The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-08-26
He WILL SEEK TREASURE.
Capt. Brown Incorporates COmpa-
ny and Fits Out Expedition.
LOOT is WORTH SSO,OOO,OOO

Scene of This Vast Depository of
Riches an Island in the Famous
South Sea Group. Only One Man
Now Living Knows Its Location.
The Searching Party.
In one of the Cocos Islands, of
the South Sea group, lies between
$60,000,00O and $1O0,000,O0O worth
of buried treasure, according to aged
Capt. James Brown of Providence,
r. I. Capt. Brown has already taken
away about a million of the treasure,
and for reasons best known to him
self has been slow in going after the
remainder. Now, however, being
old and needy, he has incorporated a
company under the laws of Massa-
chusetts and will take a chance at
evil consequences from bringing to
light the dark deeds connected with
the treasure
In the first place, there are nine
skeletons lying in the treasure cave.
These skeletons are one Of the Incl
dents of murder, treachery, piracy
and violence which attended the col
lection and burial of such vast
wealth. The treasure is in ingots,
bullion, doubloons, jewels, and rem
nants of the days when Cortez
roamed through the sacred temples
Of the sun and despoiled the golden
gods and godesses of jewels of price
less value.
Only One Knows Location.
The scene of this vast depository
of riches is an island in the famous
South Seas, upward of 1900 miles
from Australia. and the treasure was
transported there from one of the
COcos Islands. Only one man now
living knows its location, and he is
at the head of the expedition which
will soon be fitted out under a Mas
sdchusetts charter to resurrect the
treasure.
1t is there, just where we buried
1t, said Capt. Brown the other day.
and | am the only man now alive
who knows where it is. 1t was in
the year 1850 that | shipped on
board a vessel in New York as sec
ond mate for the West Indies. Ar
irving at Kingston, Jamaica, he
came acquainted with Cant. Henry
Smith, of the schooner Sea Foam
who was there fitting out for pearl
fishing, and | joined his vessel as
chief mate. After being at sea for
some time the captain told me what
the real business consisted of, which
was that we were to go to Cocos
Island after treasure which had been
buried there by Nis father,
Captured Loot Worth $50, 900, 900.
Then he told me about his father
Capt Smith, of the schooner Black
Witch, of Salem, Mass. He was on
the coasts of Peru and Mexico while
the Spaniards were fighting the Peru
vians in 1920, and came in contact
with their loot-Iaden vessels, from
which he took all of their treasure,
amounting to about $80,000,O00,
carried it to Cocos Island and there
buried it. Before the elder Capt
Smith died he impaired the secret to
his son, with whom | was then con
nected.
I'VE arrived at COcos Island and
found the treasure, and moved it to
another island in the South Seas.
where We again buried it. Here all
of the crew died except the captain
the steward and myself. They were
poisoned by the captain. We had a
fine ships longboat, which we fitted
out, as the schooner had gone on a
reef and broken up, and on board
of her we put 100000 and started
for Australia.
Il knew and the steward knew
that Smith had poisoned the crew,
but we tried to appear as if we had
no suspicious.
"One night Capt. Smith said he
calculated the treasure in the boat
was worth a million, and offered to
divide it with us. His plan was to
separate it into four equal portions
and have each take one. The fourth
share, he said we ought to use in
fitting up ship to go after the treas
ure left behind. He had planned all
the details so carefully that we be.
lieved he meant it and agreed tc
everything, glad enough at the pros
pect of getting ashore alive.
That night l awoke and realized
that someone had stolen my pistol
/ glanced about and saw Smith re
moving the powder from my weapon
and l made no sound when he re
turned the pistol to my belt. Mex