The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-07
SKELETONS IN
WRECK OF RIO
The Examiner says:

ne Examiner says:
Despite the fact that mariners scoH
at the idea OF the wreck of the H.
lated Rio laneiro being located. the
members OF the Three Years Mystery
NJ reckiIlg Company smile at the wise
ones, and daily go on with the work
OF preparing TO salvage the srnlen shin.
Out al the little boathouse that IS al
tached to the Ocean View Park the
stockholders In the wreckiur cou1panr
are devotlng their time and their money
IN Quitting a launch with winch they
expect to recover the lost treasure.
Captain John Ross and his coferie OF
wreckers were found at work yesterday
behind locked doors and a thorough ex-
PLANTATION Of the object OF the visit was
passed through the keyhole before Cap
tain Ross would permit an entrance
so you want TO know all about the
finding OF the wreck and what We ex-
peer TO do with II. do you asked the
old salt as he squinted his eye ont to-
ward the Gate well, she lies Just
beyond Fort Point and about a quarter
of mile off Bakers beach / know
people are laughing at rs for SAYING we
have found the wreck, but we want
them 10 keep on laughing and leave rs
d4DltC ak We Will De sSdI1S16Q- Oh
see, Just because NE located her through
q medium they think we are foolish to
spend our money on the proposition.
When we were directed to the wreck
by Mime Young we did not announce
that we had found the Rio but we went
To work to investigate
i hired Fred 1ewzey and John Col
Inns, two Of uhe best divers On this
Coast, TO GO out with me and see what
we had. Lewzey went down first and
as soon as he could get his helmet of,
after we hauled him up. he said that
he would put all the money that he had
into the company. He knew the Rio
and when he said that there could be
no mistake as TO the identity OF the ship
we were of course oyerJoyed- Collins |
went down next and when he came TO |
the surface he announced his willing |
ness to put up SIooo that he had saved
up into the company Since we an
nolnced that we have located the Rio |
We have had numberless offers 10 buy
stock IN the company, but we declined !
TO sell We are on the TOAD TO make a
nice little cleanup for our trouble and
we are not going to divide with any
one. The owners of the Rio and the
underwriters that carried the risk on
the vessel have made us an offer ON
the salvage They wraTat to give US Is
per cent of what we make. bat we are
holding oft for 90 per cent However,
that viii all be adjusted by the courts /
when we recover the treasure from the
vessel
Fred Lewsey. the diver. was present |
during the conversation and coTrobo- |
rated all OF Captain Ross statements |
He said
Il knew the Rio for years as she
sailed in and out OF this harbor. When
[ went down 10 the wreck / recognized
the ship Immediately She IS lying
wedged between tpeo rocks and that IS
what has prevented her from going 10 :
pieces. I saw number OF skeletons IN
the wreck and viii try TO bring one OF /
hem up when go down again All we
ask is to be let alone and people can
make all the fun Of Us that they want
o.
For the past two months the members
5E the corporation that IS formed 10
;alxage the wreck have been visiting the
Gene OF operations IN q launch and sew
raj weeks ago legal notice was given
through the newspapers that the wreck
vas found, and the rights OF the finders
protected. On account of the stormy
weather. Of the past week no trips have 1
,een made to the wreck and the actual
work OF raising the cargo viii not be
tartee. the wreckers say, until the
Sacramento river goes down, as the
.urreut made by that turbulent stream
orrns whirlpool over the wreck and
nuddies the water so that It IS next 10 ,
impossible for the divers 70 see
According to the books Of the Pacing ]
Nail Steamship Company the Rio
Taneiro carried about $4,000 IN gold
,uIlion and over $4,000 worth OF pig
IN. From the reports Of the divers on
he condition of the vessel Captain Ross
Irrnly believes that they viii be able to