The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-11-02

aii GOWNS up ana down the western
unst pillaging the cathcdrals and lay.
Ing tribute upon the citizens His
fame ms n cruel and rapaCious sea rob
bnr spread from the Horn to the Span.
.sh settlements in California In.hunt.
ing for spot in which to bury his
Eruwng treasure. he Glanced upon Co
COS island
Cocos island is q volcanic speck In
the Pacific ocean and belongs to Costa
Itica. II IL 300 miles of the Costa
ltioa coast, 900 miles from Panama.
and 5 degrees north of the equator.
On the trip to Cocos island destined
TO be BOnitO's last, number OF his
men became dissatisfied Having row.
ed their treasure TO the cave they gath
cred on the beach In sullen temper,
and soon came to open mutlny. They
were tired of piracy They demanded
that the entire treasure be divided
among them and that they be set upon
the mainland and permitted to shift
for themselves 3onto refused A
pitched battle was fought with cut
lass and pistol. and in the hand-to-
hand engagement many were killed.
Bonito was victorious. With the mu-
tiny suppressed he sailed for the West
Indies. on Valparaiso. some one sug.
gested carOuse ashore. Bonito gave
his consent Seventeen men were
landed and Bonito agreed to lie of
and on near certain headland and
walt for them. With the II were all
that were left OF the mutineers, In.
Guiding Thompson and Cbapelle. But
BonitO proved treacherous. lie sailed
away and left the recalcitrants TO their
fate, The II were recognized In Val.
paraiso as pirates and captured. They
were convicted and all except Thomp-
son and Chapelle wer hanged. Thomp-
son and Chapelle escaped by represent
ing that they had been forced into Bo-
nitos service and offered to guide n
warship TO Bonito's secret haunts
among the West Indian islands.
The British government was Just
then planning campaign OF exter-
mination against Bonito and his buc-
cancers. Sent TO England for the pur.
pose, Thompson and Chapelle guided
a British corvette to one of their old
chiefs places Of refuge I'm the Car
ribean. Bonto's ship and crew we're
captured, but the grim old sea wolf,
seeing ahead the loom of the gibbet on
Execution dock, blew out his brains
on his own quarterback
OF the subsequent fate of Chapelle
little is known.
Thompson drops out of sight until
1888 when he reappears as Captain
Thompson, master u an English trad.
ing brig. the Mary Dear, which at the
opening Of the second chapter OF the
romance Of Cocos island was lying In
the harbor Of Callao, Peru. A revo-
luton was under way Ia Peru. Lima.
the capital founded by Pizarro. was
In a state OF siege. Just before the be-
leaguering lines OF the revolutionists
were drawn about tho city, the gov.
eminent authorities removed the
money from the treasury, and from
the churches the plate and ornaments
dating back tc the golden days Of
the conquest. and sent them for safe
keeping to an old stone fortress at Cal
lao. When the revolutionary army
learned of the removal OF the treas.
ure, which was valued at $1,000, 900,
II marched on Callao with the deter.
minatton OF capturing the rich hoard.
In this crisis. the commandment of the
fortress, seeing an English flag fiut.
tering from the peak of the Mary
Dear, bethought him that under the
folds of the union jack Limas treas.
ure would be safe. Captain Thompson
gave his consent TO the proposition.
The treasure was soon slowed snugly
under the Mary Bears matches, and
fours Peruvian soldiers were left on
board TO guard IT,