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

! toctiOus how to hud the Treasure.
/ Thompson died under mysterious en-.
cUmslauCos a little later aud the
/ suspicion grow that Heating killed
/ him However that may be- Heating
called 20 Cocos island In 1874 with
Captain Rogue, a seaman Of sufficient
means TO finance the expedition. They
Iuuul he treasure. but iIogue never
/ returned. KeatI. = said he was
drowned in tho su!f while attempting
20 climb into a boat with his boots
and packets swfc" with gold. It Il
generally believed that Heating MAJ.
dcrcd him
Heating made a second visit to the
island four years later and again
found N" treasure. In both trips be
is supposed 10 have brought away gold
and Jewels 10 the value OF Slj0OOD
lie was prevented from recovering IN"
entire treasure by mutinOus crews un
both voyages Heating and Boguc are
/ 10" only men, so far rs Is known, who
/ ever recovered treasure from CCcus
/ ISLAND
/ Heating passed his secret on 10 the
. tackctt brothers. both scamen and his
/ uoighnors in ST. Johns Heating had
| lost or destroyed the chart which he
/ had obtained from Thompson. But he
drew another chart which he gave to
| the Jackets with explicit instructions
| how to find the cave Heating died in
! 1889 and Capt Thomas Hackett, the
| elder brother, sailed in 1855 on an cN.
| petition bound for Cocos. but the yoy.
age ended with his death In Havana
. from yellow fever
Capt Frederick llackctt. who IS
about to undertake the latest Cocos
island treasure hunt, has himself made
1.-TWO former unsuccessful expeditions
Captain Hackett was formerly n
whaling skipper He has been n sea.
man all his life He formerly sailed
out Of 81 Johns, Newfoundland. where
he was born and grew to manhood
For tho last ten years he has made
his home In Vancouver, British COum.
bia, where he Is engaged In the fish.
ing trade He Is blum ruddy. beard.
ed old sea dog, hale and vigorous de.
. spite his three score years, md full
Of a huyIsh enthusiasm over n project
that has been his one dream for
quarter Of century So many cNpe-
dituus 20 CocOs island have failed to
find treasures that Captain lIackctt
has had difficulty IN raising funds for
his present expedition lie succeed
ed iu getting together 100000, and
with this sum he has been able To pro
vision his ship properly for - years
voyage and to take along hydraulic
mining machinery, in which he is sure
lies the only hope OF ever uucarthing
the COcos island treasure
Il have stood over Millions said
Captain llackett recently a. he sat
by the skylght on the quarterback Of
the Hcsperus and watched his sailors
busy with final preparations for the
expedition 1T was not lack Of
knowledge that caused mo 10 fail In
my two former voyages but lack Of
equipment and supplies. | knew after
my first expedition that picks and
shovcls would not do In COCos, and
that the only chance to get the treas
urc was to tear up the earth with
streams Of water thrown by n ny.
draulic mining engine | have the
latest hydraulic machinery with me
now, aud | shall set out with perfect
faith In The successful outcome Of my
voyage
The landslide that now lies on top
OF the treasure cave probably occurred
In the middle Of the last century dur
ing the violent earthquakes that shook
the western coast of South and Cen
trial America. Forest trees have grown
upon It. aud the appearance of that
part OF the island is vastly changed
since the days OF Bonito, Thompson
and Heating. But with my bearings
and chart and the instructions given
me by Heating in many long inter.
views, | believe | can locate within a
radius of 30 feet the spot beneath
which the treasure is buried
# knew Heating from youth up"
Captain IIackott continued. "He was
rough, ignorant man who had been
a fisherman and a sailor all his life.
1T was because my brother and I
bcfriended him when most everybody
else looked askance at him that after
advancing years made II pretty GER
tain that he never would be able to
voyage TO Cocos again. he decided TO
divulge his secret to us. Ny brother
and owned the collier, Lord Dufferin,
which was kept busy cruising up and
down the coasts of Newfoundland and
New Brunswick. on one az our voy.
ages we took Heating with us one
stormy night rs the old man sat by
the table IN the cabin over glass OF
stiff grog. he first told Us how to find
tho treasure He began his strange
story with al account Of his first visit
to Cocos with Captain Bogue
at was a hot day in June, he said,
when he and Bogue landed. They
struck on through the tropical Jungle