The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-18


described got hold Of an old mariner
who asserted that he was the sole sur
yivor of an expedition which dug up
the hidden millions and reburied them
at another island. The romantic story
OF the hunt for this modern Treasure
Island and its twelve million pounds
OF pirate plumber IS here set forth
Twelve million pounds IN buried pirate
treasure, That's a prize to tempt an
ordinary hard working citizen IN these
prosaic days, especially If he IS tempted
By the man who has not only fingered
the golden hoard, but has actually spent
thousands OF dollars of il in the JOYS
OF living, and who says he can san
straight TO 1t with his eyes shut
1t IS an alluring tale. too-a tale OF
the loot of Spanish cities. of a ship
load of plumber, OF quarrelling freeboot-
ers. of scuttled Australian specie-ships,
poisoned crew. and fight among
the three surviving men till only one
was left.
Anyhow, round dozen of hard
headed American business men listened
| TO the story. and so impressed were they
bv II that they QUILTED a vessel for the
narrator, Captain Brown, to go 20 the
South Seas and dig up the plumber / he
adventures have just returned 10 San
Francisco-without the treasure--but
with narrative that oufstrips anything
of its kind since Morgan, Captain Kidd,
and others OF their kidney ravaged the
| Spanish Main.
The tale OF the buried treasure on
Cocos Island IS an old one. but Brown
version differs IN many points from
others. For one thing, he claims TO
have been present when the chests OF
gold were dug uR by a successful search
party some fifty years ago and secretly
transplanted TO another island. This
part of Browns story was carefully IN
vestigated by the San Franciscans, and
| If was found that such an expedition
as he described did actually touch at
certain Central American ports. leaving
| in search OF buried treasure Nothing
| more was ever heard OF It; and Brown,
| the sole survivor, IN an uncanny tale,
| tells the reason why.
The whole of Browns story was care
| fully checked by the cautious business
| men before they advanced the money 10
| hack I'D the venture; whenever the tale
: touched on facts, or persons, or records
| that could be got at, they carefully
verified his statements. All their m
| ur1iry agents sent IN favorable reports
| with one exception; the report on
| Browns character stated that he had
led a tough life at sea- Browns own
story frankly confessed as much, and
the inquiries readily agreed that ms
I I IL
/ led that kind OF life
| There seems TO be no doubt OF the
fact that some ten million pounds IN
treasure was buried on Cocos Island
| The men who Investigated Browns story
all reported It matter OF history,
land even the unimaginative British
| Government has sent several expedl-
tons TO find II.
According TO one story, gang o.
pirates IN 1922 looted q number OF T1ct
churches and haciendas IN Peru. They
= loaded their plumber on the schooner
Black Witch. Captain Shuid. and sail
ed for Cocos Island, some Jour hundred
and eighty miles southwest OF Panama
| Here they buried their loot and sallec
awav on another black-3ag expedition
A storm arose. the vessel was wrecked
and only a few OF the crew escaped
Z
so battered by the hardships that m
barely managed 10 reach his home a
New Bedford, where he died. How
ever. he lived long enough to tell HI
son where the treasure was buried.
Now enters Captain Brown Som
wears after the pirate captains death
lanes Brown. then about nineteen year
old. drifted into Kingston, Jamaica
CAPTAIN Shn1id. son OF the ex-pirate. wa
there. busy Quitting schooner Tor
long sea voyage. Brown succeeded Il
: oetfinp 4 lob 10 help him In course o
time the two young men became clos
friends. and al last Brown was let INT
The secret that the object OF the voyag
Wa 10 lift a pirate treasure! Noul
he 90 along? OF course he would; an
he signed on forthwith 10 sail as mate
According 10 Brown the expedItlo
fo7,nd the ten million pounds IN plunde
, buried lust as old Captain Shrlld ha
| described To obviate the T1sk OF an
\ other survivor OF the original crew nav
| ing disclosed the location OF the ueaS
, rs the lucky finders decided 10 re
move II TO another hldlng-place- Fo o. 1:
1,sirf, they loaded the plumber on thel
! schooner and sailed far away TO ar
| other island. uninhabited and desolat
There y was again carefully buried
And now comes q chapter VINO
s-,srl-s OF those wild days when II
bodies OF villainous pirates hung froI
!. e--s-v qa1lows-tree on the Dry Io1tuga
!. -Tla sioht OF the enormous treasure the
, lad lust transplanted so fired the gree
md devilrv OF those engaged that Torn
Iritb thew banded themselves togeth'
,,nde- blood-curdling oatfs 10 e1nbar
:, oi-ate raids themselves
/ At that time, be It remembered, Il
broad Pacific was dotted with "a al
foTn;an and Australian speciesh,ip
bound round the Horn with gold dn
f-o-,7 the mines Brown tells how the:
niTates OF the ffties yentured 1oTth
search OF prey. and by treacchery az
gIriie succeeded IN capturing three gol!
laden vessels. yielding some two M
ion pounds IN plumber, All this spc