Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-04-24
Discovery of Pewter Kettle Stirs Up Tradition of
 Plum Island
ANOTHER CAPTAIN
 KIDD FAIRY TALE
Believed on Massachusetts Coast Pirate Buried
 Wealth There

BOSTON, Mass, April 22.-The re- cent discovery by a surfman at the Knobs life saving station on Plumb Is- land of curious pewter pOrringer of bygOne age has once again given rise to the tradition so long current in Newburyport concerning a cache of treasure somewhere in the sand dunes of the island.
 For the pOrringer find by Gardiner Lettime is only one of many similar discoveries of late, in which silver buckles, gold coins of the early Span ish regimes, strange household utensils of silver, gold and pewter and valu able jeweled ornaments have been brought to light, evidently through the action of the waves along the shore.
 Oddly enough-and this is fact that strangely coincides with the oft-repeat- ed story of the great Captain Kidd treasure concealed here-these finds have all been made within short distance of each other on the shore, and near high bluff where it is i'm possible to tell whether the different objects have been washed up by the action of the waves from the bottom of the sea or whether they are gradual ly being unearthed from place in the shore line, which once before the waves had eaten away the sand stood much farther back and afforded seemingly secure cache for treasure trOve.
 Many Seek Old Chest
 In fact, so frequent of late has been the discovery of odd valuables of date long gone that there is no little interest now evidenced among two groups of life savers, those at the P,Sm Island and at the Knobs station, concerning the mystery of these treas ures. Moreover, not few secret ex- cursions have been made along the shore by the natives with view to locating some "huge" chest or iron bound box that might hold millions in rubies, pearls and stolen wealth plundered from off the seas by some rowing band of oldtime mauraders. In fact, the growing frequency of these discoveries on Plum Island has changed what originally only passed as rumOr into a well-credited tradition relative to the reason for these finds.
 The story goes, and, indeed, there are those who assert that it is based upon facts handed down from the early days of the founding of Newburyport, that one misty morning, when Plum Island sat apart from the then primitive viii lage which is now NewbGrypOrt and when only few scattering settlers occupied humble cabins in the town, a huge, high-decked galleon literally swarming with swarthy faced men put madly in toward the shore and sudden ly came to anchor.
 Fighting and Shouting Heard
 During the progress toward the beach, which was, indeed, a risky place for such huge vessel to approach, there had been a continuous sound of firearms aboard the vessel Some sort of battle was in progress on the deck, it appeared to the few settlers who had witnessed the advent of the strange vessel. In fact, so near to the land did the vessel approach before she cast anchor that those hidden in the woods thought that she was going to be run upon the beach. After the anchor was uIOppSu lbC hShbAhS, o"CaiAhS anu continued aboard the ship nearly all day, during which time scores of men were seen to fall or were thrown into the sea. Finally the cOmmotiOn gradually ceased, and, much to the of those who had watched as best they dared the strange actions aboard the vessel, when the fog lifted there appeared to be only handful of men left alive from the entire com pany.
 That night a settler who had re- mained on the island to watch the ves- sel and notify the villagers if any, thing threatened from that direction is said to have witnessed a strange nocturnal expedition from the ships side to the shore of the island-a trip in which three pirate boats brought ashore half dozen great iron boxes and chests.
 When the boats returned to the yes sell side after several hours delay ashore they appeared to be empty save for the men who rOWed them back,