The daily times., 1921-07-13
ED TREASURE FOUND
II OBE A REALITY.

.peete, Tahiti, July 13.-Ro-
ce is not yet dead. Tales of buc-
.eering, murder on the high seas,
led gold on lonely, uninhabited is
ds and charts and cryptograms OF
iden treasure-trove are not all in
ntions of imaginative minds or le-
.nds of a day which is long past.
Such tale is the story OF the
reasure of the island of Pinakf,
whose. hiding place, after patient
Iearch of over seven years, has at
asst been discovered. And now
schooner from Tahiti has been dis
patched to bring away the gold.
A half century ago, four sailors, de-
serters from a coastwise vessel, join
ed revolutionists in Peru and learn
ed of a. vast treasure of jewels, plate
and ignots, the property Of the
Church, which had been hidden in
Peru to prevent it from falling into
the hands of one. of the warning
factions. Secretly the sailors searched
for the treasure, found it concealed
in a church building and moved it to
another hiding place on the coast.
Going to Panama, the seafarers, at
might, board small schooner, muir
dered the crew, and, after putting the
treasure aboard, set sail across the,
Pacific, intending to, make some Eu-
ropean port later to dispose of their
wealth. Recalling that they had no
clearance papers and probably could
not enter European port safely, they
inhabited island and then get it later
In a vessel they would charter at
Sydney, N. S. W. for trading pur-
poses.
Pinaki, in the Paumotu Archipelago
of the South Seas, and at this unin-
habited spot they stopped and hid
their sloot.
One native, who observed them
from neighboring island and rowed
across to see what the men from the
strange schooner were doing. was
killed and his tribal brother, who
rossed later, found only his empty
anoe and strange markings on the
rees.
Sailing on to Australia, the four
,uttled their vessel when a few
lilies from shore and rowing to land,
Did of storm at sea which opened
le seams of their ship. Not all be-
eyed them, for some residents had
Ssen the ship approaching and had
itnessed it's mysterious sinking
there were no police, however, in
hat section and as the four men
ooked desperate, they were permit
I'd to strike out overland for Sgd
~, unmolested.
Years later, in about 1914, a Mr..
owe was accosted on Sydney
rect by an aged beggar. When Howe
I'VE the man a few shillings he was
rprised to hear the begar ask his
me and address. Some time later
e received an urgent summons
to a Sydney hospital. There he
d the beggar, who told of how
nd three others had buried their
sure, had sailed on to Australia
had set out overland for Sydney.
heir way, blacks attacked them
killed two of the sailors. The
gar and his surviving companion.
wn, tried for years to get snip
o for the treasure. Gbut never OBJ
AIMED money enough. Brown finally
dis ppeared and he, Ki1lrain, had
fallen into misfortune and knew his
end was near. Therefore he gave
Howe the map of the island, begged
him to believe the story true and to
search for the treasure. The follow
ing day the beggar died.
Since then Howe has been search
in. for the treasure and lately an
noticed that he had found itsip a
shallow lagoon on Pimaki. Lately he
chartered schooner at Papeete to
go to lift the gold after making a
contract with the Colonial govern
ment as to his rights in the matter.
1t is said the treasure is worth several
/ million dollars.