The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-12-11
CHAPTER u.
Tho Narrative Of Henry p. Tobias,
ex.Pirate, as Dictated on His Death
he'd. In the Wear of Our Lord 1859,

The Narrative Of Henry p. Tobias,
ex-Pirate, as Dictated on His Death
bed. In the Year Of Our Lord 1859.
The good John hnd scarcely made
his lejsurely, distinguished appearance
ut his desk on the morrow when l too
entered by one door and Charlie Web
ster by the other.
"N0w for the document" we both
exclaimed in a breath.
Here II Is" he said. taking up a
rather grimy.loOklng roll Of foolscnp
from In front OF him, which. as he
pointed out, was evidently the work
Of q person of very little education,
and began to rend us follows:
County OF Travas. State OF Texas,
December 1859.
Feeling my end Is near, / make the fol.
lowing statement OF my own free Will and
without solicitation. In full exercise OF all
my faculties. and feel that l am doing my
duty by 80 DOING.
/ was born In the city OF Liverpool. Eng
land ton the 5th day OF December l'Si.
My father WAS "A beainan and when l was
| young | followed the same occupation.
And Il happened, that when. on a passage
from Spain to the West Indies. our ship
was attacked by froe-traiers, AK they
called themselves, but they were plratea,
We all did our best, but were over
powered, and the whole crew, except
three. we're killed. l was one OF the three
they did not XIII. They carried us on
board their ship and kept US until next
day wnen they asked va to join them.
They tried to get as to Join them wiling
~, but we would not. when they became
enruged and loaded three. cannon ana
dashed each one OF US before the mouth
- --A .Al N@lA 40 80 al AAuE
choice TO Join them, as they would touch
tho guns and that damn quick. II 10 use
less TO sa9 We accepted everything before
death. 80 We cG.I one OF the pirates
crew. Both 10 my ompanions were killed
In less time than six months. but | was
with them for more than two years, In
which time we collected a vast quantity
OF money from different ships we Cdptured
and We buried a great amount In TWO
different lots. I helped TO bury Il with
my own hands. The location OF which II
Is my purpose to point out. 30 that " can
be found without trouble In the Bahama
islands. After ! had been with them ior
more than two years. we were attacked
by a large warship and our commander
told us TO hGht for or lives. as II would
be death II we were taken. But the guns
OF our ship were too small for the war
chip. SO our ship sos began TO sink,
when the man-of-war ran alongside Of oar
vessels and tried TO board us. but we were
sinking too fast, so she had to haul OF
again, when our vessel sank with every
thing on board. and ] escaped by swim
ming under the stern OF the ship, as ours
sank, without being seen, and holding OF
to the ship until darl;. when ! swan 10 9
portion OF the wrecked vessel floating no
far away. n on that | ioatcd. The
next morning tho ship was not seen,
was picked up by a passing vessel tn,
next day as a shipwreeied seapan.
Ana let me say here, / know that nc
one escaped alive from our vessel cxcepl
myself and those that were taken by tho
man-of-war. And those were all executed
ms piratcs-so I know that M other mar
knows OF this treasure except myself an
Il must be ans Is where we buried II unit
today and unless you get II through Thu
statement Il will remain there always anc
do no ono any good.
Therefore. Il Is your duty 70 trace u NJ
and get II for your own benefit, as we'll al
others. so delay not. but act AZ soon NJ
possible.
will now describe the places. iocations
marks. etc, etc, so plainly that IL can b'
found, without any trouble.
The FIRST is a sum Of one million and
half dollars 0l.50o,0oO-
At this point John paused. We nj
4, took n long breath, and Charlie Web
, ster gave n Sof, whistle and smacket
his lips.
"A million and n half dollars. Wha
no. !"
Then !, happening TO cast my ey'
T, through the open door. caught sigh
OF a face gazing through the Ironworl
. OF tho outer Office with a fixed ant
/ gllttering expression, a face anything
I but prepossessing. the face Of q half
breed, deeply pockmarked, with
coarse hook nose and %evll-looking eyes
u~nnaturally close together. II wa
{ evident from his expression that h
had not missed a word OF the reading
4 "rhere Is someone In the outer Of
y lce." ! said. and John rose and wen
out