Of these old bloody
skull and eros STONES stories
Jean Laftte was n natiye of France
born in Bayonne in the later years of the
to the West indies. where they owned es-
tates. Driven away Ty an insurrection
and settled there Jean was grown by this
time. and had learned the trade Of a black
Street Street. between S Bourbon d ana panphin. The Thee
building itself was Standing not many
years ago Jean was a tan, dark man
some. 4 stranger passing him on the
street ALWAYS ttlrued for n second look
and on the numerous Islands, there dwelt
II considerable population. They hunted,
fshed, raised cattle and did about as they
shifting governments. Spain and France
We're alternately masters, until the Louis
States. The location of these people, their
ket on one side, and the Gulf on the other
SIDE, opened UP such opportunities that
tf whois Pl mem stopped Syeay otnep nep V3 oi
the pSNous ana chahneis they brousht YES
ssis, toautI WIN n merGnanIise @ aiIu imesroes,
into into the lTHi otv an easy MISUNDERSTANDING way
WIS ITS u Iogar NV, NV, ~, tbs
c6',rsa io yneSe otaiSS ,,hnndnd pu te n
him. and obeyed him as they obeyedd no
]ms, man or or rCycSrnn,dnt M inStitutssd Nv man
He became the owner of vessels of his
snaia q, Ell tba The loritimate bnsipess of New
orleans became demoralized, and the mer-
chants complained so vigorously that Uncle
Sam heard, and at once took a hand. La
fltte's main headquarters We're on the
coast island of Rarrataria. where he had
built fort, ana there was small settle
ment OF MS, retalners. In the year 1913,
when the whole coast country was IN y
fever oil apprehension over the news OF
tne approaching bflusn eNp41ulI!@oil on aS"li,st ~,
New orleans, Connlolore ta,tlsi soii; 81 @ @Ine
hlttu states naNal coHiII.ahutr, III S 1Hosg
waters Jaiie uoWn 10 9,. i.hl l,ti d. 't,t'vo m @
Inc !ot p,oNg NJ wy 1s iioxy Frorr
Li a.LhttLe siiuSs Ss ,.itt .,t;, od9''ieS' ii ''0" -
~ - H. ,,, ~ c,1o,1,+od 10 p,,+ In
n+ta in GOOD lmmor with the tinted states.
ana inmealately thered;i,er came 70 .,tint, nm
-, az i,, d tis III ,,ar u,ot,ld
~ i+ az az. t ~, ~, ~
Yoli tHe -reuuo9'S - ~ tiS GStaes IN. IN Sem 49, ~ T.
IeaHs. e.vmmu III t ttle I'M ~ ~ tiriigS @
49, mas to 10 S'I,"r @ Ie an tb t,a
ei. "a i. ~ ~ li " p ~ Stae Az
lnittu StGteS tmuI tte see9 ot paIi pa itoIiC S, ae-
@hut'9n @ ,, Aat scat"eIy itaa Iiine ior etSeaup-
tnsi IN IHSn @ Ihe recent utstruct!oh oa barIa-
soNriltHtehtH , I mao "@!i!hru @ at, nlusi nave
perseGutlon HAD these men joined the
Bfltlsh, New Orleaha Wou;d, IN an PROB
ab!lty, have fallen. They knew every foot
OF that tangled country and We're brave
nghters' Ignorance or the country Id the
Brltish to take the most diifi.u!t and cas-;
ily defended road to their object, caused
delay, gave the defense time for prepara-
ton, and led TO the disastrous defeat of
the lnNaderS But latltte gave the Brittsh