The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-15

q. gale and at high tide, and thus lay
over hundred feet above high water
mark. The only way to get down to
her was to descend cliff so feet high
When she was at last found and visit
! ed the report of the treasure was found
correct. She had been a fighting junk
carrying about so men, and the variety
Of the plumber on board showed that she
had robbed right and left. Her name
proved that she had belonged to the
piratical feet of old Chingtoo, a well
known pirate of that date, and one who
was consequently blown out of the wa
ter by a British cruiser. There had
been a great fall of earth and rock
around the treasure wreck. This was
tunnelled through and her hold found
full of cash and plumber In fact, cash
and jewelry to the amount of $4,000
was taken out before a landslip occurr-
ed which killed one of the laborers. 1t
was then seen that the outlet was de-
hcient They must have blasting pow
der and tools and tackles, and it was
resolved to run back to port and secure
them. Supry was left on the island to
guard the treasure, and the others set
sail for Ningpo. The man left behind
had no firearms, and how he was to act
guard is hard TO see, but that was the
way it was arranged.
The junk reached Ningpo all right.
but as soon as the sailors began to
buy this and that suspicion was
aroused. Just as they had secured
what they wanted and were ready to
return to the islands they were ar
rested and thrown into prison as sus-
poets. The three white men refused
to give MP any information, although
the bamboo was often applied to the
soles of their feet, but the Chinese la
borer was whipped into telling all
about il. He could tell all about the
! the islands and the treasure, but he
could not locate them. The Chinese
government took hand in the matter
/ and sent out two or three vessels to
scout around, but while they visited
many other islands they did not land
on the Humans. Twice 9. week for
| two months the prisoners were
brought out and bastinadoed, but all
were firm. At length the Engltshman
died under the punishment, and at the
| end of three months. when the gov
eminent had determined on torture of
! the most savage kind to compel d con-
fession. Hayes and Bruner gave the
story ayav There was some delay
about getting an expedition OIL, ana
taken altogether it was nearly SIX
months before one sighted the shores
of the islands. All three Of them
were carefully gone over, but Supry
could not be found
had been left. A force of men had
/ been there and cleared away the de
bris and looted all the treasure Not
SO much as cash" had oeen IeIt pc
/ hind. Things had happened Just as
! the Chinese government might have
/ looked for Old Chingtoo was still
/ doing business, and it was certain that
! he would and did hear of the finding
/ of the wreck. If she had been given
luD for lost she was now located
where he could find her and recover
! the plumber. It is likely that he sent
an expedition as soon as the matter
/ became public The Frenchman was
found on guard, and the pirates made
| short work Of him. There was hope
for a. few years that he might have
been made captive. and would be
heard of again, but 35 years have
/ elapsed, and no news has come from
/ him.
trouble for its reward. and when it re-
/ turned Haynes and Bruner were con-
fned in cages and carried around the
country ike wild beasts. They were
treated with the utmost cruelty for
three years. and then Bruner died I'M
der it and Haynes was rescued by the
American consul at Nankin and sent
home to Boston, where he lived for
many years a cripple. He believed the
! pIunder in that junk amounted to
million dollars, but all was lost to him
and the others through circumstance
not to be foreseen or guarded against
-(Copyriglt. 1905 by T c. McClure-)