The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-11-28

Now in his preface, the author ex-
plains the motive of his publication thus
Such detail, however, seemed essen
tial for the information of the investors;
essential, likewise, to put the events de-
scribed in the right perspective, so as
to unfold the inner history of the cruise
and its strange developments. Among
these strange. very strange, develop
ments, must be reckoned the alleged I'M
friendly attitude of certain malignant
spooks and that of the mediums who
made so many predictions about the
issue of the cruise; for it seems i'm
possible to go in quest of blood-stained
pirate plindeE without disturbing the
under world"
Most people have heard of the vast
treasures carried away from Peru by
Captain Kidd and buried on Cocos Is
land Brown, or Drawn, about the mid
die of the last century fell in with son
of Kidd, who had the secret of the hid
ing-place, and is called Schmidt in the
book. To quote:
KNEW OF HIDDEN TREASURE.
Between 1921 and 1850 this lost
treasure undoubtedly lay buried on
Cocos island, and during these years
| the first Captain Schmidt and his COM
! rades, finding no opportunity to retake
| 1t, gradually died off, leaving the secret
of the location to their heirs These
| heirs, according to Drawn, were none
other than the men he happened to fall
| in and sail with from the island of
| Jamaica in 1850. Captain Schmidt was
| the son of the first Captain Schmidt
and then hound Cooor ;eI,,z,.
with his company in order to dig up
! the treasure and carry 1t off to some
! secluded spot as a first step to after
ward dividing and enjoying it at their
! leisure
and Drawn repeatedly stated, in the
| most solemn and emphatic way. that he
/ accompanied Schmidt and company to
Cocos island, and that they, and he.
did dig UP the treasure and sail away
with it.
THAT is the reason added B.. "that
all these searchers on the island since
81 have failed. We dug it up and
carried 1t off, and no one will ever find
any of it now on Cocos island, unless
they turn up a few old coins which we
may have scattered in our haste,
| The Diratical and hereditary instincts
| of the younger Schmidt were not APP
peased by the possession of so much
| treasure, and having buried it on an
other island. he sailed in the schoonea
Black Witch to intercept treasure-laden
ships sailing for the old country from
| Australia, where the gold diggings were
at that period producing millions More
| than ore of these ships was captured
and their load of bullion was transferred
TO the same hiding place as the Cocos
| Island treasure. This was the tale told
by Drawn to the confiding young people
| of San Francisco who accepted his guild
| ance on their treasure hunt
To proceed with Brawn's yarn:
Drawn THE ONLY SURVIVOR.
| Finally but three remained of the crew
which had been augmented to some
fifty hands, all told The three sur
vivors were Captain Schmidt the stew
ard and our informant. James Drawn,
whose strength. courage, knowledge of
navigation and faculty of leadership
| had raised him to the position of mate.
| he vessel, which lay some distance off
| shore. and had been badly injured by
| ire during a drunken orgy. was scut-
| tied. and all traces of human habita-
ton on the island were destroyed The1.
the three survivors took the largest boat
! OF the schooner. fitted her with food and
water, haiaSted with several hundred
| thousand dollars worth of English gold,
and after a speedy but rough and
| dangerous voyage of between two and
] three weeks, the boat was beached on
the Australian coast, with Drawn the