The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-24
tell the story of the first expedition after

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tell the story of the frst expedition atter|I
the buried treasure:
Heating never was outh of 81 New
fQundland till he went on that vora ge:
He Joined the brig Edgeconb III the end
of December 'o3 I had goneesout there
as seaman in Newfoundland vessel and
my father. hearing in Liverpool throug h
friends in London wrote to out my
mother for me to. await him. SO Il Joined,
his as second mate.
AFTER discharging at St Johns. we
loaded a cargo OF fish from the firm of
Messrs. Jobe Brothers, Of Liverpool and
st. Johns for Rio de Janeiro. and sailed
on January Goth. and arrived March 3lst,'
and left April 9TH. for the Isle of Cocos.'
The wind falling light. we had to an
Choir. and that night Captain Gault. ca1ne
off. who had just arrived from Liverpool
with some documents. He was going
with US, so we stopped for him until
the 9Th. and then sailed. but put into the
East Falkland Islands for water. got
some other articles and sailed. We ar
rived at Cocos Island June 18th. 1871.
and found two men there who had de-
serted from some American whaler. q
FOUND THE TREASURE.
After stopping some time at the is
land. we left for Penama, my father hav-
ing found the treasure. in company with
Heating, but fearing to take it on board
on account of Gault causing a great deal
Of dissatisfaction, but intended to go
back before leaving the Pacific, as Cap
tain Gault was going home across the
land al Panama.
I've had chartered with a merchant. at
Panama to part load the vessel with
pearl shells. but on August 18th, lS4l
while sailing off to the ship in the boat
a sudden squall upset the boat. having
struck her from leeward, and We We're
all in the water, my father and four
of us, j. Heating being one Of the crew.
got under her and cut the ropes that
hoist the sails and unshipped the mast,
then the boat uprighted and we.sot into
her. She was only as platform under
us as we were up to our waists standing,
in her. I then threw off my trousers
and slippers and left the boat, my father
having, just engaged in prayer for our
safety and commended himself into the
hands of his Savior. babe him good
bye and swan to the shore, a distance
Of about one and one-half miles. After
landing I had to travel barefoot and
tumbled several times over the small
oyster shells and was cut from my feet
to my. waist and was bleeding. got up
into the town through an old broken gate
at the end Of Main Street and proceeded
to the British Consurs.
Mr. Gault, being on shore. Joined me
in one of the contests to try and get the
men off but found that the ships boat
had been lowered and picked up the
boats crew. having heard them hail.
but my father had sunk or drifted from
the boat. Two days after, gentleman
named Collat and his wife While walking
along the beach at Old Panama search
ing for shells saw hat and something
else floating in the water. They sent
their attendant to bring it out and it
proved to be my fathers arm and hat,
which was inferred in the English bury
ing ground that afternoon in the pres
ence of several gentlemen and the boats
crew.
SOMETHING OF A LIAR.
Heating. who seems to have been some
thing Of a liar. tells different story of
the wreck in his narrative to his daugt- |
ter. Heating says that he and Boig and
Thompson were loaded down with gold
concealed about their clothing when, they
started back to Panama to obtain an
other vessel, but that they were ship
wrecked when near the coast; that while
struggling for life. Heating grasped the
arm of Captain Boig. He. got the arm,
and that was all. A shark had de-
roured the body. Then, Heating went
on to say, once again fe and Thompson
We're the only survivors; that two years
later Thompson died with fever on the
Spanish main; that Heating reached
Newfoundland, built a vessel named the
Gauntlet" and was off for Cocos ISL |
and; that, putting in at Panama, he was
recognized by the Peruvian officials and
would have been executed but for the |
intervention Of the British Consul; that
he was released and gave up the quest. |
1t is fact, however, that on his death |
bed Heating summoned his son-in-law,
Richard Young, of Boston, and gave him |
finding the treasure. Young managed to
fit out an expedition and went. to the |
island. but found it .inha bted by ffty-five
and be dared wno nov r
found the treasure grave, SO he returned
poorer than he went.
Captain Boig in his narrative. having
proved Heating a liar in respect to finding
the arm. declares that he was a liar in
most other respects. The money and
papers, he says, were stolen from his
when the mate and boats crew were
away. with the boat looking to see If he,
Boig. had reached the shore, leaving no !
one but Heating in the cabin.
Captain Gault took charge Of the Edge |
comb and continued with her until She
finished her cargo among the pearl
islands. then the mate took charge and
they sailed for Liverpool. reaching there
October 20. 1912. Heating being dissatis- |
fed was allowed to go home from Pan
anna
GOT A GOOD DEAL.
IT have reason to believe that Mrs.
Heating managed to get a great deal out |
Captain Boig. The captain confirms the |
statement OF Heating relative to. the ex-
petition Of the Gauntlet but diseredi.s
anna. He closes his narrative with a |