Arizona republican., 1922-02-26
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Deeaeitates Woman And Son
British Rum Runner Seized
Key To Treasure Island"
Two Faint-Lose $153,O0o

BURLINGTON, Kan, Feb. 25--Mrs.
Jane Wrinkle, 95 years of age, was
found in her home here today with her
head cut off. Nearby was the body
of her son, aged 20 years and unmar-
ried with the top of his head hacked
away. A second aged son. Berry
Wrinkle, also unmarried. was found
wandering about the house. He was
arrested,
The Killings apparently took place
last night. When neighbors entered
lahe house today they found every
piece Of furniture in the house de-
molished the doors and windows
taken out and chopped up and the
debris piled on the bodies Of the dead
man and woman.
Berry Wrinkle has been confined In
private hospitals on various occasions
during the last few years. County
officials today said insanity proceed
ings would be filed against him.
PORTSMOUTH, Va, Feb. 25-The
motor schooner Emerald of Digby,
Nova Scotia, flying the British flag
was seized by the coast guard cutter
Manning nine miles southeast OF Cape
Charles lighthouse late today as
rum runner Her cargo, it is alleged,
consisted of more than 1000 cases OF
Jiquor for New York delivery. This
together with the ships papers were
seized and 'the captain John Allen
Williams, with his entire crew, were
taken into custody pending the exam
ination before the United states
commissioner at Norfolk Monday.
The Emerald was said to have been
seized while fleeing from Virginia
waters after having been sighted by
Captain Scott Of the cutter Manning.
She had attempted, it was added, to
make her way to an unfrequented
channel and thence proceed up
Chesapeake Bay and to New York by
an inside route. The Manning chased
her to sea and. coming UP. boarded
her. She was found to be seven days
out of Nassau, according to her pap
ers, purportedN to be bound for st.
Pierre
The schooner's inward foreign
manifest" it was said, was made UP
on a United States treasury depart
ment form and showed that she car
ried 1923 cases of liquor. most OF
which was in casks. Because she
was so far from her course and be-
cause Of other indications, Captain
scott said he was led to believe that
she intended landing her cargo on the
coast of the United States"
A UGUSTA, Me-, Feb. 25-Maps and
"a charts OF an isolated island in
the South Seas on which treasure
worth $60,000,000 is said to have been
buried in 1850 are in the possession
of Mrs. James Brown, widow OF a
eoa captain who died here three years
ago. These are papers which Freder-
4 iclr Mason, newspaper correspond
ent of this city has offered to obtain
for Prof. Homer r.. Dill of the Uni
versity OF Iowa. who is to cruise the
south Seas next year in search CT
museum material.
Captain Brown claimed to be the
only man in the world who held the
key to the location. Captain Brown
was mate Of the schooner SeafoaIn on
which Captain Henry Smith Of Sa-
lem, Mass, set out from Klngston,
Jamaica in 1850 to recover the for
tune. Captain Smith told his mate
il was loot obtained during the Peru
Wan insurrection of 1920 and that his
father, master Of the schooner Black
witch of Salem, had buried 1T on
Cocos Island.
The expedition, Captain Brown told
! his eriends, found the treasure and
moved it to another island, then all
The crew died except the captain, the
Steward and himself. They started
in the ships long boat for Australia,
4akine about $1,000,000 but un the
passage the other two died He at
rived at Cocohin Bay, West Aus
tralia, and was sure he was ths only
person who knew where the treasure
was buried.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25-Pollce today
were seeking good salnaritans'
who robbed two New York business
men of gems and currency amount
ing to more than $153,000.
Leo Sherman. Manhattan diamond
importer, tainted in the Times Square
subway When he awakened in Belle
vue hospital some time later he an
nounced he had been robbed. Of dia-
monds which he said were Wortf
$4,000.
The name of the second has not
been made known The police say
he suffered an attack of vertigo after
leaving brokerage office from
which he had withdrawn $4,000
Passers- by carried him into a door.
way and he was revived. One of lis
s'benefactors", police say, made away
with the money.