Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-23


service ct the Centenary Methodist
| Church. And old natives. who were
iittis cSiidrefi then, recall MS uttefance
AZ every service 1.-THE Lord win protect
you'll" He was o stout, handsome man,
with curly, black hair and from his
ears dangled . large pair Of brass ear
rings.
Wellfieet. They had three children.
After a long and useful life in the set
Element that had adopted him, En-
about 90 years old. A grandson, Joseph
T. Cation, now lives in Plymouth.
Resident Adopted Boy.
eaton, after being cast OF by the pi-
rates, was found and adopted by. Free
man Bowley, an i1habitarit OF Hell
Town, the now abandoned fishing set
Element located on the ground covered
BY the new State highway. Hell Town
got Its name from the colorfui language
and domestic squalls that ensued when
the fishermen, ekirg out q precarious
existence, returned In empty boats.
Capt Bickers, husband Of Caton's
granddaughter, says: Uncle Freeman
told me that he found the boy wander
ing along the shore, exhausted, crying
and very frightened. He took Cation into
him his f1rst pair Of pants. Uncle Free.
man said. Men wore skirt-like clothes
them days.
IT knew eaton well. It's true about
him coming OF a pirate ship, though he
never went into details. suppose he
wouldn't talk about them fearing they'd
do him some harm. He's buried In the
old cemetery here in Provincetown."
Manuel Snow. another old settler, says
kAA 6t1n NAL
he has as good reason as anybody for
believing that pieces Of eight or similar
wealth Is buried in Money Hill.
Recalls Tale Of Heavy Box"
mfr. Cation said that before the pi-
rates released him they hauled UP their
ship to remove the barnacles," Mr.. Snow
relates. HE said that once he stood on
deck and watched four men struggle up
the beach carrying heavy box Of some
sort and head In thte direction of
Money Hill. Many's the time I've gone
out and dug around that hill. But all
found was an old kettle"
Ernest Cabral, son of John Cabral
one of Cations friends, also has dug for
the supposed treasure. His only And,
however, was a tiny anchor, evidently
hand wrought and a clever bit of work.
n1anship. John Cabral recalls that John
CArnes. one of the Provincetowners who
Joined the gold rush Of '49, tried his luck
at Money Hill before setting out for
California.
Excavation Forbidden.
But in late years the mysterious old
hill has not been disturbed by picks
and shovels. It Is part Of the province
state now forbids excavatifiS. Even
cranberry picking there Is unlawful.
No pirate sensation could be greater
shock to New Englanders Of Puritan
ancestry than the charge that the Pill
grim ship Mayflower was brought into
Provinceton harbor by O pirate cap
tain, who subsequently was executed.
These are the revelations aired BY FL
roy s. Thompson of Brockt6n In his
newly published three-volunae history
of Plymouth, Norfolk and Barnstable
Counties Mr.. Thompson presents his
evidence as follows:
Capt. Joanes or Jones, for whom
| the Jones River, flowing from Silver
Lake. through Kingston Bay, has been
named, has been mentioned by several
historians as a most undesirable person,
and his record seems TO fall far short
Of that left by most Of the passengers
on the Mayflower.
Once Prisoner In London.
According to the records, Capt.
Jones had sailed the Eastern seas in
the corsair Lion, had been a prisoner in
London for misconduct, according to
the English law of that day; master Of
the cattle ship Falcon on voyage to
Virginia, and after bringing the Pill
| grims, or Separatists, from Leyden. in
Holland, to Plymouth Colony became a
bticcaneer.
"In this capacity he commanded the
little ship Discovery on the coast Of
New England and Virginia. He captured
Spanish frigate in the West Indies,
sailed it into the port Of jamestown,
was arrested and shared pirates fate.
Possibly he might have had inten@
tons Of turning the Mayfiower into a
pirate ship. under the Jolly Roger, but
may have decided he would change his
| passengers into pirates.
whether Capt. Jones would have at
tackled the Plymouth Colonists whom
he had landed at Plymouth If they had
possessed suficient wealth to make 1t
worth his while while he was q bucca-
Yleer of the coast Is a matter of opin-
ion. Had he done so, 1t would have
been in line with the performances Of