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Show ORfilMIIMl AX EXI'EDITIHV A.SenCnplxIrs will z In Senreli of Hidden Treasure. Sew Yoitic,Oct.2. CaptltoUit Annett, known among his seafaring companions and friends as a 'Jonah," a man whoe adventures would till a dozen volumes, whose body tears marks of tlgirs' claws and whose hair In one night turned fromjet black to snowy white from lear, arrived In this city from Baltl-mare Baltl-mare today. He Is here for the purpose pur-pose of organizing another wa, petition peti-tion lu search of tho bidden treasure. The treasure which he proposes to search for Is suppctcd to have been hidden by pirates on the Island of Santa Cataltna,.iu the Carribtan Sea. The island was formerly the headquarters of Captain Morgan, the buccaneer, and lies in latitude lati-tude of 11 degrees north. It is a mile in circumference, mountainous and a network of caverns. According Accord-ing to tradition, Morgan, who was a sanguinary pirate, buried nil his weultli on the islatid. When final lyhe was captured by a British mau-of-war he oilered to tell the location lo-cation of his buried treasure if his life w as spared. But his offer was spurned, and when he was executed exe-cuted the secret died w Ilh him. There are two mm, Cart-iin Annett An-nett sajs. who know all about the treasure. One of these in John Curry of Kingston, Jamaica, who found SlO.OOJin Spanish, doubloons. He landed from a Siantsh vessel in search of food and water aud accidentally acci-dentally discovered the cave. He says there were ulne earthen jars, each as high as a man, and filled to the top with Htanisli doubloons. He took with him $10,000 worth, all he could conveniently carry. He went to Jamaica, where he sieut the fortune In five jean. When his treasure was cxbiu-Ud lix returned re-turned to the island, and wasarnst-ed wasarnst-ed by tlieluJiantof old Fort Providence Provi-dence and taken to Aspmwall, where he was imprisoned. The Spanish authorities tried to make him tell win re he got the money, but he refuscJ. Ttien .Mr. Comji-ton, Comji-ton, Itritl-!i consul at Aspinwall, interfered Iii his behalf and he wa released. For this favor Cuny told the consul of his discovery and showed hhn some Jewels lie. had found on his second visit before being be-ing arrested. As a result Coniptonsunk all hl fortune iu fitting up an exhibition to search for the treasure, and secured se-cured the services of a British man-of-war to protect those making the search. Curry was with the txpe-dltlon, txpe-dltlon, but on reaching the island he refused to tell where the treasure was hldden,clalmlng that he w ould get uono of it when discovered Then tho crew of the man-of-war searched for week, but could discover dis-cover nothing. Curry was threatened threat-ened with lynchinir, but he remained re-mained obdurate,acdIIuaIly Consul Compton, In deijalr, committed suicide by blowing his brains out. Annette has already led one search party to the I-land iu quest of tho treasure, which met with failure. 1 1 was on the yacht JJaria, which reached the island on Nov-tmier Nov-tmier 24, 1SS7. Permission was obtained to vldt the Island for the purpose of bunting, but tho real nature of the expedition having been discovered, a Spanish man-of-war was sent to invcstigj'e. The Maria sailed away from one sldo of the I-land while the man-of-war was approaching the other. Five da s alter leaving Belize the yacht sprung a leak when fifty miles from laud. The crew wero resiuej by theship'lr&sfa'of Xova Scotia one hour before the 3 acht Bank. lole Nbot Down. Warsaw, Oct 24. A parly of 300 Poles, while atttnit.ting to reach Prussian tirritory today, with the intention of emigrating to Braz 1, were fired upon by tie Runian frontier guard, whoe order to return had been disobeyed by the Pole. . Six men, two woaicu and a thlld were killed. Reacnetl from the Window. Cleveland, Ohio, Oct, 21. The Excelsior Waterproof Company's building was gutted by fire this afternoon. af-ternoon. Thirty women and girl working on the third lloor were cut off from the stairway and were taken from the windows by firemen on ladder. Xoue were injured. Loss, $30,000. Natalie Waul a Srlllrinrnt. Belgrade, Oct, 24. Ex-Queen Xatalle has informed the Servian regents that, failing in an immediate immedi-ate settlement regarding relations between herself and her son, King Alexander, she -ill appeal to the Skupshtina for satisfaction. Orrnn Menmer Ahore. Xew York, Oct 21. A dispatch from Far Itockwoy tonight says a large ocean steam-hip is aohore be- ond Long Beach. The steamboat i reported to be a four-matted vessel and It Is thought she may be the OUlam, from lLjtterdam, which was expected yssterday. |
