The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-20
BURIED BOOTY -
DISCOVERED.
Agents Of Ohio Syndicate So
cure Pirats's Treasure.
ISLAND OFF AFRICAN COAST.
IN One Place the pruspscturs Found That
Others Had Col in Ahead
Of Them
ISLAND OFF AFRICAN COAST.

After a voyage of four months and
and nine days. the yacht Kwasind 81
tons, OF New York, dropped anchor at
the mouth OF the Mississippi. on the night
of Feb. 20. IL had on board a small
iron chest containing lot OF gold and sill
yer bullion. which had been recovered
from a small coral island off the coast OF
Africa The contents of the chest was
pirates treasures. and had been buried
for about IS years.
The expedition which obtained the bur
led treasure was financed by 4. L. Breck-
cnstein OF Baltimore. L. T.. Harang ofCin-
cinnata, and Charles A. Spenny OF colum-
bus. o. Mr.. Spenny Is secretary of the
Ohio Debenture company, and OF the
Wyandotte Savings and Trust company
of Columbus.
When seen at bis home Immediately
after his return from New Orleans. Mr..
Spenny told OF the voyage OF the kwa-
sind,
About the first of October last he
said, the men who were interested i'm
this expedition formed a small syndicate
TO hunt for the treasure. which We had
been informed was buried on a small ISL
and of the coast OF Africa. T.. Il. Camp
bell OF Cincinnati knew an old sea cap
tain who formerly had been a pirate.
About 10 or A. years ago the coast OF
Venezuela was infested with pirates. and
on one of their raids large amount OF
gold and silver bullion. pearls, diamonds,
and other precious stones was carried
away. The ola sea captain of whom L
have spoken was the successor of the
captain who carried OF this booty and of
course was entitled TO a large share of
the stolen wealth.
THE captain had helped to bury the
treasure on small island of the coast
of Africa. Subsequently he had hidden
on the same island smaller amount OF
bullion.
MADE A GOOD PROFIT.
at was to recover this booty that our
expedition sailed Oct. "a, 1900. The yacht
kwasind was In command OF Capt. G. w.
Henderson. The syndicate was represent
ed by my cousin; w. c. spenny and Mr..
tain were the only persons outside of the
crew aboard the yacht.
The expedition reached New orleans
I'm safety after successful cruise. As
the treasure was all in bullion. we had
no difficulty In disposing OF II. I am not
AZ liberty to say how much there was OF
! the expenses OF the expedition. and TO
leave good little profit for each of us,
including the captain"
w. &. Spenny, who went on the expedi-
tion as one OF the representatives of tho
syndicate. said
I'VE sailed first TO Flushing bay. where
out 10 sea, but We encountered seven days
OF terrific weather, during which we lost
topsail and suffered other damages.
The kwasind is magnificent sailer. and
weathered the storms splendidly.
I'VE put into the Bermudas. where we
remained two weeks making repairs. We
sailed southward, crossing the line about
36 degrees west longitude few days be-
fore Christmas. We continued southward.
sighting the island of Fernando de Moro
ha- 20 miles off the coast Of Brazil. Jan. !.
"At latitude 22:30 south we turned di-
rectly east and crossed the Atlantic. Tn
der the direction OF the captain We had
little difficulty in finding the island where
the treasure was buried. IL Is only about
six or seven acres in extent-one OF the
small coral islands of the African coast.
when we arrived the captain led the way
and MIR. Campbell and followed.
THEY WERE FoREsTALLED.
"First we went to the spot where the
booty OF the predecessor of the captain
was buried, but found that some one had
been there before us and removed II.
y have understood since returning that
rlatives OF the former captain; who now
live Ia Philadelphia, organized an expedi-
tion six or seven years ago and recov-
cred the treasure he buried on the island.
"Of course we were disappointed. but
and where our captain had buried a chest
OF bullion 30 years ago. When the chest
was buried a hole was cut in the soft
coral rock. the iron box containing the
bullion was lowered into the hole and the
top sealed with Trinidad cement
"Then earth was covered over II. We
found the chest Just as IL had been bur-
led and We soon removed IL TO the yacht"
Mr. Spenny said that the captain de-
clsred a large fortune was buried on
Nightingale Island on the African coast.
hut of course he did not know the spot
where the pirates had concealed IL.