The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-12
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Hone 81 Famous Buccai1ccr on
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ing Oh Exposition Grounds.
fBoRD FAUX MANOR MYSTERY y i: R
His sons Finds Rich Inheritance her s.'1l1I':, g.
NJ sofa Gold and ewels si1l 4 Il.
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EA, g1SJr1R FOLK. VA. July 11.--Rpmnnce ana
history of the most strenuous SORT h. are
uombncd In the history OF Jenll i.aln.te,
famous bnccnneer, no speii i, ~ :, 90,
YEARS Of his life@ln a. house that st a1s
b9ss,svi,crc now rises the eastern wall ct the
ESAIn n1facttlrers, Building Of the jamestown
may Centennial Exposition, TO-; be ~ lh1
H VA nm TIA shore of Hampton Roads men T
sstNbrfolk. in 1907 a. hundred yards az Z 20
SSthe east his treasure chest, containing TAN
@ seycralgl,undred thousand dollars ~ guy esl'
HID "A Jewels was dug from ! ne shore ~ ~
&#ad iaccnt inlet after his death. II
Rss :iean I,afitte d pirate, slnve-trader SOL $!
s 7iar An The service Of the United states,
naval officer in the service OF S,arttageAlltl
S8and last Of all, gentleman OF lcisure ~
IaTSnrfolk. was born at Bordeaux, france era
sSinS 17So IS HI made a trip to the island q
SsENaauritius In 1905 and there feil IN ioYe
with beautiful glri, 8 Llze - f,,to i,
Mashe threw herself5in front OF Lailtte -,
M - d,,el IN which he became involved st,
2st hrn,,ph HIS infatuation for her, anu tl -.
@NhY,liat INTENDED for him pierced her near.
$ssI = fittn was So ma ddened w tgritet At
~ death that he was with itiiculty re-
Sfsffa med from suicide. lie turnea g. -
pracy as being the only ocoup ~,
s snnnSh a e obllterate his grief me Nessel
SE I'M xuI,ich re- began his pratt career
& ~ headed FOR the Caribbean sea, S" !, !,
srcr r,a1iy years he was tho terror OF ~
nations. FL, =. Y, ,,ros NJ rity.
&he5 VA captured by a Britlsh man %.
He was released byfhis brother P'e.,c'
sl,aho was one Of the crew OF the; wa !,
Tile brothers then bega n huccaneel!ns !,
i = ia rper scale than ever ~ OF Fons ~ =
# Ma 1escape from tho British ship. t eah
ssssT ~ ~ had sever, well EARNED SHIPS
~ a, nned by dcsperadoes from al lan lo
s,rKe Republic OF Cnrtage na gave % co e1A
Emission ITO him to serve X salnst, ol'' W
B5sWith this to give semblance OF s,eg,..llS
ssfn@hls operations, he settled 90
B8Orleans. prosecuting MS plthcles :;
~ ruise OF warfare. After q 4 ~ Z.
s Tates becoming too open in their attacks
Essson neu tr.al Il merchant ships, the a Unlted
aS s,Ya "a government sent Commodore &fht ~
Syf taraons orn inst their adquarters on the
S;Isia:nd of Grand Terre, forty miles west.
#4afathe mouth OF the Mississippi. me ne
B$sstronghold was captured, but most OF ftne.
pirates escaped and went PACK X, as soo'1
"a he naval vessels were Withdrawn, WI.
H63.saonn after this Jean ties services
av.ynre solicited by the British government
&B,nssf heir attack on New Orleans. 5stt lie
WAS offered 100000 in gold ana a com
ssi n,ission IL he would fight q inst the
sSAmericans lnste cad Of accepting Inns ~
Yer La fitte Informed Governor Claiborne,
III 81 otlisinna. Of It, and offered 10 serSe
ia ins the SBri tsh IL he were sra TED q
81 n IN and his brother were released Iron
tina New Or leans jails$ Governor Gig borne
#naF1oned n him land the. Lafltt pira ties
S##fourht with great distinction against the
siBrtisl1 president Madison not only con !.
III armed Governor Claiborne pnrdtoonr,S put
81 ofrared sLafitte a commission In the navy.
@s This twas refused. 53f III KS 5t
Historytnex tells Of LATTE as bein g
s 4 resp table man $of affairs IN Philadel-
mia From Philadelphia he moved to
5 Sewer Point on Hampton Roads near
asE NnIrf II K where he built a home he called
SSs.SS..Rordeaux Manor Here he died IN 1850,
fleayinEr n all his property except rs Bor-
ESS dea,ix Hanor'' to his daughter Mrs l' !.
richardson. n sssS III s3s 81 II hi . X III
ssS bordeaux. Manor and an undeciphera-
Ns5 Bic combination of numbers scraWled on
AAS3 q sheet were left ITO Jean Clnrkson. his
8fSs grand son. III The Civil War and the dis
&& honesty Of an attorney named Dean re-
Sduced S the sC.larkson estate to poverty.
a3J can m aae several attempts to cipher the
assSpuzzle that was part of his inheritance,
a hut without success. About 1886 he fell
aEE In with an old man, Pierre LATTE, who
Sgl had turned up in Norfolk quite by chance.
{% Clarkson was pleased with the old man s
8 and took him home 40 blve,twth him. He
S35 did mot connect E'lerfe LATTE with his
81 grand father, as he did mot know Jean
Laftte had beenEa pirate.
Showing the tumble of numbers left
5I5$1lin1l1by his grandfather ono day Pierre
ss5s5, the old pirate promptly translated i
S3, switlsSthe aid Of the code t the ~bucca7
8ls neers had used. IT then reads y fl q
va "Jean Clarkson, whom you are twenty
EES3s five years Of age. at the end OF a line
three hundred feet east from the front
stssss doorway OF Bordeaux Manor dig for
So your inheritance,
With the aid OF the old corsDir Jean
dug one moonlight night. and hnlled up
81, rusty brass-bollnd chest from spot
s3 that was covered by water ct high tide.
1.-The pirate touched a hidden spring which
revealed the lcontents--jewels and gold to
8 the Svalue of thousands Of dollars.
T0r several minutes the buccanees and