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SATURDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1D0S.Crime, Love and Unusual Occurrences Sensational, True Stories and Incidents from the Life of the Hour dtRomance of Pirate Treasure.THE A I! ROW.TN one o' the* Island* of Hi South Siu lien between U. anil 20 tnllUun pounds’ worth of burled treasure, act*utdiug i ■ rg’l Co plain James Brown. 01 Provldon o. fS.A. Captain Brown hnn already lakea uwuy about a million of I he tva-iirc, .nl fo. reasons heat known to h in oif has blt; on slow In goirn after the remnlnJiNow. however. I n»K “ d nnd needy, ho ha.’. Incorporated a couipau under the laws uf Massachusetts. mid ill take n dua.o ai evil consequences lor bringing lo light ire dark deeds eonneti J with ‘be liu.i-sure.In the first place. I hero arc eight or nine hk'dijtcus. Il;t' c;'jBr.ln Is not sure which, l»ng in the ir«..«,ire ca’.e nbovoihe iriMuir.-. These k. Ifuq ; arc oneo. -lu* incident. O: ir.iir ler. treachery, j.lr-.lt;lt; v. und \: ol« a c. Meh attend” I the ' ol-1* . *.ion and burial of such vum wen! b.The ir.va'ure is in lug ts, bullion. d m’.j-Iccn.i, Jewels. and iiai.an'. n,' i.ho •! i/a when Co-'-* n'wUii-1 tV.ro.;ga i he . r 1 |t« ni|'1» i of t'-S” mil. and «e:.;, «d.'d I ;.0 ;gfldetl go!:; an! gn.Pfe.-:. c » l.i p* .u I.i -f |p: leelr.ls Value. di.lll’ei.ils I h • r serve ! .11 «.s flt;ir the 1. ds. 1 miT. !•! ’. r ie n. 0.5 Jin hen re: *, rare r.u I quatut • n uu o* jt well' ry that adoiinG ’• lt;p • .lt; *• -o 3 of he .Wn.ev.ur.ia-, -ir • ..11 1.1 -I, .11 r 1-i feet of 1 ora!.Th? -re.i-. 1 f r' va a !•,lt;■* 1 c.: rirluM 1 an i.d.i-i I in - h-- I.. ' 11 lt;’«• 1.; w. r.la0 1 ' - * ::! fro m Ah-1 alia duly « noin; n now living l»i. iv. it '•» •:tcn. and 1lt;. i. ' I I.1 ln*a 1 o' I'm e'p !i'. ion wiii.h vl!l e m:i !h* llfe.l 011 nn hr a I 1 a hu-fa::.. 1 iri.-r to 11 oU.Te 't tt ensure.•’I I I hen*. J'.irl whore we hurled it,” Pi’ii! f. ; -in Brown the uliter •!:ty. :.ul Ills ••yes light* d up. while his frar.i -tr.ilght-cr.ed visibly. I helped to bury it with tho.-o hands, and 1 nni the only man navralive who hr.owa where it is.It was 111 the year iSftO, he continued, “that I shlj pel ( a board a vessel lu Net York as second mat'’ for the West Indies. Arriving at King town. Jamaica. I became acquain t I with a 1 aptaln Henry Sm th. of the m'.fen r S- a Foam. 400 tons register. who w..j there lilting on: lor pearl fishing, un i I joined his vess-1 as chief mate.After being at ; ea for some ilia*, the captain icid i::o what the real bus^ni ss eeaslsted of. which wan that we were to go to Cocss Island after treasure which had been burled I bore by bis father.Then he told me about bla father. Captain Smith, of the schooner Black Witch, of Salem. M...c He was on thr rousts of I’*tu and Me\i'i while 1 he Spaniards wir lighting the Peruvians in 1_'0, r.nl canut in contact with ilitlr I ot-laku vessels. from which he foak ill their treasure. amounting to about C IS.bOd, •. uni eon ! ’lug of silver, silver dollars, gold bars, bullion, and gold ; :i 1 Jew 11 c*ry from iV.e churches, also diamond a uni oihor1 rccibus stones, i*.ll o' which wot'* taken to Cocos Inland and buri d.Before the elder Captain Smith tiled he imparted the . erret 10 bis sou, with whom I was then connected.Wo arrived at Cocos Island, nnd found the treasure, and moved 11 to another Island lo the South Seas, where wo again burled it.Here nil the crew died excrp! the 1 ap-tsin. the steward, and myself. They were poisoned by the captain. We had a tiuo ship's longboat, which we fitted out. aS the schooner had gone on a root end broken up. and on board her we put JH.'.’i'VJOO, and darted for Australia.I knew, and tho steward knew, that Smith hud poisoned the crew, but we tried to appear na if wo had no suspicions ’ wondered If he would kill us. too. hut from his talk had hopes he had done murder enough for the time being.One night Captain Smith said he calculated the treasure in the boat was worth a million dollars In American money, anl offered to divide It with us. His planwas to separate it Into four equal poi-tllt; ns. nnd have each take one. The fourth share, he said, wc ought to use In fitting u; a ship to go after tho treasure left behind. He had planned all tbo details to carefully that we believed he meant It.In the new expedition thero were to fco only three men lo the crew. These men were to be discharged at somo foreign port, and three others taken la their pieces. The substitutes were to be u ignorant and friendless as we could find. Such fellows as these could be murdered without ever being missed. Captain Smith assured us cheerfully. We were then te throw them overboard about 100 miles from land, on our return.