The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-24
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and were seated in front of his"shanty,
and l said - him:
"Mr. Upper, do you confidently ex
pect to find Captain Kids buried mill
iors?''
For moment he pulled his pipe. Their
he said. in measured way:
That requires a qualified answer You
see, / am not going TO say that &c was
| Captain Kids treasure that IL buried
here. He was not the only pirate in
| the business liz those days, What the
| company beiieves-and honestly believes
is that certain pirates. presumably Cap
tain Kidd and his associates, did bury
a vast sum OF money and Jewels on this
island. We believe that i, is still here
and We intend 10 get 1t. I'll tell you
why this is no idle dream.
| The story takes US back 70 1895. A.
that time. as you can well imagine, the
+, country hereabouts was very sparsely
settled There were a few English
French and Dutch colonists and quite a
| number OF royslists vino had lef, the
States a. the close OF the Revolution.
Three OF these settlers came into the
story al this point Their names were
Smith. Masinnis and Vaughn. One day
they visited Oak Island and while ramb-
ling over the eastern end came 20 a spo,
which held their attention. Vaughn vas
lad Of sixteen. He described the
events later in lie 20 Robert Creeinan.
Mr. Creelnan lives IN Upper St.wiacke.
Nova Scotia, today. He Is a reliable
citizen, and so We do not have 70 de-
pend Upon fiction for this part-.he be-
giElng OF the search for The treasure.
Smith. Maginnis AMI Vaughn were
attracted by the depressed spot a: the
eastern end OF the island. tha; had been.
apparently. cleared OF timber years be-
fore Nearby was an oak On this
oak were peculiar marks and figures
One o: the lower and larger branches
extended Over the circular depression N
the land The men returned the next
day and began digging.
a few feet below the surface OF the
earth was a well defined shaft. with hard
solid walls. and In these walls could De
seen the marks o, picss. while within the
space between tire walls the earth was
bose and easily shovelie5 A: depth
o. ten feet they came 20 covering %
oak plank The men kept az thel-
work untH TIE thirty foot depth was
reached, and a. each Ten feet they found
markings A; this point they aoandon-
ed the work There vsr. two rsazo-s
Tor ta!s-tae first ina, The work proved
TO heavy for them. and the second thss
they were unable 10 procure assistance.
owing 70 ne sgpsrsii,iogs beliefs Of TIA.
day.
SIX CT seven years later Or Lyrts.
young physician OF Truro met Smith.
Aag.nnis and Vaughn They ;osi HIN
q t1s.r search Tor the treasure. AMI ~
oecznae safh1s-as,sc- Returning g
Trrro. D. doctor organized a company
AID yais~d funds - prosecute he search
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