The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Treasure of Rum Buried---Sunk
in Lake Superior for so Years

our fear, walked up to the door and
raped. We were surprised to see the
door open, few words were exchane-
ed and then our advance agent pulled
a flask from his pocket and offered it
to the hermit. He took a long draught
eagerly.
This was our introduction to the
hermit of Jag island, as we named it.
He proved to be the sole survivor of
the wrecked schooner Favorite, the
gentleman and scholar who is to head
the expedition now being organized in
Toledo and Detroit to recover the val
liable cargo now reposing on the bot
| tom of Lake Erie.
| Gentleman and scholar we found
| the old recluSe. He lives there alone
and makes trips to the mainland in a
little boat but seldom. He obtains his
sustenance from the fish in the sur
rounding water and surrounded by
rev domestic pets and a small but Sc
! lect library of the best things in Eng
hsh literature, he dreams his days
| away
He has travelled the world over, has
sailed many seas and has been a party
in many adventurous expeditions He
| mas been up and down in the scale of
fortune. AT present he is neither clear
! down. nor away up, but 1 judge he
need not worry For ten years he has
lived as ne IS lis;sire today.
1T was from him, Ter a two days
stay about the neighborhood, that we
| first heard the story of the laundering
of the Favorite and her valuable cargo.
1t came in installments between eat
ables and drinkables, with enough evil
dences of correctness thrown in to al
| lay our doubts. The old recluse has
charts drawn from memory and other
valuable documents which will be OF
service to us in our search This is
all L dare say about the enterprise for
the present But we feel confident of
our ability to recover that cargo and
when recovered it will be worth, at
| least calculation. 100000. Interested
| with us is man from Detroit, who is
| one of the best known wreckers on the
lakes, and who has had years of ex-
| perience in handling this kind of prop
| erty.
I'VE have thoroughly verified all
| stories Of the wreck by investigating
| the customs records as to quantity of
| cargo, time of sailing, and other i'm
portant matters. Having found our
| friend correct in these matters we feel
| more than encouraged and more con-
| f1dent that the entire plan is feasible"
| The peculiar character of the UNDER
| taking makes all those interested chary
| about disclosing their plans. The ex-
petition will be fitted out in Toledo
and the undertaking will be begun
| this fall.
1T may not be generally known"
said an interested party, that a COM
pany Of Toledoans are now dragging
| thousands of dollars worth of logs
from the bottom of the Maumee river
down by the lower terminal railway
bridge. These logs have been in the
| mud since before the wreck of the Fa-
vorite. They are worth more than If
| they had been growing all these years,
! on account of their susceptibility to
| fine polish, and it is estimated that
these men will make 100000 out of
| the transaction. The man at the head
of the company organized to recover
| them discovered them by accident
| while fishing three years ago. Other
| people knew there was timber in the
| river bed, but he was the first man
| to grasp the idea of it's great value"
1t has not been many months since
the papers chronicled the finding of an
old but small cargo of whiskey in the
Missouri river. 1t was sold for $40 a
! gallon.