“The cook and X to everything.Clad enough at tb? frsepeot of getting ashore alive. tfUi • tTk. 1 i.--v I a vok - .(.• 1 r. til. d lint pr T11 1 I ' ’ i »•!;. ’ t 1 1 rl.incod1 m ' I 'ion1 any --oi.nl.or.-.t :-a v 1-inl'hal t n.- In !m v it 1 : • till, r utidir hit arm, nunoviug 1 j,. w immmy weapon, Tho ' 00k ;i .‘••p •. ... and I m.idv no KOir.id while y.mi'li * in-. iRv r .I.'n«! uij w.apiu lu 1 « i.e|, ^ e ri it he I* : gcil.Si yt rio'-ninrr. hi:. Sn.i’h w ■ : r.:u e;-. I rlt; loii.K ! 1 !• • p!«rcl and w.-.nu' I Iho • 00 lt;.N. Ll.lng haj p'ned for ev- r.il .la;. . untilv* wro less thau fuO mil*.a »:lt;m li.nl. TJ mi, ulihout warning, he ^r:i rp.e ccok In 1 ho h i 'lt; und putt k J Vim o»vrb: ard trim 1 he how.l*i:l!uirr hid other 'isle' i.u I a knire, h'' w.1 i. ! lowly lownrJ:: in (!:lt;• tern.Tie r. \•: ini r.*. rrai ctn In hr fnr • a I drew ri:. ph.ul II*- » u Inar-h« «!. ; 11 I a bed me why I dhln 1 1. in ;':-n };»;1*1’. I e I IV' 1 s’ '» l it . t hr !i *li 1 ! ■ ' 1 . . ;i 1'led v. 1 h an *;•«»* « 1 I mi. . 1 :i u 1fq v' ^ o 1 ’ • :• \ 1 »• Hi *»| el ;ti: :■• ».». . Id ! 1 .. ..iU ; INId,,?H 1 »• r ■ t '-O' hi 1 av. \ - , I..1I ,...i :iv that i ai . . e'M. !i v.ngII..IJI '• .' r.uv.., vvh* I’.- 1,. .reLiirl- I About all 1 • I 1.0 wast.' « .; •« n:i an| invent•’1 i .• *.1 in•* • rt u« . M . f it.i a! ,u. ;• r;’ . ’i** 1 if;-* .11 1 ie 1: illarat• ' If,;. .1 ! : . B • :. • Mt- a11Ik- tie I I'.'ld b 1.1 r.’ * 0!i» n1 1.. , I - n :u r -.a'an '. m : .. ; 11 » ..tintil1 AI;. «011 :»t r v. .vin re j .u •11;. I:- -tic;gIIIfi:»iilrtl ’I’ l'i: vcht nr; aRR.MI'i: t1 to• f f '’ I I * • f! I * 1* q •• 11-I 1 I Cr1 fii• l*i« t U , ' 1 1 H.i I «1 ifrr. 1 ;:i 1 - !p u i 11 I a T * ' Ip *'. 0111il :i’l‘i;:- paid 0, tin in; p nkuij ^0PM lt;..!!. of r. v *• i !i v.« 1.1: e 1 ou theSoutlx - ' i 1 .land, u:».; ?*;;! v.ki-ri* St would probably s’.iy for eurnily ’Ire 1:1 a Ail i; of a vo.’til :• .'outloii. ’.;]•• c n le 1 Ky n rc ilea of and v.th ihre i-r.lran Mwhich v ill • TT.ii t inn 11 v* «■ * .lt;1 com a in i.si.,1 provMu sh. :a v. i u i.afe atr’horage. The water u. . (Par lia: \oi tuay jpo the s’, ark.s ..a-ctuaq on tholt«*i*i. th:rly fret d’i',,11. rorb 'psite S nu 1 » i:oi mo.'** thru f lt;* a r*s in cs:-*nt . p» : S-»n;• = 11 ir; 1: if; *. hui I he icef that 1 ... 1 •’ il I;•. rv ('.iiit't in but I lt;1 1 not ! li'-.r trrrc in !.*n .1 luU’iing «*fi•* 1 J tor 1 lie1 » \earn.• Ti ■•!•.' v. a t; Sffc.nl! (ml i'.: ;.’ I i li m l ;-,p ; ..ra t'.ie a», re. atul ti-- v.t dce.p-(M mI. v. 1 il* •; t. and o’iun l 1 . .m il itu :••.* 1 .0 ; h to c ;• j o 1. ..lih*tri e.-ui’i . ’iir.'' 1 : whieli . la P:\lt;e . andsc. in iittdr:;; vase; lt;vrei with q« c a eP.ara. ’lt; T3. but weil gla.t i by i:n Jtri that Is probably loir to-day. Th- m« n Knew wl...L tli.' tob.; and vr.s s c.n'aiued. in! t'; plain hmi’h. uft-r pv.rpa e'y v.-re kin? o tr V'^.fl. mixed pol.-ou vv ;h ta. ir find. ,if3 I . ' lt;ight or 11.rv 'f i. 111 per shed in a J *v days, md e. • hurl- l In ;h • ir. a • 1 -vlt;. u.i'l covercl with thu Coral wePad du« out.Tiin U iWRlTTEN LAW AGAIN.MURDER recall in” in sonir* of ita aspects the death of Stanford Whlto at the hands of Thaw has o mrroJ at Bay Shore. Long Island, and tbn fri u.ls of ll.o murden-r already applaud his act. which a, pears • have be u of a deliberate character.Captain Uniat, of the 4St'i Artillery, quartered at Purt Ilancalt; k. arriv d l»y train with his brother, Mr. T. J. Ilaltis, a wdi-krown magazine-writ or, m Little Neck, Long Inland, and. hailing a cab, told tho man to drive quickly to tho Yacht Club, where they had an Important engagement. As the two men walked from the cab to the club the members lounging on the verandah notlcod how pale Loth were.Mrs. Annis, the wife or the man who was shortly to he killed, knowing .uat lt;11
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