Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-11-02
WATER N03ZEB Burns

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with Thompson's m MNW
chart to guide them. fXkNfMA
1.-THE cave, Keat- MXM, =
ing said, was Is feet HW/XNyT
long by IL feet m MEWE
broad, with a cell 4 Wa
ing high enough to ~
permit a man to s..Msccsoo Is
stand upright. 1t
was full of bars Of Az
gold and sacks Of cn NJ
money. Many of the ~ u
sacks bore the stamp SSeS
of the Bank OF 1SMGlgN&
Lima. There were "
many golden cruel
fixes, chalices and
church ornaments.
A statue of the Ma
donna of solid gold lay upon the
floor. 1t was so heavy that keat-
ing and Bogue together could not
| lift it, but could only push 1t along.
| The glitter of the piles of gold,
Heating said, fairly made him reel
and seemed to fill the cave with a
ghostly radiance that at first
struck him with awe,
"Bogue and Heating tied a few
coins in a handkerchief and rowed
back to their ship. They told the
sailors they had found a spring OF
fresh water, but they were SO excited
with what they had seen that they act,
ed unnaturally 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, VINO
made them promise to go shares.
Right here Heating and Bogue be-
gan to play their game more shreWd'
ly. They served out unlimited grog,
as if to celebrate treasure trove. Long
before night the whole outfit was glorl'
ously drunk except Heating and Bogue,
who took care to remain strictly sober
All hands turned in early to sleep Oh
their potat;ons and be ready to bring
the treasure aboard next morning. AS
soon as they were asleep, Heating ano
Bogue slipped off to shore in a whale
boat. They beached their boat ant
again made their way to the cave
They filled their pockets with doub
looms and pieces-of-eight and louis
doris. Not satisfied with the money
Bogue, stuffed bar gold into his sea
boots so that he could hardly wall
for the weight. In launching the boat
Heating said Bogue went under ant
was drowned.
"Keating," Captain Hackett went on
escaped to sea with his plumber, leav
ing the ship to its fate, and the mer
never were seen or heard of afterward
-Four days later he was picked up by
a Spanish coasting vessel which land
ed him safely near Punta Arenas. HI
slowly worked his way back to New
foundland and deposited much none!
In the St. Johns bank.
"Keating made a second voyage II
Cocos island four years later. III
told us Of this adventure too. | wrot
the tale out afterwards in Heating
own language as nearly as l could r.
member it,"
The first treasure was buried O.
Cocos island by Benito Bonito a fey
months before his death in 1921. BIZ
nito was born in 1888. He was
spaniard Of supposed gentle blood. Ill
real identity is not known-Benito b.
nito was an assumed name. He b
:. gan his career as a lieutenant OF
Spanish privateer. At the close {
the N~apoleonic wars he became mat
of a Portuguese trading brig. In ISL
he u~uarreled with his captain, mu
dered him and seized the vessel. Fro
: ! that date he followed the life of a ?
rate. One Of his first prizes taken
. West Indian waters was an Englif
i, SLAYER named the Lightning. HaVir
cut her out of Matanzas, where ST
: was lying at anchor one night, !
:, burned his own brig and, transferrir
. his flag to the British vessel, rename
!. her the Relampago, which Is SPANS
for thanksgiving. Most of the ere
: Of the SLAYER were made to walk Il
;, plank. Two pleaded for their lives al
: offered to join Bonito. On this cont
:, ton Bonito spared them. These tv
:. men were Thompson, known in Coo
= island traditions as Bugs" and
:, Frenchman named Chapelle, who al
figures later In the story of Cocos
land.
In the long, low, rakish Relampaf
@ which could show a clean pair Of hee
ar to anything sailing the Spanish ma
n. Bonito had a busy and prospero
ID career as a pirate. From Rio to t
ID Bahamas he became a scourge and c
v. lected an immense amount of boo
,e When the Spanish government Sc
10 warships to hunt him, Bonito slipp
of around Cape Horn to fresh pastures
id the Pacific.
&c The wealth OF the churches
lit Spanish America is still considerab
but In the early days of the last c,
d, fury the richness of the plate and
BY naments with which they were ado
lie ed was amazing. Bonito sacked cit
~ bodx, rrt,a ttttfa hoatJo 10 NJ fho IA