The Washington herald., 1907-09-18

covered $500 600. but another storm inter
rupted the work and buried the ship in
sand.
America had other pirates than Lafitte
and D'Aury and Bonito. There was Capt.
Thomas Tew, of New York, whose treas
ure is said TO be hidden in the sands of
Long Island. There was the great Capt.
Kidd, who was sent against the pirates,
rewarded by the King of England. and
when in the far East turned pirate him
self. He is said 20 have been befriended
by people in the Carolinas and by the
Quakers Of Pennsylvania. After an expe-
dition TO the Red Sea he was proclaimed
a pirate. and in-f70l was taken to London
for trial The wealth he took has been
vainly searched for along the Atlantic
! from Newfoundland 20 Cuba. Black
beard" Teach pat his looted gold in some
friendly sandbank. which none has ever
found.
Wealth Sunk In the Great Lakes.
Not only in the trail Of the Spanish,
French, English, and Portuguese vessels
that suffered loss on the highways OF
commerce long ago does the lost treas
ures Of the world lie The inland seas
have also their store of wealth iealously
guarded by wind and wave. The Great
Lakes alone have a long list of disasters
10 their credit, disasters that have en-
riched The sands with as valuable,
though less romantic, cargoes than those
I borne by the galleons of seventeenth
century kings Ships with valuable bur
dens Of iron, copper, steel coal, and ma
chinery have gone down in some of the
Lakes terrific storms and have left their
cargoes In the depths TO tempt wrecking
companies and adventures IA coming
years From 1873 10 1898 alone. six thou
sand vessels were wrecked on those in
land seas, and about eleven hundred Of
these We're total losses. IN all. il is esti-
mated that wealth 20 the amount Of 49,
100000 lies In the Lakes, among the tim
bers of sunken ships
Unlike the treasures sunk on the Span
| ish traders, much Of this Lake wealth is
perishable, for on the old ships IL was
chiefly silver and gold. precious stones
and pearls. But much is still unframed
and will ably repay whoever lifts it 10
/ light again. In 1871, on Lake Erie, the
ship Erie was sunk, when only thirty
three miles out from Buffalo. She carried
scores Of immigrants bound for the new
ly-Opened West, and on board was specie
10 the amount of $4,000. The boat took
fire suddenly, and, while many passengers
were saved by a passing steamer. one
hundred went down with the Erie whose
blackened hull lay for years I'm seventy
feet Of water. almost covered with sand.
Fourteen years later a party Of treasure
seekers from Buffalo lowed the hull into
shallow water and secured a good deal
OF foreign coin
Loss of the Dean Richmond.
On Lake Erie, somewhere between Dun
kirk and Erie. the Dean Richmond went
down one night some years ago. why.
when, and where. no one knows. The
bodies of the crew washed ashore. but
divers and wreCking companies have no.
where been able 10 find the vessel. She
carried $4,000 worth OF pig zinc, and Is q
prize for wTecker. in 1885 the William
Home, carrying 10000 worth of steel.
went down off Swishwah Point, Lake
Michigan, settling IN uiuety-siN feet OF
water. but was raised In 1901 In 1872 the
/ William H. Stevens. bearing $4,000 worth
of copper, caught fire when between Port
Burwel, Ontario and CouDeaut. Ohio. and
went down. All one autumn the under
writer's had divers working on the wreck
and secured only nineteen tons of the cop
per. but in q few months afterward a
more successful attempt resulted in the
raising Of nearly 10000 worth OF prop
erty. These, however. make up only
small part Of the fortune still lying in the
Lakes and waiting for some modern Will
lam Phipps 10 raise them.
Sir William Phipps. High Sheriff Of
New England, was the most successful
treasure finder that the United States has
Yet produced. He was the tweGty-fou-th
of the twenty-six children that good
Dame Phipps bore her husband They
were poor and life was not a bed 0f roses
| He had heard Of the buried treasures in
1 the islands of the southern coast Of the
/ United States, and he believed he could
| recover much Of il. lie went 10 england
where the Duke OF Albem3r,a an ad-
mirer OF adventures. fitted out his expe-
d!Jion. and then sailed away TO find the
/ treasure islands. He recovered thiTty-two
J tons Of silver. il is said. the bars being
coated with limestone and the gold lying
! in masses in the sand. There were also
pearls and jewels and many pieces OF
/ light" He took il all 90 his patron, who
/ realized an enormous fortune from the
/ proceeds. Phipps retired 10 New Eng
/ land and built himself a home on the
| fair green lane of Boston there ending
/ his days in peace and quiet.