The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-24

pearl huhlnB TO tine tull ul bul'ti !
and took every precaution that their |
crew should not suspect the true pur- /
pose of the voyage. They had vests |
and boots especially made for slowing |
away coin. by this means they expect |
ed lo bring 1t aboard and stow IL safely |
ion the captains quarters under lock and |
key.
They reached Cocos island, found the .
immense treasure after two or three .
days searching, filled their vests and /
boots with gold coin and diamonds ana |
started together I'm a boat for their ship /
To- transfer the first installment To the |
secret cache. They, however, disagreed, |
uuurueled and scufned. The boat cap .
sized, Capt Bogue went tu the bottom /
with his gold. l<eaton managed to cling /
TO the boat and save himself, and rec .
turned To the ship. lie could of course /
get no more treasure without imparting
his knowledge to the crew of the .
Gauntlet which he would not do, He |
induced them to land him at Panama, |
crossed the isthmus and returned to ST, |
Johns.
The Gauntlet set sail from Panama |
for home and was lost with all hands |
at sen. ON Neaton's return to st, Johns |
he emerged a wealthy man Before |
that %. had been a poor ships carpen- |
tor -. was a man without education. |
lie built a brick block i'm st, Johns and |
engaged i'm business paying his obliga- |
tiOus I'M South American gold and the |
proceeds OF diamonds His trouble ON |
the two attempts To recover the treasure !
made him content TO let well enough |
alone and enjoy what he had taken,
for many years, until he was an old !
man,
In the meantime other expeditions
had gone to- CoCos island, but never
with information which enabled them
to find the treasure, Finally when
about so years of age and being
friendly with the Hackett family, he
told capt George HaCkett, mariner,
and brother of Capt Fred, M, Hackett,
now of Victoria, ana who win be mas
ter Of the brigantine Blakeley on her
trip tO COCOs island, that he would go
with him to the island and tell him
where to find the treasure. Capt.
George HaCkett succeeded i'm making
arrangements for the voyage, and Sc
cured a vessel at New York for the
purpose, But he was suddenly taken
sick Of fever and died,
Keaton himself passed away at his
home few months afterwards. on
his dying bed he repeated again to his
wife the description of how the ground
lies where the treasure is deposited.
Capt. Fred NJ HaCkett, now master
Of the Blakeley, himself went upon an
expedition with the schooner Aurora
four years ago, fitted out by Victoria
men and accompanied by the widow
OF John Keaton, who is now Mrs. Bren-
nan. She is still alive. Mrs Brennan
represented that she could positively
identify the place of deposit If she were
on the ground by the description her
husband had always given her. When
taken to a certain spot on the island
she recognized positively the contour
Of the locality as bearing out her hus-
bands description. The treasure was
somewhere along the base of a steep
cliff about 300 feet i'm height.
She was unable to locate the exact
place within some hundred yards The
Aurora was not prOvisioned for a stay
ON the island Of any length Of time.
The men of the Aurora found other
treasure seekers on the island. Capt
.lssler, a German who sailed from
stockton, Cal, about seven years ago,
his wife and an American named
Charles Hartford We're pursuing the
search of other treasures. Mr.. Hart
ford showed them where to eXcavate.
They dug there but found no treasure
Provisions running low, they having
had 10 feed twenty-five men of a ship
wrecked crew which made the island in
boats the Aurora gave up the search
and went home, taking Charles Hart
ford to Victoria with them.
The treasure deposited on COcOs ISL
and by the English cruiser was looked
for by an expedition from San Fran
cisco, and also one from Australia, in
+ the early sixties, before the Mary der
treasure was ever put there; but neith-
er succeeded in finding it,
. During the year 1923 the officers crew
of an English cruiser stationed on the
coast made a great capture of coin and
bullion from Spanish vessels and de-
: posted it on this island, with the inten-
ton Of dividing IL among themselves.
AS there was no war at that time be-
! tween England and Spain, it was an act
! Of piracy and was go reported to the
l government. The officers and crew
were taken to England and there tried
I for the Offense, some Of the instiga-
tors executed and the remainder sent
. to Australia to the penal colony.
AS Gissler tells the story Of the BENZ
Ia pirate treasure hidden on the islands,
several tons Of silver and 733 bars of
gold, some jewelry and other treasure
was buried by these pirates i'm 1920. In
that year Capt. Don Pedro Bonita, COM
handing the brig Relmpago, after
burying some treasure gained by pira-
cy I'm the West Indies sailed to the Pa
cihc ocean through the Strait Of MageI-
Ian. He left part Of his crew in VAL
paraisO and sailed nOrthward. He fell
in with Spanish galleon laden with
treasures, capturing and sinking the
vessel, and then sailed for CocOs island.
After burying the treasure he sailed
as far north as Acapulco and captured
two more Spanish vessels, killing both
passengers and crew, and transferring
the booty to his avn vessel, sailed
again for Cocos island, where the
treasure was buried.
Marks We're made describing the loca-
tons, but as the pirates fell out among
themselves and nearly eXterminated
the entire party, no one has ever been
able to ascertain the exact location.
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