The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-20
ROMANTIC TALE
OF BURIED GOLD
Baltimore Skipper the HerOl o
Strange Fortunes
RECEIVERS MONEY BURIED AT St \
Heirs OF the Captain of His ship Enter
Suit TO Recover One-Half the
Treasurer Yarn That
Rivals Fiction. sssvss
RECEIVERS MONEY BURIED AT Sc \

The County Court at Jackson, Ohio is
the scene just now of a suit 10 claim
buried treasure. which I'm It's absorbing
IS interesting and romantic detail puts
10 shame the imaginative powers OF
Jules Verne. Robert Louis Stevenson,
Captain Mayne Reid and the rest, ana
adds another conclusive Bit Of proof OF
the truth Of the maxim that Truth Is
stranger than fiction"
The principals i'm the suit are Howard
+. Summers and Captain Charles A.
Henderson. The latter is a former Bal
timorean, known among the older shil-
pers of this port. who as mate of big
clipper brig that sailed from Baltimore
To the South Atlantic years ago, before me
Civil war, under Summers. q successIu
smuggler, and during the war an equally
successful priyateersman, was borne into
the midst of strange fortunes and adVcn-
lures of which this suit is the outcome.
Henderson was offered the befh OF
mate on the Lark by Summers and, igno-
rant of the business OF the craft, accept
ed and sailed from this port in her back
in the iifties He very soon learned the
nature of his company, but love OF adj
venture and the inyariaDle success OF
Captain Summers enterprises kept MIN
al IL. both as smugger and later as
privateersman.
SUCCESSFUL PRIVATEERING
The years of the war went by. and.
whether all the laws OF the high seas were
obeyed or does not matter but captain
Summers strong box grew heavier ana
heavier until nearly $1,000 IN gold ana
notes lay under It's lid, unknown 10 any
one but himself
I'm 1854 the Lark left Rio Janeiro home
ward bound and her captain had deter
mined as soon as he reached nome TO SEN
the brig and lead less perhous hte.
But off the coast of South America me
shin ran into "a terrific hurricane and Tor
over week was driven rapidly 20 the
south and west. During AN that time IL
was impossible 10 take an observation 10
determine the ships position but ON inc
tenth day the sky cleared, and u was
found that the ship was near the Tristan
d'Achuna group of islands in the south
Atlantic. Land was i'm sight 20 the nOrth-
ward. and toward this the Lark was
turned, for the ships supply OF water
was almost exhausted.
Half an hour later the lookout repoIttu
a man-0f-war headed straight Tor lhe
Lark. Now fho captain OF the Lark had
many reasons for not desiring % meet q
man-of-war of any nation, ana an san
was crowded on. But 10 was soon evil
dent that the Lark was no match for her
pursuer and captain Summers decided
TO run her in toward the island. as the
only chance as she rounded the island
they ran into n land-lOcked cove. BEFORE
anything further could be done the man
of-war hove 10 outside and dropped her
boats into the water for the purpose or
continuing the pursuit. The ere" OF inc
Lark did not wait for Them however, bug
tumbled into the long boat and rowed
madly for the shore. The boats or inc
mon, ~ r.r4r az runa gave chase.
THE TREASURE BURIED.
Cant. Summers and his first mate were
left alone on the brig and the former de-
termined to make an effort 10 save the
money which was In the chest below. So
he told Henderson briefly OF the existence
OF the treasure and offered him half OF II
II he would help him convey 1t to a place
of safety Henderson jumped al the
Offer They quickly lowered small boat
over the side OF the brig away from the
man-of-war. in this they placed the
chest and then rOwed quietly ashore
without being discovered by the man-of-
wars crew. who were intent on the pur-
suit OF the long boat. As soon as they
reached the shore they pulled their boat
up into the underbrush, seized the chest
between them and made of into the
woods: nor did they stop until they had
placed several miles between themselves
4 and the cove. They concealed lue thta+
| and themselves remained in hiding until
the next day. when they ventured 70 creep
J down to the cove.
! There was no sign Of the man-of-war'
| but the Lark had been scuttled and sunk
in the cove and the long boat in which
| the crew had landed Was smashed 10
| pieces Their own small boat had not
| been discovered, and was intact. An eN-
| ploraton of the island showed them that
| none OF the crew OF the Lark had been
left upon IT. and hence they concluded
! that they had all been taken prisoners.
| The island was a small one. and was I'M
/ inhabited. Summers and Henderson con-
| cluded that the best for them TO do was
20 try 10 reach one OF the larger Islands
Of the group in their boat. They were I'M
willing. however. 10 risk the chest IN the
small boat, for fear some accident might
happen 10 II. and so determined TO leave
/ # behind. They had found a natural cave
! in the course Of their wanderings about
/ the island. and I'm this they buried the
! chest, marking the place with a pile Of
stones. Then they rugged a small sail on
F, their boat and soon reached one Of the
/ larger islands, which was Inhabited. Here
| Captain Summers was stricken with
! smallpox and died, leaving Henderson
I the sole possessor OF the secret.
1 HOMEWARD JOURNEY.
Henderson knew no one on the islands