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

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Lima There were
many golden cruci.
H1rs. Chalices and
church ornaments.
\ statue OF the Ma.
donna Of solid gold lay upon The
floor. Il was SO heavy that keat-
ing aud Bogue together could not
liI, ir. but could only push It along
.rhn glitter Of the piles OF gold.
Heating said. fairly made him reel
ana seemed to Gil the cave with
rhUtlly radiance that at first
struck him with awe
Bogue and Heating tied n few
coins in Il handkerchief and rowed
back to their ship. They told the
sailors they had found spring OF
fresh water but they were so excited
with what they had seen that they act.
ed mHaturalIy and the crew. may be,
had suspicious of the truth. anyway
one word led to another, and Bogus
and Heating told as little as possible.
but It was enough for the crew, who
made them promise to 20 shares.
Right here Heating aud Bogue be-
gan to play their game more shrewd.
I ly They served out unlimited grog
IA If to celebrate treasure trove. Long
before might the whole outfit was glori.
ously drunk except Heating and Bogue,
| who took care to remain strictly sober.
/ All hands turned in early to sleep OF
| their potatious and be ready to bring
! the treasure aboard next morning. As
soon as they were asleep. Heating and
| Rogue slipped of TO shore in whale
boat. They bcached their boat and
again made their way to the cave.
They filled their pockets with doub-
looms and picccs.of. eight and louis
doris. Not satisfied with the money,
I}ogue. stuffed bar gold into bis sea
boots so that he could hardly walk
for the weight In launching the boat,
Heating said Rogue went under and
was drowned.
Heating" Captain Hacke;t went on.
escaped to sea with his plumber, lcay-
ing the ship to its fate. and the men
never were seen or heard of afterward.
Four days later he was picked up by
Spanish coastng vessel which land.
ed him safely near Punta Arenas lie
slowly worked his way back TO New.
foundand and deposited much money
In the st. Johns bank
Heating made second voyage 10
Cocos island four years later lie
told us of this adventure too. | wrote
the tale out afterwards in Heating
own language az nearly as could re-
member IT,"
The first treasure was buried on
Cocos island by Benito Bonlto a few
months before bis death in 1921. BO-
nito was born In 1888 He was a
! Standard OF supposed gentle blood His
/ real identity is not known-Benito 10
nito was an assumed name. He be-
gan his career as Il lieutenant OF a
| Spanish privateer. At the close OF
the Napoeonc wars he became mate
of Portuguese trading brig In 1915
he quarreled with his captain, muir
dered him and seized the vessel From
that date he followed the life OF a pi-
rate One Of his first prizes taken in
West Indian waters was an English
| SLAYER named the Lightning Having
was lying at anchor one night, he
burned his own brig and, transferring
| his flag to the British vessel. renamed
her the Relampago. which Is Spanish
| for chain-lightning Most Of the crew
of the SLAYER were made to walk the
plank. Two pleaded for their lives and
offered to Join Bonlto. On this condi-
ton Bonito spared them. These TWO
men were Thompson, known In Cocos
island traditions as Bugs" and
Frenchman named Chapelle, who also
figures later in the story OF Cocos is.
land.
In the long, low. rakish Relampago,
which could show clean pair OF heels
to anything sailing the Spanish main,
Bonito had busy and prosperous
career as a pirate, From Rio to the
Bahamas he became scourge and col.
lected an immense amount OF booty.
When the Spanish government sent
warships to hunt him. Bonlto slipped
around Cape Horn TO fresh pastures In
the Pacific
The wealth Of tho churches of
Spanish America is still considerable,
but in the early days OF the last cen
fury the richness OF the plate and or.
naments with which they were adorn.
ed was amazing Bonito sacked cities