Show I I WALKERS TREASURE I I Young Americans Believed to Have I I Discovered Filibusters Gold Field = Gualan Guatemala Correspondence I GlobeDemocrat It has just developed I that the seaport town of Bluefields Nicaragua I Ni-caragua has recently been the theatre of certain speculative operations that will I once more revive public interest in the old Walker filibustering sensation Little did i the citizens of that picturesque oid tropical tropi-cal town suspect that the large white tent containing the photographers outfit was the center of extensive mining projects or that the quietlooking young men who operated op-erated the camera by turns were deeply interested in subterranean experiments It was nevertheless a matter of comment that this tentwhich was spread on a vacant va-cant lQt within about 100 feet of the old Spanish missionary chapelwas excessively exces-sively large for the purpose for which it was avowedly designed while the business patronage conferred upon the artists was far too meagre to justify them in remain ing month after month in the same location loca-tion When hQwever the partners had folded their tents and Arablike silently stolen away It was noted that certain excavations which were imperfectly con coaled for lack of sufficient material to fill in with had been in course of operation opera-tion beneath the canvas and this set the tongues of men awagging Not long afterward a United States citizen cit-izen arrived at Bluettelds Inquiring for Jack Thompson and Bill Brown late of Cherokee nation I T who he said had left their homes near Fort Gibson over a year ago in search of the Walker treasure treas-ure buried by John Oats the night before his arrest and imprisonment The field notes of this bunel these young men were supposed to have in their possession when leaving the Cherokee Nation It turns out that Johnson and Brown were the names of the young Bluefields photographers and it has since developed chat when they reached Costa Rica to embark for the United States they took Tin pains tn conceal the fact tliit tViAr Tifirl exchanged a large sum of native money and some bullion for American currency That they could have realized any such sum through the means of the camera with the active opposition that existed in Bluefields is beyond the bounds of possi bility Your correspondent who was personally per-sonally acquainted with John Oats received re-ceived the following statement from the exsecretary and pursebearer to the great filibuster in October 1S94 at Tahlecuah I T TI I am an Englishman by birth and was with Walker from the first skirmish in Yucatan till the eve of the last engagement engage-ment near Truxillo where foreseeing da feat and disbandment he ordered me with a man named Reid to ride hurriedly hurried-ly to Bluafields where he would meet me after the engagement I was then and had been for over a year pursebearer for the general On arriving at Bluehslds we I saw that we could not escape arrest and J concealed a large sum of money that night in front of the old Spanish missionary I mis-sionary chapel Next day we were both in prison Reid shortly dying from the effects of his wounds while I was liberated liber-ated in three weeks through the intervention inter-vention of the British admiral Seymour whose ship was lying of Bluefields at the tim Hearing that an Englishman was in jail he visited me in person and offered to obtain my freedom if I would agree to return II re-turn with him to England and would swear an oath before the Nicaraguan authorities au-thorities never again to land in that republic I I re-public I was glad to accept such terms the more so that I had just heard that General Walker had been shot the day previous to my release at Tegucigalpa by General Alves After the rebellion I returned to the United States and have been for some years following my trade that of wagonbuilder in an Arkansas town near the Indian border I am willing to make affidavit that I concealed the aforesaid money and bullion at the certain cer-tain spot the fiqld notes of which I have in my possession and will enter into a contract with any reputable citizen who has sufficient capital to undertake the enterprise and who will agree to give me onethird of the money and bullion after it has been unearthed The treasure is conllJosed of Snanlh monv nnll nlll nl Uti I bUU I silver pieces of various South and Central Cen-tral American republics besides bullion melted and beaten out of gold boglets or I rather chalices taken from old Spanish mission churches in Yucatan and elsewhere I else-where the entire representing value to the amount of over 318000 American i i money < j I Reid who hMped me to bury the I j money died in prison before my release and as I am told the ground near the radch liel I old chapel is still unocupied I believe I there will be no trouble unearthing the treasure John Oats is an energetic little man of I about 5 feet 216 inches aged G5 years though much younger looking He bears a firstclass reputation for veracity and has a comfortable bank account acquired j I I through wagonbuilding trade which he has followed in a small town near the i Arkansas line of the Indian Territory for i some rears His house is located 40 miles I east of Tanlequah and he frsquently visits the Cherokee capital |