The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-10

physician OF Detroit, Mich, arrived
unostentatiously in the quaint and
picturesque town of Chepstow, on
the Welsh borderland, with the
avowed intention of proving to
soothing and incredulous world that
Francis Bacon was the real author Of
the Shakespeare plays. As a result
of over twenty years study of Eliza.
bethan literature he claims to have
discovered a cipher buried in Sir
Philip Sydney's Arcadia" but which
DIR. owen insists was also the work
of Bacon, which he says, reveals be-
yond any doubt that in 1882 Bacon
caused to be buried in the bed of the
River Wye, which bounds Chepstow,
certain boxes, containing, among
other historical documents, the orig
inal manuscripts of all the Shakes
peare plays in the handwriting Of
Bacon.
At the time of Dr. Owens arrival
in Chepstow he was accompanied by
his friend, DR.. William II. Prescott
of Boston, a wellknown physician
and alienist, who has been interested
in the Baconian theory for years
Neither had been in Chepstow be-
fore, and knew nothing about it's
history beyond what had been re-
vealed through the medium of the
cipher. Yet today DR.. Owen posi-
lively asserts the has found every
landmark mentioned in the cipher
many of which are now known by
new names, and only remembered by
cipher, by the oldest inhabitants Of
Chepstow, and, more wonderful in
deed, has succeeded in uncovering a
strange oaken structure, beneath
which DR.. Owen is confident of finding
the cache which, he maintains holds
the missing relics.
DR.. Owen lost no time after his ar
rival in Chepstow in getting to work.
He found that the Wye itself be-
longed to the Crown, the Duke of
Beaufort having disposed of his
rights in it some time previously, al
though retaining the right to flotsam
and jetsam.
It therefore became necessary fol
DIR. owen to obtain the consent ~
the British Government to explore
the Wye, and also that of the Duke
of Reaufort before he could disturb
the rivers bed. Later it also be
came necessary to secure the CO
o,eration of Henry Clay, the Squir
of Chepstow, now eighty-seven year
old and through whose magnlhceh
grounds II was necessary to pass I
reach the river at the spot wher
DR. owen decided to commence opel
ations All these consents Wer
cheerfully given, the Duke of Beau
fort being so favorably impresse
with DR.. Ovens theory that n
Joined Drs. Owen and Prescott il
the scheme for the recovery Of Tn
relics, and today is bearing tn
greater share of the financial burden
which is said to be about &35
week
To bark back to the cipher. 1
attempt to give any clear idea of ho7
it was discovered would entail week
of close study. Suffice it to say tina
it is taken from the third supplement
of Philip Sydney's Arcadia"
Starting with the word Bacon" i
mind, DR.. Owen begins with the mrs
line in the supplement commencin
with the letter 3D." and goes on t
the end of the sentence. Then h
turns to the end of the supplement
and takes the first line commencin
with "a" continuing to the end r
the sentence. Then back again I
the beginning of the supplement
for the first line commencing wit
c." and so on, alternating unit
the supplement is exhausted and do
ems Of sentences beginning A c o J
is the result.
Having done this ne makes use
a spiders web, mention Of which
made in the preface to Arcadia
and by ingeniously drawing ligF
lines through the letters "T' and "Y
appearing on the sheet, he finds tht
the lines all led to one center, givin
the sheet the appearance Of a spider
web, while in the center itself apes
these letters;
II l d.
UN
D 2 r
W e
Which DR.. Owen says clear
nnnnns that the trea for mhic