The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-25

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I surface we came upon an old pick and
shovel and some scattering bullets. we
| went a. little lower, but, being short OF
provisions, left, Intending to return
| again. The circumstances were such
that we could not well get back at that
| time, and so we, gave up the search. IN
all probabiiitie we shall try 1t again. It
may be that the treasure has been re-
moved. but there Is no doubt of the
correctness OF the chart, for we found
every mark upon 1t to correspond OK
actly with the landmarks Of the island"
"A Madonna OF Solid Gold.
this part of the world. however, is Cocos
Island, which lies In the Pacific Ocean
south OF Costa Rica and about two days
steam from Panama party of treasure
5000 tons which$is fitted out for another
party to hunt that treasure mas just
left Panama.
In the first place let me tell you some
thing Of the treasure. It IS snid 70 % pc
lars, and 1t is made up of silver gold and
Jewels Among the objects buried is a
.llfe-szed statue Of the holy virgin maze
of solid gold. and smaller golden s.a-
tues Of several saints. These were car.
a revolution in Peru, when the citizens of /
tCallao fled there with their plate, bullion
and valuables. They were In danger, OF
asr yes and yc tney nned tho Mary
Dear. which was lying at the wharf. The
officers were not told where they we're
going. They were chased by PERUVIAN
man-of-war, but escaped and finally
landed at Cocos& Island, where eleven
boatloads of treasure were taken ashore
and buried. The vessel then started back
TO Peru, btitHwas met by one OF the ne ne
ruvian nan-of-warf and bonbarded. me
was killed with the exception OF two
men named Heating and Thompson N,
l do not know what becnine Of ThomI-
son. but lIIenting returned TO- Newfouno-
land and ORGANIZED an expeatlon 70 1 Te
landed there and took some away, but.
coming back to Panama to get some
tools for further excavation, ms vessel i
was wrecked nnd ms n result. ne 5saHtu
only 1880. This he carried with him 70
Nnwfo,ndlnnd and again got up an cx-
petition.
on his second journey. however, he and
his crew were arrested nt Pan Mhia d dnu
foundland,. and there he died. leaving \ 3
charts and maps TO his Tnngntter' 1aoltd rs
In addition toEthis treasure left by the
Peruvian revolutionists. there are pirate I,l,
boards which were buried there OWL,
liam Dampier, n bucca necr VINO raVaged
these seas in4the latter part OF the seven
tenth century. Dampier bloeladed Pan
ANA in 1854, and the following year. ne
stored vast AMOUNTS of silver on the Co
cos Islands, and at one time to have taken
Fifty Million Dollars.
For generations these stories Of Cocos
Island have been8told Mrs. Young pub
lished statement some years ago that
her father estimated the value Of the
that her her papers would show the ex-
act location OF it's There are other charts
IN existence. which claim to rs show hoy ne
these have caused number Of treasure
hunting expeditions. A recent one. which
Is still going on is that Of the e, steam,
list list September s' and nd, came around through
the Strait of Magellan to the Island Of
Cocos. She has.!lbecn at the ports Of
s1e COMES Rs na I Ssa
Of the Royal ST. George Yacht Club. Of
dore.
A Fortune-Hunting Earl.
An even more Important expedition to
yCocos Island was that undertaken by
Earl Fitzwilliam early this year. His
ship, which has4been lying at, Panama
v
Gently sold to the Peruvian government.
for $4,000. AZ naval crew has taken her
to Callao, and she Is now the Tquitos of
Earl Fizwllam is amongst the richest
ofSthe English, nobility. One Of his ances-
tors, under Queen Elizabeth. was FIVE
cnt earl Is said to own more than 10000
acres there. He has an income Of a m l.
lion and a half dollars year, which
man, and 1t was prOba bly, the love CT
adventure rather than!sthe lust for gold
that se nn, treasure hunting in the va
Admiral sPalliser and Cocos Island
treasure hunting by Admiral Palliser. This
man is twice as old as the earl. but4h he
Is aHkeen. sportsman and an ardent chaser
The admiral was conlr1iander-in- chief Of
from ISIS to ss. Fl FL has has Known sya'e
indeed it IS. said here that he made sew.
cral expeditions In search Of 1t while he
was in the navy. and that at ono time he
Es ra sers a lis maps a and
charts before the rich young earl, and the
earl supplied the money for, what was
Started out after3the golden fleece C, &C.,
The Adventures Of the Veronique.
they bought tie Vessel which has just
been sold to Peru II er name was the
.Vcroniquc. She cost Fitzwilliam lust
$500 900, so that Peru gets her for half
price.
The Voronlquc was a. steel steamer of
about 5000 tons, which had been used as
a transport to- carry troops to South Az
RIGA. She Is big enough to carry 1000
tons Of freight, fifty first-class passcn-
gers and 1000 seerage. Before sending
her out she was fitted UP with all tie
ridges. grouse llares and other me'ts
were put away In her cold storage cham
bers, and the steward laid in wines ga
lore. pate de fol gras and all sorts Of
good things, many of which have been
since peddled about Panama and some of
which have eaten.
Piled with q good corps Of men for dig